In late June Google rolled out their version of Facebook, Twitter and Skype combined, which they claim to be neither, both, and all three.  Google+ is the latest effort by one of the ‘Big Five’ (Google, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Linkdin)  to protect their revenue share in the online advertising market. At the very least Google [...]

Professional Social Media site LinkedIn leapfrogged MySpace last week to take the number two slot in the industry under the number one behemoth Facebook (160 million users). After a splashy public offerings debut in March the site hit 100 million users, the holy grail number for emerging social media sites. According to LinkedIn CEO Jeff [...]

These statistics and facts from the Facebook Press Office demonstrate the incredible growth in Social Media marketing and the importance of such sites in marketing to consumers:

The average Facebook user has 130 friends.
More than 25 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) are shared each month.
Over 300,000 users helped [...]