Pew Research Reveals Details about Twitter Users

According to Pew Internet Reseach, Twitter is popular with young adults, minorities, and those livining in urban areas. 

The report doesn't mention how popular Twitter is with media outlets like broadcast news and bloggers.  If your organization is looking for media exposure, Twitter is a viable tool.

Here are some interesting numbers about Twitter users.

To read more from the report, visit Pew Internet. 

LinkedIn and Twitter for BlackBerry

The full release of LinkedIn for BlackBerry v1.0 is now available.  According to LinkedIn, the application supports the following BlackBerry models: Tour, Curve, and Bold devices running Blackberry OS v4.3 or later. 

The application features six modules: 

• Network Updates
• Search
• Connections
• Invitations
• Messages
• Reconnect

To see screenshots and to download, visit LinkedIn Blog or BlackBerry download page.

From BlackBerry, the official Twitter application is now in beta release and available for download. Some of the features include:

• Sending and receiving Direct Messages
• Replying to tweets and re-tweeting
• Uploading photos 

Visit BlackBerry for complete details and to download the app.

foursquare for Business Use

foursquare is a social networking tool that allows you to discover where your friends are located geographically (e.g. airport, bookstore, office building, coffee shop).  The foursquare website describes their application as "a cross between a friend-finder, a social city-guide and a game that rewards you for doing interesting things." 

There's some buzz about foursquare potentially becoming an enterprise tool for business. In a ReadWrite Blog post, Hutch Carpenter of Spigit explains that there's typically a two-year lag before enterprise adopts a social computing trend.  Full ReadWrite post.

Here's a really quick overview of foursquare:

How To Unlock Your World With Foursquare on Howcast

Social Networking Webinars in April

Social Networking and You presents Webinar Wednesdays in April covering social networking and social media topics.

Jennifer S. Beavers, Social Networking Trainer and Coach will cover how to use tools like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Blogs; developing a plan; and implementing and managing your social media strategy.

Webinars are one-hour and finish with a Q&A.  Sessions are recorded and available for viewing after each webinar.

Shorten your learning curve and enjoy training from the convenience of your office, home, or on the go!

A special “bundle” deal is also available.  All three webinars for the price of two!  To take advantage of this offer, click here.

Registration is fast and easy.  For webinar descriptions and registration, click here.

Webinar Wednesdays in April

April 14 – Introduction to Social Networking and Social Media - The Basics

April 21 – Social Networking for Business - Quick-Start Formula

April 28 – Maximize Your Social Networking - Develop a Winning Strategy

Facebook by the Numbers

With more than 400 million active users, Facebook has a lot of numbers to crunch.  Here are some interesting statistics from Facebook:

• 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day

• Average user spends more than 55 minutes per day on Facebook

• More than 5 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each week

• More than 1.5 million local businesses have active Pages on Facebook

• More than 20 million people become fans of Pages each day

• About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States

Yesterday Mashable posted a more detailed look at Facebook numbers in the United States. Click here to see the findings including the Top 10 Cities and Facebook Users in the United States. 

You can see additional figures from Facebook here.