HWCOC on Social Media

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Fast Facts on Social Media (from NBIZ Magazine - Winter 2011):
- Facebook:
Facebook has over 800 million users: 1 in 9 people on the planet
More than 2 billion daily posts appear on Facebook
Almost half (350 million users) access Facebook with mobile devices - Twitter:
Twitter's users are the most influential online customers
Twitter, since 2006, has 200 million users
There are over 50 million daily tweets - LinkedIn:
LinkedIn has 120 million users, with 50% outside of the US
2 million companies have LinkedIn pages
75 of the Fortune 100 companies use LinkedIn as part of the hiring process
Average LinkedIn profile is male, middle-aged, more affluent and educated - YouTube:
YouTube is the second most popular serach engine
Average YouTube user spends 15 minutes
YouTube is the third most-visited site, behind Google and Facebook
60% of all web traffic comes from online video - Blogs:
Over 100 million active blogs, ranging from personal to topic to corporate to blended
Mobile bloggins is growing, with over 5 million mobile subscribers
Proven social media strategy to increase primary website traffic



