The eConsultancy blog revisits some amazing Social Media stats at:
http://econsultancy.com/blog/5324-20+-mind-blowing-social-media-statisti...

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20+ mind-blowing social media statistics revisited
Posted 29 January 2010 10:07am by Jake Hird with 13 comments

It’s around six months since I last threw out some truly mindboggling pieces of data surrounding social media. So, what’s happened between then and now?

TechCrunch has a fascinating post about how the value of Twitter Followers has sunk to below one cent on Ebay at:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/01/31/twitter-followers-ebay-penny/

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On eBay, Twitter Followers Are Worth Less Than A Penny Each

by Erick Schonfeld on January 31, 2010

The eternally valuable Brian Solis opines on Social Media for small business on his blog at:
http://www.briansolis.com/2010/01/the-socialization-of-small-business/

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The Socialization of Small Business
January 13, 2010
By Brian Solis

The Wild Apricot blog has a post with links to 26 slide share presentations about Social Media for non-profits at:
http://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/archive/2009/05/12/social-medi...

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Social Media for Non-Profits: 26 Great Slideshare Presentations You Can Use

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on the end of privacy as reported in Read Write Web at:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebooks_zuckerberg_says_the_age_o...

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Facebook's Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 9, 2010

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told a live audience yesterday that if he were to create Facebook again today, user information would by default be public, not private as it was for years until the company changed dramatically in December.

Stuart Henshall comments on Robert Scoble's fixes for Twitter at:
http://www.henshall.com/stuart/2010/01/11/fixes-ideas-for-twitter-what-s...

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Fixes & ideas for Twitter
What @scobleizer and I think
By Stuart Henshall

January 11, 2010

Richard Darell has a helpful post on 7 ways to set up your auto Tweets at:
http://www.bitrebels.com/social/7-ways-to-set-up-your-auto-tweets/

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7 Ways To Set Up Your Auto Tweets
By Richard Darell
12/15/2009

Gary Hayes has created an amazing "live" social media counter. His blog post is at:
http://www.personalizemedia.com/garys-social-media-count/

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eMarketer's Geoff Ramsey on Seven Predictions for 2010
at: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007416

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Seven Predictions for 2010 from eMarketer’s CEO
DECEMBER 14, 2009

Geoff Ramsey—CEO, Co-Founder eMarketer

It’s that time of year again—the season for looking back, reflecting on what transpired over the course of the year, and simultaneously looking forward, to formulate thoughts, and perhaps some hope, for what the coming year will bring.

Ben Parr has an excellent year end post on Mashable at:
http://mashable.com/2009/12/30/facebook-2009/

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How Facebook Dominated in 2009

December 30th, 2009 | by Ben Parr

To most observers, 2009 marked the year Twitter conquered the world. Yet it wasn’t the only social media company that grew like wildfire. There’s another that grew even more rapidly, adding over 200 million new users and raising $200 million dollars — double that of Twitter’s most recent round.