According to some of the statistics compiled by econsultancy writer Jake Hird in August 2009

• Around 64% of marketers are using social media for 5 hours or more each week.
• Social networks and blogs are the 4th most popular online activities online, including beating personal email. 67% of global users visit member communities and 10% of all time spent on the internet is on social media sites.

It has become imperative for companies, big or small, to have social media campaigns. It is predicted that the social media spending by companies will increase dramatically in the coming year. The statistics look impressive, the social networks are growing at a geometric rate, and marketers have taken notice and are incorporating social media ... Read more...

It is an established fact that Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites today. Some social networking sites are personal and some formal, but Facebook is a mix of both. It has a major impact on business primarily because the creating pages and groups as a marketing/educational/promotional aspect is free and effective compared to some of the paid advertising methods. Facebook can be used effectively to build a business presence and influence the target audience. Get Started 1.    Join Groups: Search for groups in Facebook related to your business and join them. Do not exceed a limit of four groups a day. This amounts to spam and is not taken lightly by Facebook. Facebook has a stricter set of ... Read more...

Communication is a two-way process of exchanging thoughts, opinions and ideas. It can be verbal or non-verbal. While communicating with another person, we keep in mind the content, the expression, the medium of communication and whether the receiver will understand the message intended by the sender. Communication is vital for any business and should be sent through effective channels in order to reach the target audience. The most common form of sharing messages these days is via the Internet. There are various networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, blogs and forums; where people from across the globe participate in discussions and share their thoughts and opinions. Any business in the Social Media industry should consider the following points: Two-Way Channel Messages need to be ... Read more...

We have been a part of the social media phenomenon since its advent. We’ve seen social media evolve and become an established marketing discipline. Currently, we develop strategy and manage social media marketing (SMM) campaigns for most of our clients and our activity in this area has doubled in the last three months. The interest inSMM was coming to a head, and this burst in business has afforded us opportunities to experiment with various forms of SMM and strengthen our capabilities for the future. At the onset of SMM we started with blog commenting, PR submissions and social bookmarking. We quickly moved on to executing micro-sites, widgets, multiple blogs, Twitter campaigns and viral techniques.  We have taken our clients to a higher ... Read more...