Top 10 Sectors by Share of U.S. Internet Time RANK Category Share of Time June 2010 Share of Time June 2009 % Change in Share of Time 1 Social Networks 22.7% 15.8% 43% 2 Online Games 10.2% 9.3% 10% 3 E-mail 8.3% 11.5% -28% 4 Portals 4.4% 5.5% -19% 5 Instant Messaging 4.0% 4.7% -15% […]
Social media, tech & marketing events: August
The summer’s half gone already! Here’s our roundup of social media, tech and marketing conferences and events scheduled for the month of August. For the full year, see our Calendar of 2010 social media, tech and marketing conferences. We’ve also published a roundup of nonprofit and social change conferences and events on our sister site, […]
‘United Breaks Guitars’: Social media tips the scales
United Breaks Guitars: The interview from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Musician Dave Carroll’s advice to companies: Respect your customers Asmart company these days understands that everybody has a voice. So the best way to avoid a public relations nightmare is to give great customer service right out of the gate. “It’s a bad day when […]
Change the world with social networking
At Personal Democracy Forum last month I got a chance to sit down for a few minutes with Deanna Zandt, who spoke on the main stage minutes beforehand. Her new book, Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking, just came out.
“Empathy is the building block for any kind of social change,” she says in the interview.
dotSUB: Spread your message into other languages
One of my favorite Web 2.0 collaborate production sites of all time is dotSUB — tagline: “Any video. Any language.” I’ve been bumping into Michael Smolens, CEO and founder of the innovative startup, for the past couple of years at video and social media conferences on both coasts. dotSUB is a Web-based tool that enables […]