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In November of 2011, we conducted a research study to better understand the modern social consumer, which we called the “Science of Sharing.” In essence, we wanted to use data to reveal exactly how social channels influence the way consumers discover, research, and share brand experiences online. Yet,...
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In addition to collecting survey data on consumers’ behaviors on social media sites, Beyond also conducted an experience mapping project. We invited local Bay Area participants to our offices in early February 2012 to tell us how they use social media to stay connected, distribute various content...
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At Social Media Week around the globe, Beyond is releasing the findings of a new study called the “Future of Sharing.” We surveyed 2059 consumers about their attitudes towards some of the emerging sharing trends to better understand what the future holds in store. While...
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Welcome to San Francisco and the Bay Area’s largest ever Social Media Week which starts this morning at 8am PST.
Our theme for all the events is “Shareonomics: The Growth of the Sharing Economy.” With over 100 events taking...
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We’re excited to announce that we have completed the first phase launch of the Your Film Festival channel!
The channel, which we developed and localized into 16 languages (including Arabic), was created to announce the global film contest hosted on YouTube, sponsored by...
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Registration for Social Media Week San Francisco, taking place from Feb 13th to 17th, is officially open! And though the weeklong conference is titled Social Media Week San Francisco, we’ve...
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Yesterday we saw Facebook build on its announcement from F8, when it first revealed the Spotify social app, and introduced the concept of consumers publishing actions such as “listening,” “watching,” and “reading” and to sit alongside the “like.” It has now announced over 60 more apps across a...
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It might seem a bit odd to see a Beyond blog post written by a neuroscientist as we normally focus on topics relevant to social media here. Well, as a neuroscientist that has worked with Beyond, I am about to explain that this is not odd *at all*. What...
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Beyond is proud to be organizing Social Media Week San Francisco 2012. This bi-annual global conference is only five weeks away, February 13th – February 17th.
A little background if you’re unfamiliar:
Social Media Week first launched in New York...
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We wrapped up our third Science of Sharing event last week in San Francisco. Many thanks to those of you who attended, and to our wonderful panelists; Raanan Bar-Cohen from Automattic, Rick Silvestrini from YouTube, Carla Bourque from