Check out this video showing the growth on Social Media compared to previous advertising mediums including Radio & TV. Obviously this is a US video, but it definately has some worthwhile content and is a must watch!

• 50% of the World’s Population is Under 30
• Facebook Tops Google in Weekly Traffic (in the US)
• iPod App Downloads hit 1 Billion in 9 Months
• 25% of Search Results for the World’s top 20 Brands are Links to User Generated Content.
• There are over 60 Million Facebook Status Updates Daily
• Social Media has actually knocked pornography off the top of the ‘number #1 activity on the web’
• Facebook added over 200 million users in under a year.

“We don’t have a choice on whether to do Social Media, the question is how WELL we do it.” – Erik Qualman (the brains behind the video)

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