To support the anti-censorship movement with regards to PIPA and SOPA legislation, [ digital. marketing. speak. ] will be going offline around 12:00 EST, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 for 24 hours. If you don’t want the internet to break, we encourage you to do the same. Please also use the app above and the infographic below to help spread the word and show your support.

Very interesting analysis that brings a 60 second perspective to our fast-paced society.
Here’s another one:

5 Companies That Are Rocking Social Media
What do these and other companies have in common? Other than devoting their serious attention and marketing dollars to social media, these brands have added value to consumers’ lives in (one or more) of these 5 ways:
- Entertainment,
- Product support,
- (Top notch) customer service,
- Collaboration, and/or
- What’s that fifth one? Wait…I know this one…ahh…I can’t..I give up…
How is your brand using digitalsocial media? #backtobasics
What is this SOPA/PIPA fuss all about? Check it out in this infographic.
via Brian Solis
I’m often asked about YouTube stats and believe it or not, they’re sometimes difficult to validate. For example, many of you have heard that YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world. Many take the stat for face value. And, while it’s true, it’s always a challenge to validate it year after year.
On May 25th, YouTube celebrated its sixth birthday. Hard to imagine that something so young feels so old…meaning that it’s part of our digital lifestyle now. To commemorate the occassion, YouTube released a series of stats that are as impressive as they are useful.
Why am I sharing this now? So that every time I’m asked about YouTube stats, I can now share this link.
Other interesting stats include:
- 13 million: Number of hours of video that were uploaded in 2010
- 60 days > 60 years: More video is uploaded in two months than the three major U.S. networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) combined created in six decades
- 30 percent: Amount of overall traffic coming from the U.S. YouTube is localized in 25 countries and 43 languages
- 700 billion: Number of playbacks in 2010
- 10,000: Number of partners, hundreds of which make six figures a year
- 7,000+: Number of hours of full-length movies and shows
- 2 billion: Number of global video views per week being monetized
- 10%: Amount of videos available in HD
- 4 million: Number of people connected and auto-sharing to at least one social network
- 100 million: Number of daily mobile views







