Statistics
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Statista This link opens in a new windowSearch for statistics, demographics, opinions, data series and studies on many topics and industries. Useful for all subject areas.
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Marketing Charts - Social MediaMarketing and media trends by the numbers
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Mintel Market Research Reports This link opens in a new windowGood material on social media as it relates to individual industry segments
Social Media Usage and Behavior
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Pew Research CenterPew Research Center is a nonpartisan organization that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew provides statistics about social media usage, behavior and attitudes.
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Nielsen Social MediaNielsen provides summary data on social media usage and behavior.
Using Facebook, Google & Twitter for Advertising/Marketing
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MetaMeta offers a business suite for creating Facebook ads. You must pay to post an ad, but you can test it out for free. Log in to your account and create an ad using the link. You can see the targeting choices.
You can use the Audience Insights feature to see your target market by age, gender, location, residence information, lifestyle segmentation, household, spending habits, and liked pages. -
Think with GoogleThink with Google provide some insights about what people are searching for. Google Trends allows you to put in a topic and see whether more or less searching has occurred in the topic in a certain region and related topics. The Consumer Barometer shows how people have used the internet and by which device.
Case Studies
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Audience Engagement: Research from the Wallace FoundationHow can orchestras attract—and keep—millennial audiences? Experimentation abounds.
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Market SmarterPresident of Capacity Interactive Erik Gensler spoke on June 7, 2017 in an elective at the League of American Orchestras' 72nd National Conference, Detroit MI, June 6-8.