This provides an adaptation from Dix-Katre's Slideshare "10 nouveaux Chiffres" dealing with social media.

1. presents A dozen new figures that may help you u pgrade your position about the professional use o f social media* Adapted by Jean-Pierre Ranschaert @LIVErtising

2. I n the US claim they use BLOGS to find ideas for their articles or to illustrate them with concrete examples* Source : Brodeur New Media Journalist Survey 75% of journalists

3. d aily messages (= tweets) s ent or R E tweeted on Twitter c onvey information a bout a brand o r a company Source : Penn State Study * This « only » represents 20 % of the 3 million daily tweets 600 000*

4. surfers claim they TRUST their friends’ recommendations 90% 70% s urfers show TRUST in recommendations from unknown surfers (on blogs, forums…) 42% s urfers claim they TRUST advertising

5. * In 2010 , this generation will outnumber Baby-boomers 96% of generation Y* subscribes to social networks

6. Women with children at home more likely to engage in social networking than average adults 4,206 moms and 22,624 adults 18+ - Source: Retail Advertising and Marketing Association ( RAMA)

8. Apple got 1,349,219 mentions on Twitter in the last single week of January 2010 Source: http://www.tweetedbrands.com/

9. Social networks are becoming most popular communication channel second only to phone , before text messaging and email * 300 respondent in Boston – Source: Prompt Communications

10. ROI for a social media campaign (CTR 7%) compared with a display banner campaign (CTR 0,5%) … and twice as efficient as an e-mail campaign (CTR 3,9%) Source : Socialmediatodayblog.com 35 X as efficient

12. of American marketing professionals claim they have measured an i nfluence of social media on their brand’s reputation 48%

13. of these professionals name blogs as the most efficient communication tool to develop corporate culture Source : Nielsen 47%

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