50% of the active internet universe has joined a brand community.

New wave report out. Active internet users = Those who use internet every day or every other day. Key findings:

- 30% accessing social media via mobile.

- 10% growth in the number of social network managers. (How about activate managers?)

- There are 1.5 billion visits to social networks, daily. Of those repsonding to the Wave survey, 61.4% have managed a profile in the past six months, a 10-point rise since Wave.4 in 2009

- Almost half of respondents have accessed brand communities on social networks. The highest motivations for joining were ‘to learn’ (78.6%) and ‘to gain advance news on products’ (76.1%)

- Of those who joined brand communities, 71% were more likely to purchase and 63% recommended others to join.


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