The Stats: New York Fashion Week Chatter

Karen Ram

New York Fashion Week used to be different…a lot different.  The shows were intended for a very specific audience and did not go beyond the tents.  Social media has extended an invitation to NYFW – engaging everyone no matter who they are or where they live – providing a deeper and more meaningful experience.

Volume of interaction by brand

Between perpetual Twitter updates, live streams of runway shows on Facebook and YouTube, as well as daily blogger roundups and recaps, New York Fashion Week has become just as much about social media integration as it is about the fashion itself.

This Week In Social Media

Chris Lubin

This week in social: Flickr gets a makeover, Pinterest faces copyright violations and Facebook revamps ads

Pinterest Releases Optional Code To Prevent Unwanted Image Sharing

Facebook Profiles Found to Predict Job Performance

Flickr Is Getting a Major Makeover

Facebook Plans To Release A New Premium Ads Product Feb. 29 

Purrfect Prank: Cat Facts! 

Twitter Is Testing Auto-Translate Feature 

LinkedIn Officially Acquires Rapportive, A Social Network-Enhanced Gmail Add-On

NBA Slam Dunk Contest Winner To Be Determined By Twitter 

Tumblr To Shut Down Self-Harm Blogs

Purrfect Prank: Cat Facts!

A viral texting prank has left the internet in a state to which it can never return. That prank is CAT FACTS.

For those unfamiliar with the now legendary Cat Facts’ origins, in late January a Reddit user shared a masterful prank he pulled on his little cousin, a child who was just looking for a way to alleviate boredom by sharing his new cell number online. Lil cuz got more than he could ever have bargained for.

This Week In Social Media

Chris Lubin

This week in social: Twitter rolls out self service ads, Facebook brand pages for timeline expected to come this month and Zuck joins Pinterest

Google+ Rolling Out Granular Control For “What’s Hot”, Aiming For More Relevant Content

MySpace Announces One Million New Users Since December

Twitter Opens Up Self-Serve Ad Platform to 10,000 Small Businesses, Offers $100 In Free Advertising

How the Whitney Houston news spread on Twitter.

Zynga Mobile Grew Five-Fold To More Than 15 Million Users In 2011

Google+ Demographics: 2/3 Of Users Are Men, 42% Are Single, 20% Are Students

This Week In Social Media

Chris Lubin

This week in social: The Super Bowl sets a new tweets per second record, Pinterest makes money off of your pins, Facebook reaches $100 Billion on the private market and Lady Gaga preps a social network for her fans

In The Final 3 Minutes Of The Super Bowl, There Were 10,000 Tweets Per Second

Facebook Mobile Ads Developing: Sponsored Stories Coming ‘Within Weeks’

STUDY: Twitter Is Harder To Resist Than Cigarettes & Alcohol

Woody Harrelson Enrages Reddit Users With Movie Marketing Attempt

Lady Gaga Launching Social Networking Site Exclusively For Her Fans

This Week In Social

Chris Lubin

This week in social: Facebook files its long awaited $5 billion IPO, President Obama hosts a hangout, & Twitter rolls out more brand pages

Facebook: Over 5 BILLION Songs Have Been shared Since September’s f8

Facebook Files $5 Billion IPO, Here Are The Highlights

Twitter’s New Censorship Policy Welcomed By Thailand

President Obama Hosts Google+ Hangout

RIM’s Twitter Campaign Goes Horribly Wrong 

 Pinterest Drives More Referral Traffic Than Google+, Nearly On Par With Twitter 

Google+ Is Adding 750,000 New Users EVERY DAY 

Twitter Begins Larger Rollout Of Enhanced Brand Pages

Facebook IPO By The Numbers

Chris Lubin

Facebook finally filed its long anticipated IPO yesterday. While this probably won’t affect your wallet, the numbers are staggering.

Here are a few key highlights:

100 Billion Friendships

$5 Billion S-1 IPO Filed

$3.7 Billion 2011 Revenue

2.7 Billion Daily likes & comments generated by Facebook users in Q4

$1 Billion 2011 Profit

850 Million Users

425 Million Mobile Users

350 Million Daily Active Users

250 Million Photos uploaded daily

88% YOY Revenue Growth

84% Of Facebook’s Revenue Comes From Ads

65% YOY Profit Growth revenues

The Social Campaign

Chris Lubin

Election 2012 has seen a dramatic rise in social media engagement as politicians and news networks become more comfortable with hashtags and hangouts. This infographic from MDG advertising details just how much social media has penetrated this election year.

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Infographic by MDG Advertising

This Week In Social

Chris Lubin

This Week In Social: Facebook Timeline becomes mandatory for users, Twitter censors, YouTube upgrades and the fight for social search continues

YouTube Updates Browse Page, Video Editor & Video Manager

Facebook Update: Yes, Brands Are Coming To Facebook Timeline, Open Graph

Twitter Announces Micro-Censorship Policy

YouTube Reaches 4 BILLION Views Per Day

Facebook & Twitter Engineers Show What Google’s Social Search Should Look Like

Tumblr now reaches 120M people each month

Google+ Finally Allows Pseudonyms

Facebook Timeline Now Mandatory For Everyone

Google Announces Update To Its Privacy Policy To Cover Wider Data Use. Users Can’t Opt Out

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