“Social media is perhaps the most powerful communications platform of the future. Making it viable is more than a VivaKi priority: it is an industry imperative.” – Vivaki Managing Directors David Kenny and Jack Klues.
The latest stats in April 2009 from Compete web analytics show that the growth of social media continues its steady upward climb. Facebook, Facebook Connect, and Twitter all posting consistently impressive growth.
Some of the highlights for the month include the following:
- Facebook recevied 104.1 million US visitors (up 4.6%)
- Facebook Connect received 60 million US visitors (up 40%)
- Twitter received 19.5 million US visitors (up 38.5%, 1,192.13% annually)
As traffic increases, so does usage. Facebook currently holds a 6.5% share of all of the time spent online within the US—translating to 3 billion minutes of usage each day!
Social networkers aren’t only uploading photos and updating their status – they’re also regularly interacting with their favorite brands. Facebook users are becoming “fans” of Public Profiles at least 3.5 million times, every day.
Through Buddy Media’s proprietary technologies – Builder, the Social Page Management System and BuddyBrain – brands are able to engage their audiences and easily leverage the power of the social communication platform. Buddy Media creates smart social media solutions that include app-vertisement campaigns, public profile pages, widgets and iPhone apps, among many.
