Need proof that social networking sites are successful in your country?

Anne Herngaard from Mindjumpers.com Anne Herngaard who works at social media marketing agency Mindjumpers recently had a simple, yet effective way, of proving that social networking is big.

We all know that social media are very popular worldwide. Facebook, YouTube and all the others.

But we also know that, certainly outside the US, there are many local or regional social networking sites that generate huge traffic in specific countries.

Anne has been looking at a list of the most visited sites globally, according to Alexa.com.

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The social sphere of students: college kids can reach 671 consumers

A few weeks ago, MediaPost wrote about a new “University of Media” study, conducted by Mindshare’s Business Planning group in partnership with Alloy Media + Marketing and Brainjuicer.

The study found that an average US college student has exactly 87 email contacts, 146 cell phone contacts, and 438 friends on social networks.

The study aimed at finding out the consumer behavior and media exposure among college students aged between 18 and 24.

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