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“Hashtag” Named 2012 Word of the Year

“Hashtag” Named 2012 Word of the Year

Hashtag has been named the 2012 word of the year by the American Dialect Society beating out “Gangnam Style,” “YOLO” and “fiscal cliff,” “marriage equality”, and “47 percent”. Hashtag is a word that is used on Twitter for marking topics or making commentary [...]

Top 10 Best Tweets of 2012 According To Time

Top 10 Best Tweets of 2012 According To Time

We recently posted an article titled “Top 10 worst Tweets According To Time” where we looked at some of the worst tweets that attracted lots of attention on twitter, from entertainment gurus to movie actors, musicians, sports men and women [...]

Twitter Usage in South Africa [Infographic]

Twitter Usage in South Africa [Infographic]

When it comes to tweeting in Africa, South Africa is home to Africa’s most prolific tweeters, this is backed by reports from Portland Communications and Tweetminster. Portland Communications and Tweetminster monitored more than 11.5 million location-tagged tweets in Africa and conducted [...]

Twitter Usage Statistics: What You Need to know

Twitter Usage Statistics: What You Need to know

As the popularity of Twitter increases, it becomes increasingly important that we understand usage statistics of  this social media platform. A full understanding of the statistical information associated to Twitter users can help web marketers, bloggers, organizations and social media [...]

Twitter and Tweeting in Africa [Infographic]

Twitter and Tweeting in Africa [Infographic]

According to new research launched by Tweetminster and Portland  in Nairobi, young people tweeting from mobile devices which is very popular in Africa, is driving the growth of Twitter in that region. How does Africa use the social networking tool? Tweetminster and [...]

Nonprofits Tweeting for Good Causes

Nonprofits Tweeting for Good Causes

There are countless nonprofits already taking advantage of all that Twitter the micro-blogging networking site offers. Whether you’re marketing your cause to individuals or businesses, the networking site should be at the top of your list of one of the [...]

Social Media Statistics For 2012 [Infographic]

Social Media Statistics For 2012 [Infographic]

Here is a very interesting infographic designed by Internet marketing company Dream Systems Media, this infographic is based on the data provided by AdAge. It is impressive to see that Facebook, a company that started in 2004 now have more than 800 million [...]