The current state of the internet (the good and some of the bad) in 2 minutes.

This report, based on a survey of 1,614 affluent luxury consumers with an average income of $239,300, also reveals that some 78 percent of affluent consumers have at least one social networking profile, and that for most, that profile is on Facebook. The findings also show that contrary to popular opinion, the younger demographic is not the only one tapping in. Some 70 percent of affluent consumers over the age of 40 have at least one profile on a social media site.

Food for thought from National Jeweler on how the luxury customer is utilizing the social web. Your customers are likely on Facebook, so make sure to figure out this site fits into your personal and professional lives.

We will be sure to work on a few tips for how to best leverage Facebook Fan Pages for jewelers in an upcoming post! For now, be sure to click the link above to read the full article on NationalJewelerNetwork.com.

Do Web Portals Have A Future?

Something big happened in the Digital Marketing landscape last week.

In case you missed it, on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010, Compete announced that Facebook surged passed Yahoo! as the number two most popular website in the U.S. That’s big news, and most people focused on the numbers (nearly 134 Million Unique Visitors in January 2010, amazing engagement and thoughts about whether or not Facebook can eventually trump Google’s position at #1), which is an important part.

But there’s something bigger happening here.

It’s easy to call this the death of the portal (and it might be), but that comment would be somewhat displaced if you looked at the numbers and how the rest of the Compete list plays out. What is happening is that as more and more people who are connecting online - and are building their profiles in spaces like online social networks - are much more inclined to make those personal pages their homepage.

Another interesting take on Social vs. Search from Mitch Joel at Twist Image. Click the link above to read the entire article, it is really interesting food for thought…

Slowly, but surely, it does seem to appear that Social is surpassing Search… Sure, this is only US stats, but it certainly indicates just how prevalent Facebook and social technology has become in our lives.

Connect your Client

• Pidgin - Windows/Mac/Linux
• Adium - Mac
• iChat - Mac
• Other - Windows/Mac/Linux

Looks like AOL is not the only one getting FB chat integration! Finally their chat might actually be useful!

It is wild to see how quickly a brand like Facebook can emerge as well as the kind of stats it can create on a monthly, weekly and even daily basis…

If you are just getting started with your business and Social Media, here is a great starting place from The OPEN Forum. If it seems like there is just too much and it is all too complicated, here is the perfect place for you to get your feet wet.

In a report published by Forrester Research, one-third of adults online are “conversationalists,” posting to sites like Twitter and Facebook at least once per week. The group is age 30 and older and, not surprisingly, mostly women. It also reported that 17 percent of the internet participates in social networking at all.

FYI - This is why you want to figure out how Social Media can work into your business. If this is the extent that people are contributing, just try to imagine the extent that they are lurking.

Those of you who have been avoiding Twitter, but are fans of Facebook are about to get a look at one of Twitter’s best features… The ReTweet. Essentially a ReTweet is sharing a link or post that someone shared with you while giving them credit for the initial post.

As it says in the Mashable post (click the link below the picture), this is only live for Posted Links, but we have a feeling this will be live for all posts very soon!

Those of you who have been avoiding Twitter, but are fans of Facebook are about to get a look at one of Twitter’s best features… The ReTweet. Essentially a ReTweet is sharing a link or post that someone shared with you while giving them credit for the initial post.

As it says in the Mashable post (click the link below the picture), this is only live for Posted LInks, but we have a feeling this will be live for all posts very soon!