Comments on: 2011 Social Media Statistics and Your Plans for 2012

By: Owner Financed Homes Austin

Owner Financed Homes Austin — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:34:54 +0000

Social media is going to get nothing but bigger in the years to come in terms of marketing and promoting your business and blogs. If you’re not in the game yet, you better get in it now! Google+ was a little shaky at the start, but I have started to get used to it and I think it’s going to outshine Facebook sooner than later.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:20:58 +0000

E-commerce is fast growing in today’s generation and I believe it is very important to understand the channels that businesses are using for their products. The use of social media is very helpful indeed. But problem with these social media is their life span. YouTube is lucky enough to stay this long, but how about Facebook and Twitter? Will they die out like Friendster or MySpace too?

Gordon

By: John Soares

John Soares — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:19:57 +0000

In reply to Venus@Social Network Design. Google+ has had strong growth recently. I don't think it will ever truly challenge Facebook for #1, but I do think it has a high probability of staying significant.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:06:33 +0000

In reply to Denise Gabbard.

Denise, YouTube is also on my radar. I’ve set up an account, but I’ve yet to start shooting any videos — at least vids directly related to writing. I do have some vids I shot in the Southwest and other beautiful outdoors places, but they’re still languishing on my hard drive.

By: Venus@Social Network Design

Venus@Social Network Design — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:27:16 +0000

Very interesting inforgraphs.Its true 2011 was all about social media.People made fantastic use of it and earned some great stuff.
Its true that the trend will grow this year as well.I can say the number of Google Plus and Facebook users will surely increase.

By: Denise Gabbard

Denise Gabbard — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:56:10 +0000

Interesting infographics and comments. As a former recruiter, I know about LinkedIn but have not really leveraged it for my writing business….which has to change. I do have a Facebook page for my blog and use it quite a bit, and the same with Twitter. One social media outlet that I think is going to grow a lot this year is YouTube…but it’s not really my “cup of tea”– I prefer reading and writing to making or watching videos– so I’m not sure how to handle that.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:40:53 +0000

I’ll have to be on g+, my organic traffic has been dropping daily since they turned on the profile integration.

I don’t do anything with Quora or Pinterest either.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:23:29 +0000

In reply to Dave Doolin. Yeah, it looks like Google is really pushing Google+; I'm seeing some backlash, but we'll have to see how it finally shakes out.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:33:48 +0000

In reply to Anne Wayman. Anne, I have a similar reaction to new social media sites; I wonder if it's something that will actually be important for my business or will instead be a big waste of time. I have put a bit of effort into Google+, primarily making connections with good people. I haven't gotten involved with many of those other sites, like Pinterest for example. I do have a Quora account, but I do nothing with it.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:22:08 +0000

In reply to Cathy Miller. I totally agree about the importance of having a good Twitter strategy. I've focused primarily on building up a substantial number of quality followers and also on connecting with quality people.