Media

Arbitron is now measuring cell-phone-only households in all of its radio Metros in the 50 United States. Although the percentage of cell-only homes stood at 22.7% in the Fall of 2009, market-level penetration rates varied widely. DOWNLOAD MAP HERE.

On average, global web users across 10 countries spent roughly five and a half hours on social networks in February 2010, up more than two hours from the same time last year. While the U.S. boasts the largest unique social networking audience, Italian and Australian web surfers led the way for average time on site with more than six hours each in February.

Unica Corporation announced results from its global survey of marketers, titled “The State of Marketing 2010.” Unica partnered with Salloway & Associates, an independent research company, on the survey. The sample covered nearly 200 online and direct marketers across a wide range of industries, geographies, and company sizes. Results revealed a number of key findings on marketing challenges and bottlenecks, marketing technology adoption, and of course, new marketing channels. DOWNLOAD REPORT HERE.

Most people are familiar with the term “Web 2.0,” which refers to a second generation of web development and design that focuses on fostering social networking via the web. Innovative companies are beginning to embrace Web 2.0 as a way to enhance communication, information sharing, and collaboration, thereby allowing them to work smarter rather than harder.

It’s no secret that online social networking is growing rapidly. But did Twitter and Facebook spring up from nothing, like Athena bursting fully formed from Zeus’ brow? Or are there general social trends which helped birth social media?

In a recent study of social media usage it is clear that consumers who are Facebook fans and Twitter followers of a brand are more likely to not only recommend, but they are also more likely to buy from those brands than they were before becoming fans/followers.