Small Business Labs

APRIL 1, 2011

The blog post I found most interesting shows that Facebook is the preferred social media network small businesses want their suppliers to use to communicate with them.    Yet another example of the growing power of Facebook.      But I digress. communicating directly with you)? . 

Facebook 100

Facebook Social Media Suppliers Networking 100

Small Business Labs

JUNE 30, 2011

The local news company, Rockville Central, recently stopped publishing new content on their Web site and instead is publishing on Facebook. We've posted in the past on the growing trend of small businesses replacing traditional websites with Facebook. 

Facebook 100

Facebook Social Media 100

Small Business Labs

MARCH 15, 2011

As the chart below (chart 14 from the report) shows, Facebook is used by 27% of small businesses for business purposes.          This is stunning growth and another data point suggesting Facebook is taking over the web.    That's up from 17% just last June. 

Facebook 100

Facebook Social Media 2010 Networking 100

Small Business Labs

MAY 5, 2010

Main | Smallbizlabs Bidding on Newsweek » May 05, 2010 More Evidence Facebook is Taking Over the Web Nielsen released their March data on the top social networking sites.  like Facebook, Myspace etc. Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Why Arent Newspapers Doing Social Shopping?

Facebook 100

Facebook Social Media 2010 Retirement 100

Small Business Labs

JULY 27, 2021

   A more local version is combing through garage sales and flea markets searching for items to sell on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace.   .   We've interviewed a wide variety of people pursuing retail arbitrage.  

Travel 284

Travel Interviewing Facebook Forms 284

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 21, 2021

.    Examples include using their marketplaces to sell their products and services (Amazon and Alibaba marketplaces; Apple and Google's App stores), acting as value added resellers (Microsoft and Apple) and providing value added services (marketing help for those using Facebook and Alphabet's ad and marketing services). 

Google 267

Google Facebook Management 267

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 10, 2020

  Instead, they've mostly treated digital nomadism as a spectator sport, following the exploits of real digital nomads via Facebook, Instagram, blogs, and other forms of social media. .   We call them armchair digital nomads because in the past the vast majority who say this have not followed through. 

2019 266

2019 Travel Social Media Time Zones 266

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

  VanLife, which is a subset of the broader digital nomad trend , has been popularized in part by millions of #VanLife posts on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter.   Emergent Research (that's us) worked with MBO Partners on this study. 

Social Media 172

Social Media Travel 2020 Twitter 172

Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

It's a contrast to platforms like Facebook that are mostly powered by everyday users’ unpaid posts and interactions. .  Key quote: The big picture:  Creator-economy platforms like Patreon, Substack and OnlyFans are built around content makers who are paid.

Cubicle 195

Cubicle 2017 Social Media Facebook 195

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 31, 2021

The metaverse has been getting a lot of media attention recently, mainly because Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook plans to shift from being a social media company to a metaverse company. " Facebook's first metaverse effort is a virtual conference room service called Horizon Workrooms. So what is the metaverse?

Social Media 50

Social Media Facebook Collaborate Promotion 50

Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The research was based on digging through the data at the knitting community site Ravely.com,  which is known as the "Facebook for knitters" Key quote from a Washington Post article on the study : analyzed almost 100 interviews and 403,168 profiles of knitters and crocheters.

Networking 152

Networking 2009 Facebook Interviewing 152

Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

  A few examples of recent activity in this space include: Facebook is offering food delivery from within its app. On-demand food delivery is a good example. While currently a relatively small market, it's attracting companies of all sizes and shapes.  Google Maps is allowing users to place local delivery orders.

Google 164

Google Facebook 164

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 22, 2019

And 3rd, this didn't happen at Google or Facebook or some tech startup. Related to this, she was able to pitch the chief human relations officer (CHRO) at GE on her experiences. This means the senior team at GE is now aware of digital nomads. It happened at GE, a traditional manufacturing firm.  million American digital nomads.

2019 113

2019 Policies Google Travel 113

Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

  Facebook continues to take over the web.    Facebook now accounts for 12.3   We often ask clients what their Facebook strategy is.    Our Facebook advice to small businesses remains the same.    You don't have to be on Facebook.  compared to 7.2

2010 100

2010 Social Media Facebook Holidays 100

Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 19, 2012

I was not surprised to hear Instagram, the photo sharing site acquired by Facebook, was changing its privacy policy. In addition to the expected changes to allow Facebook advertisers to be able access your personal data, they are also reserving the right to use your username, photos and other data in advertisements.

Facebook 100

Facebook Policies Learning UPS 100

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 8, 2011

The Smithsonian's How Technology Makes Us Better Social Beings covers research showing that online social networks like Facebook may make us more social.  The study the article references found that Facebook users: Are more trusting of others. Have more close relationships. Get more social support.

Networking 100

Networking Facebook Social Media 100

Small Business Labs

JULY 12, 2010

Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « An Economic Ode to the Great Plains | Main | Is Facebook Replacing Traditional Websites?   Many businesses also believe it is easier and more effective to create communities and interact with their customers on Facebook and Twitter than on their on website. 

Social Media 100

Social Media 2010 Facebook Retirement 100

Small Business Labs

JUNE 11, 2016

It shows just how dominant Google and Facebook are in terms of online advertising. The report nicely organizes the information on the topics covered (the report outline is below). But all of these areas have been extensively covered elsewhere.    The one chart that really jumped out at me is below.

2016 100

2016 Google Facebook AT&T 100

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 31, 2017

But even more impressive is how fast the online video is growing on Facebook, Snap Chat and YouTube. The chart below shows BI Intelligence's estimate of the overall growth of online video streams. The numbers are pretty staggering. Their daily video views have basically doubled over the past year to over 30 billion views per day.

