Social Media Round Up

December 3, 2008

Business has been crazy busy recently, but these are some of the social media stories that have caught my attention:

Market research firms such as comScore do not yet measure newly developed types of social networking ads like Facebook’s Engagement Ads. Source: eMarketer

MySpace CEO Sees Growth Despite Recession. Source: Reuters

Teens and college students seem to have remarkably similar tastes in Websites. Source: eMarketer

Good article on how Rubbermaid uses social media. Source: ZDNet

Where Do Online Viewers Go for Video? TV networks’ online destinations are a popular place to view video, but Google’s YouTube is still the 800-pound gorilla in the video viewing space. Source: eMarketer

Is Social Advertising an Oxymoron? So, what if social media and advertising just don’t mix? There’s mounting evidence to suggest just that — only this time the backlash isn’t from users, it’s from advertisers themselves.Source: Wired

How Retailers Can Benefit From Social Media. Source: Gourmet Retailer

8 Free Social Media Monitoring Tools You Shouldn’t Leave Home Without. Source: Andy Beal


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