Fact: Facebook Owns 95% Of Social Networking Time

A recent post at Business Insider states that Facebook accounts for 95% of social networking time on the web in the U.S. according to an analysis of comScore data provided to us by web publisher Ben Elowitz of Wetpaint. If your business or organization is not already on Facebook, now is the time to create…

Social Commerce

From Groupon to Facebook Deals, people like to share information about what they’re purchasing, especially when a discount is involved. But not only are they talking about it online, they’re also purchasing socially. Imagine checking items off your shopping list without ever leaving Facebook. It’s happening. Companies such as JCPenney and GNC are selling products via a Shop tab on their Facebook pages. They’re making it very easy to shop and share. All within Facebook.

Here are three sites you should keep an eye on:…

Best Practices: E-Newsletters

The Jan 20 #tourismchat focused on the Best Practices for E-Newsletters in the age of Social Media (transcript). You can also download the transcript as a PDF. Here are my chat highlights: Many of the chat participants thought e-newsletters shouldn’t be sent out more frequently than monthly or quarterly Some topics to include in your e-newsletters are blog…