Certified Social Media Marketing Specialist (CSMMS) Program
Social Media Professionals Association (SMPA)
Certified Social Media Marketing Specialist Courses
FAQ – Certification in Social Media Marketing Specialist Program
8 Ways to Drive website traffic
Email Campaign Diagram
MailChimp – send 12,000 emails per month to up to 2,000 contacts – FREE
Video Creation / Screen Capture Resources
Camtasia Studio from Techsmith – screen capture tool to record whatever is on your screen. Not free.
CamStudio – free open source screen capture and audio recorder; can turn AVI files into streaming flash videos.
Audacity by Sourceforge – free open source multi-track audio editor
Jing from Techsmith – free dowload to capture basic video, animation, and still images, and share them on the web
Camtasia Studio from Techsmith – screen capture tool to record whatever is on your screen. Not free.
CamStudio – free open source screen capture and audio recorder; can turn AVI files into streaming flash videos.
Audacity by Sourceforge – free open source multi-track audio editor
Jing from Techsmith – free dowload to capture basic video, animation, and still images, and share them on the web
Social Media User Statistics
- By country, pages, and more (socialbakers.com)
- 1 billion monthly active users (October 2012)
- 58% women, ages 35-55+
- 81% outside the US and Canada
- 605 million active monthly users access via mobile (September 2012)
source: http://newsroom.fb.com/Key-Facts
Twitter
- By country, profiles, brands, etc. (socialbakers.com)
- Online marketing trends for Twitter on its 5th anniversary
- 52% women, ages 25-45+
- Linked Strategies – user stats
- 160+ million users, 63% professional, men age 35 – 55
- LinkedIn Best Practices for Targeted Status Updates
Google+
- By country, profiles, brands, etc. (socialbakers.com)
- 56 Google+ Statistics
- Google+ Marketing: Why Marketers Should Not Overlook Google+
- 400+ million users, 71% men, over half under 25, mostly professionals
(https://plus.google.com/u/0/+VicGundotra/posts/2YWhK1K3FA5)
YouTube
- Channel stats by country, brand, etc. (socialbakers.com)
- 176+ mm users monthly
- #2 search engine in the world
- Pinterest Statistics – Repinly.com
- Pinterest – Does it Really Drive More Sales than Facebook? – econsultancy
- 20% of women on the internet use Pinterest; 12% of all US internet users
- Reach is highest among 18-29 year-olds
- Nearly 12 mm users in the US, mostly female
