Content Fuels Social Media Interaction
Published on May 3, 2011
Content is the fuel of social interaction on the Web: Nearly one-quarter (23%) of all social media messages and one-half (47%) of industry-specific social messages contain links to content, according to a new study by AOL and Nielsen.
The amount of content shared via social media varies by channel:
- 42% of all Twitter posts contain content-sharing links; 73% of Twitter posts related to a specific industry (auto, tech, finance, and entertainment) contain sharing links.
- 41% of all blog posts contain content-sharing links; 64% of industry-specific blog posts contain such links.
- 12% of all Facebook posts contain content content-sharing links; 22% of industry-specific Facebook posts contain such links.
Below, other findings from the from AOL report, published in partnership with Nielsen, based on data from Nielsen's Incite Social Media monitoring tools and a survey of 1,000 online consumers.
Roughly 27 million pieces of digital content are shared on any given day in the US.
Among other key content-related findings:
- 53% of time spent on the Internet is directly attributable to content consumption.
- Brands play a key role: 60% of all content-sharing messages specifically mention a brand or product name.
- Email is the primary content-sharing tool among surveyed consumers (66%), followed social media (28%) and instant messaging (4%).
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"Nearly all (99%) people who share content via social media also use email to share content"
That's why you can't just rely on one avenue, you have to pursue consumers through multiple touch points.
Creating interesting and compelling content is key to ensuring that people will share it with others. It is a great tool to attract visitors to both your website and blog, even for eCommerce businesses. eCommerce businesses need to create compelling product descriptions and other content that will help entice customers to shop on your website.
Thanks for sharing!
Molly Griffin
Dydacomp
This is some really great information! It also reaffirms my opinion that e-mail marketing isn't dead. If you want to really push your content, you have to send it out through a variety of channels.
some definitions would be usefull ... what is a "product informaiton", vs a recommendation... ie to what extend do cy's have integrated that their top down information is useless as it is no longer trusted by consumers. ( ie Edelman ).
Kind regards
Alain
PS thanks for the share !
This is extremely interesting research about the value of content in social interaction online. The phrase Content is King has never been more apt, which is why more and more brands are taking up content production and becoming publishers themselves, usually with the assistance of expert online content agencies such as our selves at Search News Media. Great bit of research.