How Canadian Economic Development Agencies are taking advantage of social media applications to market their region to site selectors and potential investors.
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1. Social media for economic development : Canadian and international best practices APDEQ & EDAC Conference 2010 Quebec City, QC
2. Active In Regional Economic Development Strategies Since 1998 Develop economic development investment strategies and lead generation solutions from coast to coast We apply: Business Intelligence Competitive Intelligence Internet Intelligence to.. Instruct EDOs on the site selection process and on promoting their region to get in the radar of investors and site selectors 2
5. The World of Information Is Changing Number of text messages (SMS) sent each day exceeds the world’s population. An enormous mass of information is exchanged & shared 25 billion+ pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) are shared monthly on Facebook. In July 2006, Wikipedia grew by over 30,000,000 words. Given this, it is unlikely for any single reader to read all of Wikipedia's new content. Of Twitter's active users, 37 % use their phone to tweet. People are watching 2 billion videos a day on YouTube. Every minute, 24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube. In November 2009, YouTube surpassed Yahoo for the 1st time in total US search queries. 5
7. The Reality… Metro Denver isblogging NYEDC is on Facebook Grand Junction istweeting Pearland, TX pushes investment incentives via YouTube 7 7
8. 2010: The Year Marketing Dies(1)... Core elements that have driven marketing practices for decades--such as messaging strategy, mass media, PR, advertising, and others--will continue to change rapidly. More consumers are avoiding ads, and a majority feels there is "too much advertising" Consumers have new partners that will help to expand the reach of social media dialog even further--the big three search sites. Google, Bing and Yahoo (1) Source: Forrester Blogs – December 2009
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