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Social Media Sustainability on Ad Age

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:54:43 +0000

Here’s our new column about the Social Media Sustainability Index for Ad Age’s Digital Next blog.

Included in it is our Slideshare presentation on the History of Social Media CSR – The Good, the Bad & the Ugly.

Social Media CSR – The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

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The Social Media Sustainability Index

matthew yeomans — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:31:10 +0000

This week we published in collaboration with SMI the Social Media Sustainability Index, the first ever attempt to evaluate how successfully companies are using social media to communicate sustainability and their corporate and social responsibility policies.

You can read more about the Social Media Sustainability Index over at SMI and you can download the full report.

Social Media Jobs Report from Social Media Influence

matthew yeomans — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:47:53 +0000

The crack editorial team over at our flagship publication, Social Media Influence, have put together a new special report looking at the state of social media jobs in 2010.

The research team analysed more than 21,000 social media job listings across all industry sectors over the last five years.

Their central conclusion was that just 59 of Fortune Global 100 firms have invested in recruiting staff specifically assigned to core social media duties that include customer outreach, PR and marketing support and internal communications. And, while demand for social media positions has increased more than five-fold in the last five years social media salaries lag behind the equivalent positions in the traditional fields of PR, marketing and publishing.

Among their findings:

•   The social media “laggard” sectors include: financial services & insurance; petroleum & energy and utilities.
•   The social media “active” sectors include: healthcare, telecommunications, retail and automotive.
•   The number of social media job postings has increased by more than 600 percent to over 21,000 in the past five years.
•   On average, social media salaries come in $5,000-10,000 lower than their traditional counterparts.
•   Social media salaries are on the rise and could close the gap within the next year.

You can download the full report from Social Media Influence.