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SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social-media practices and issues.
Last week’s poll question:
Which blogging platform do you prefer to use?
- WordPress.org (self-hosted version) 26.30%
- WordPress.com (hosted version) 24.03%
- Not blogging yet 21.75%
- Blogger 15.58%
- Other 5.52%
- Typepad 2.60%
- Drupal 1.95%
- Joomla 1.95%
- Movabletype 0.32%
Is anyone surprised that fully half the respondents to this poll use WordPress in some form — either at .com or .org?[…] Continue Reading »
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social-media practices and issues.
Last week’s poll question: Is your business marketing itself using a Facebook Fan Page?
- Yes, our company has a fan page – 73.13%
- No, we do not have a fan page – 12.24%
- We don’t have a fan page now, but are considering it – 8.84%
- Facebook is not an outlet we care to use – 5.78%
I have a friend who refers to the presence Facebook and Twitter icons on a company Web site as the “f and the t.” It’s commonplace now for businesses to use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flicker and other social networks to engage consumers, and the results of this poll only bear out how prevalent such behavior has become.[…] Continue Reading »
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social-media practices and issues.
Last week’s poll question: In an average week, how much time do you spend on social media?
- Between 1 and 5 hours — 36.84%
- Between 5 and 10 hours — 24.56%
- More than 10 hours — 20.70%
- Less than 1 hour — 17.89%
One of the biggest concerns many executives have regarding social media is the time it takes to manage social engagement.[…] Continue Reading »
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social media practices and issues.
Last week’s poll question: Are we entitled to unchecked privacy on the Web?
- Yes — the right to privacy should be absolute – 45.96%
- Protecting online privacy is not our right, but our responsibility - 42.28%
- No — there should be no expectation of privacy online - 6.25%
- Privacy on the Web is an overblown issue - 5.51%
As you can see, respondents to the poll are almost equally divided between those who believe privacy is a right and those who believe we have to take personal responsibility in order to ensure it.[…] Continue Reading »
SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in SmartBrief on Social Media — tracks feedback from leading marketers about social media practices and issues.
Last week’s poll question: A recent study shows Twitter isn’t a perfect measure of public opinion — but researchers say it shows promise in that field. How accurately do you think Twitter reflects public opinion?[…] Continue Reading »
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