Yesterday, Erik Qualman (the author Socialnomics) released an updated version of his very popular YouTube video on Social Media stats titled: Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh).

Here are some of the more interesting Social Media stats:

• Facebook tops Google for weekly traffic in the U.S.
• 1 out of 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met via social media
• Facebook added over 200 million users in less than a year
• iPhone applications hit 1 billion in 9 months.
• The fastest growing segment on Facebook is 55-65 year-old females
• Generation Y and Z consider email passé - some universities have stopped distributing email accounts
• The #2 largest search engine in the world is YouTube
• There are over 200,000,000 Blogs

Social Media can be a challenge to keep up with here is a great video that will help you understand why this shift in the way we communicate is so relevant to those of us in the jewelry industry.

If you are looking to learn more about Social Media, you may want to check out Erik Qualman and his book Socialnomics it is a great place to get started.

If you prefer the short version, the video above is ideal to show you just how important the web has become to all of our businesses.

Thanks to Mitch Joel at The Six Pixels of Separation Blog for sharing this video!

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