Archive for the Demographics & Statistics Category


    How Do College Students Approach Social?

    May 26th, 2010

    College students, like other young consumers, are notoriously fickle and may not exactly seem like an ideal candidate for loyalty marketing. But there are at least two things that make college students hard to ignore for many businesses. First, college kids are usually at the cutting edge of technology and fashion trends. After all, two [...]


    Where Are All the Teens?

    August 17th, 2009

    Over the course of this year, I kept hearing reports about social media getting older. The largest age group of Facebook users is between 35 and 54, and this once college-oriented social network is now expanding the fastest among people 55+ years old.  Words also got out that teens are not that interested in Twitter [...]


    Corporate Presence in Second Life

    June 29th, 2009

    By now, you probably have heard of Second Life, the popular 3D virtual world that allows its residents to live, interact, buy/sell, and collaborate all under a virtual identity. Where these residents lived, real-world companies have been experimenting too. In my research with Dr. Bill Judge, we have seen more than 50 of the Global [...]