ExactTarget have put together this infographic for Saturday’s Champions League final, which saw more than a million tweets sent as Chelsea went on to beat Bayern Munich on penalties.

On Twitter, and on the field, the man of the Match was Chelsea hero Didier Drogba. Read More »

How complicated exactly is social media marketing? If you look beyond Facebook, Twitter and Google+ the sea of social media sites, tools and platforms makes for a dizzying sight as this infographic highlights.

Not only that but it has become seriously more busy in the the last year alone. You get a really good idea of that from this “Social media map of the world” we published back in 2010. Read More »

While many of us currently search for products on social media sites there are as yet few purchases that are happening directly. That, however, is likely to change massively in the next three to five years.

As this infographic details the opportunity for the social shopper has barely been scratched. Read More »

A Twitter infographic here from Yell looking at how consumers increasingly like to interact with businesses on the social network.

It’s a little basic, but it serves as a great reminder of the growing importance that the microblogging network has when it comes to customer service. Read More »

Do you remember Yahoo when it was this internet pioneer? When we all visited the site and had Yahoo email addresses? Those were the days! Yahoo is now a shadow of its former self a this infographic details.

Its share price once stood at $56 and now sites at $15 its revenue growth has fallen below zero and its main business these days seems to be endless rounds of redundancies. Read More »

More and more politics is being conducted online. This is particularly true in the US, where politicos have to communicate over greater distances and have the small matter of a Presidential election. A fascinating infographic here that shows our political leanings dictate how we share political content via social networks.

Notably, it shows that liberals are more likely to use both the internet and social networks than their conservative counterparts. Unsurprisingly those on the more extreme ends of the political spectrum, people that define themselves as either very-liberal or very conservative, are the most likely to hit a Facebook ‘Like’ button on political content, perhaps showing a greater passion for their views. Read More »

The short-list for this year’s Social Brands 100 has been announced and includes a roll call of top global brands including Starbucks, BBC, Ford, Red Bull, KLM, Virgin Atlantic, PayPal, Dell, and Xbox.

It isn’t all about big brands and how they are doing in social media. As with last year’s Social Brands 100 there is a good representation from smaller brands with the likes of Muddy Boots Foods, ARKive, Help for Heroes, Frugi, and Fifteen Cornwall all shortlisted. The full shortlist is below. Read More »

A cool infographic here on the next generation of ad – the video ad – from display marketing specialists, Adform.

It features some interesting stats on which devices are winning the competition for hosting video ads, where they crop up around the world and how technology has improved to host them. Read More »

Some of the stats here are perhaps a little out of date, but a great overview of Twittter in 2012. Looking at how we use it, what we do on it and where it is big. Read More »