Statistics, Case Studies, Presentations

Are you needing to convince a manager, or perhaps yourself, that Social Media is really the new frontier?  This page is intended to be a list of links to important research, case studies, and presentations aimed at explaining and convincing others of the importance of new social media.

(Note: In major need of some organizing...coming soon ;)

SocialMedia

Articles, Stats & Studies

Social Media still on rise: Comparative global study

Social Media Trends Revisited: What's Hot and What's Not for 2008

Global youth survey: Teens are hooked on instant messaging and on yesterday’s global brands

Case Studies -excellent list

Podtrac says Podcasts 3x as effective « Jobs in Pods Blog

New Study Indicates Consumers Use Social Media to Share Customer Care Experiences and Research Companies’ Customer Service Reputations : Society for New Communications Research

Companies are adopting social media, study finds - DMNews

Study: Majority Use Social Media to 'Vent' About Customer Care - ClickZ

5 Social Media Tips For Busy Marketing Executives

» How To Research Your Social Media Campaign

New Media is not Social Media

RickMahn.com » Blog Archive » Welcome to the club - now here’s the social media handshake.

Coming Soon: A Web-Wide Social Network?

Power to the People, Book Review (Here Comes Everybody, etc)

Why Your Company Needs To Be on Facebook - Harvard Business Online's Conversation Starter

Why Facebook and MySpace Won't Change the Workplace - Harvard Business Online's Tom Davenport

Where's the "Working" in Social Networking? - Harvard Business Online's Tom Davenport

THE 59 SMARTEST ORGS ONLINE on Squidoo