Social Media Revolution 2
May 7, 2010 by Costa DeVault
Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics, has just released the sequel video to the popular Social Media Revolution.
Below are a few of the statistics that we found to be most surprising:
Jenni: Amazon sold more electronic books for the Kindle than physical books on Christmas.
Kelly: 1 out of 8 couples in the U.S. met via social media.
Ashley: Some universities have stopped distributing e-mail accounts. Instead they are distributing eReaders, iPads and tablets.
Danielle: 90% of people skip ads via TiVo/DVR.
Alexis: 50% of the mobile Internet traffic in the UK is for Facebook.
What did you find most shocking?
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May 7th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
I liked the video, although it sort of disturbed me because they didn’t have any citations backing up the research stats. Although I suppose that would take away from the cool factor.