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7 Social Media Trends for Consumers New Research. Are you wondering what the changing social trends are for consumers? If so, look no further. In Nielsen and McKinsey’s Social Media Report, consumers were surveyed to discover how they use social networks. Here are seven key findings from that report. #1: More Time Invested in Mobile The survey found that consumers are increasingly looking to their smartphones and tablets to access social media. While the PC is still the most widely used device when it comes to social media consumption, the study found that time spent on mobile apps and mobile websites accounted for a 63% increase (compared to 2011) in total time spent. Additionally, 43% of users said they use smartphones to access social media, while 16% connect using a tablet. Mobile and particularly apps are where people are spending their social networking time.

Key Takeaway: When it comes to consuming social content, it’s all about mobile. If you haven’t done so already, here are some ideas to get you started: #4: Twitter Drives Social TV. Four Steps to Social Media Marketing Success - Search Engine Watch (SEW) Whether you're a business or an individual, you must wrestle with many complex issues for social media.

Four Steps to Social Media Marketing Success - Search Engine Watch (SEW)

These can often be overwhelming. Where to even begin? Rather than be paralyzed, it's often best to understand that there are four simple, yet critical, steps to social media: It's easiest to think of it as a stairway, and the diagram is laid out as such. If you learn anything from this column, it's that you need to take that first step. Listen to your customer and conversations around your brand. Companies often enter the social media fray and jump straight to step four, selling. You need to start with step one, which is listening. Notice in the diagram that the steps for the customer than happen in the reverse order of the company. If it makes it easier to grasp, you can consider these steps 5, 6, 7, 8. Listen: The customer buys the product service from the selling company. That's the beauty of social media. Some of the best strategies in social media are often the simplest. How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider's Confession. Another day, another Android handset.

How To Spam Facebook Like A Pro: An Insider's Confession

The One comes to us from Spanish start-up called GeeksPhone. No word on available, planned market, or price, but so far the specs are looking good for the quadband GSM and 2100MHz UMTS HSPA phone. It’s got a 3.2-inch WQVGA hybrid resistive touchscreen up top, with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard underneath. It sports dual cameras – a 3.1MP autofocus guy on the backside and a VGA front-facing camera – 3.5mm headset jack, 802.11 b/g, GPS and acceleromter. A 528 MHZ ARM11 Jazelle powers the kit. Trends/trending. 21 Sites To Find Out What’s Hot Online. Is it important for you to stay informed of daily news?

21 Sites To Find Out What’s Hot Online

Do you try to always be up-to-date with what people are talking about throughout the world? If “yes” is the answer to both of the questions, then today’s post on what’s hot online and how to spot internet hot trends is right for you! Use meme trackers to spot daily hot trends: Google Blogsearch that was turned into a meme tracker only a few months ago tracks memes throughout all topics and naturally has the biggest index to check.Megite separates memes into categories (technology, entertainment, business, science, etc) and often publishes completely irrelevant memes in each.

[NO LONGER WORKS] Techmeme is the most popular technology meme tracker which is known to be the fastest to catch hot tech news. Use blog search engines to spot daily hot trends: Use search engines to spot daily hot trends: Yahoo Buzz. Use social media sites to spot daily hot trends: Check the front pages of social voting sites: Digg, Reddit, etc.