Networking 100

Networking AT&T Facebook 100

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 20, 2015

But the rise of social media has led to people wanting experiences they can post about on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and elsewhere. Of course, this is not a new trend. The 1999 book The Experience Economy covered this shift in detail. This is clearly helping to drive the growth in experiences. 

Social Media 100

Social Media Customer Service Purchasing Twitter 100

Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

A big driver of the excitement around VR is Facebook's Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. We too believe virtual reality is going to be big - eventually. But the hype around virtual reality seems to be getting ahead of the actual reality these days. It has gone on pre-sale with a ship date of the end of March.

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Google Facebook AT&T 100

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 4, 2011

  The growth of social commerce (see  6 below) and Facebook (see 7 below) are key drivers of the growing interest in and use of social media by small businesses.    Small Businesses Friend Facebook:  The epic growth of Facebook is hard to overstate.    Technology. . 

2011 100

2011 Social Media Facebook Temping 100

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 31, 2012

 Facebook is used by by 74% of Inc.   But small businesses are seeing solid returns from other forms of social media, which is why usage of Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are up. .   It actually declined quite a bit.  In 2010 half of the Inc. 500 blogged.  But in 2011 only 37% did.

Social Media 100

Social Media 2011 Forms Twitter 100

Small Business Labs

MARCH 29, 2011

  Facebook:   Not a lot of public information on Facebook's plans, but Venture Beat reports that Facebook has formed a payments subsidiary and seems to have big plans.  .  This would allow Android phones equipped with NFC chips to act as payments devices. 

Credit Card 100

Credit Card Equipment Facebook Google 100

Small Business Labs

JUNE 26, 2012

Despite a recent flurry of companies going public (Groupon, Facebook, Pandora, etc.)  There will continue to be disruptive companies like Facebook and Groupon that grow big enough and fast enough to go public. .   As the graph below shows, the number of U.S. public companies has steadily decreased over the last decade.

Facebook 100

Facebook 2009 100

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 13, 2015

The founder of virtual reality company VR company Oculus Rift, which is owned by Facebook, is even on the cover of Time Magazine. Virtual reality, which blends the physical and digital, is also getting a lot of attention these days.

Google 100

Google Facebook Goals 100

Small Business Labs

AUGUST 8, 2012

Described as the Facebook for Neighborhoods, the startup Next Door recently raised $18.6 million which will be used to expand operations. According to a GigaOm story about Next Door , they have: "about 3,700 neighborhoods on board in 48 states with a median of 600 to 700 members in each network.

Lifestyle 100

Lifestyle Facebook Networking 100

Small Business Labs

APRIL 26, 2012

 They also seem to think that the major platform players like Google, Apple and Facebook are getting interested in wearables. .   Forrester believes that consumer interest in wearables for applications in health and fitness, navigation, social networking and gaming is starting to grow.

Health 100

Health Google Facebook Networking 100

Small Business Labs

JANUARY 27, 2015

It lit up social media with thousands of tweets and Facebook posts.  Tanya Mohn's New York Times article Coworking on Vacation: A Desk in Paradise  hit a cord with readers.   The article focuses on coworking facilities in exotic or tourist oriented locations that also provide accommodations.

2014 100

2014 Social Media Lifestyle Travel 100

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

 Another quote on the outlook for people who aren't highly educated and/or highly skilled in ways attractive to data factory companies like Google and Facebook: “It means that life is very tough for most everyone in America” says Moritz. Moritz also covered the downsides of this shift. The median American household has stagnated.

Google 100

Google Facebook AT&T Skills 100

Small Business Labs

MAY 23, 2013

  I haven't had a chance to test the site, but it appears you can link it to your LinkedIn and Facebook accounts. Once you list a job, the website suggests contractors who've been recommended by people within your own network on the site.    The site was only recently launched and is still in Beta.

Elance 100

Elance Social Media Networking Facebook 100

Small Business Labs

MARCH 15, 2016

Key quote: Small businesses worldwide are becoming “micro-multinationals” by using digital platforms such as eBay, Amazon, Facebook, and Alibaba to connect with customers and suppliers in other countries. The reason for this explosive growth in small business globalization is, of course, the Internet.

2018 100

2018 Suppliers 2013 2008 100

Small Business Labs

JUNE 24, 2013

Kloof : A Facebook app for doggie social networking. According to their website:  Our pet relocation veterans will ensure the entire process runs smoothly, from paperwork and immunizations, to a safe flight and personalized, door-to-door pickup and delivery. We make your move exactly what it should be: a walk in the park.

Facebook 100

Facebook Health Networking 100

Small Business Labs

MAY 27, 2011

." We've posted in the past about tech firms moving from Boston to Silicon Valley , and Silicon Valley firms moving so they can be in the same neighborhood or building as leading firms like Twitter and Facebook. Even in the Internet age, location matters. 

Twitter 100

Twitter International Facebook UPS 100

Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

  “The clothing is, for them, an opportunity for performance — they put it on their dog or cat, take them for a walk, post a picture on Facebook,” Richter said. “It’s  “It’s increasingly about getting a digital stamp of approval.”.

Social Media 100

Social Media Clothes 2016 Expenses 100

Small Business Labs

MAY 10, 2011

For example, the Wall Street Journal article Facebook Tops for Small Business reported on a survey that found small businesses quite positive about social media.  You many have noticed that different surveys show very different small business social media usage rates.   Another point of view comes from Citibank.

Social Media 100

Social Media 2011 Facebook AT&T 100

Small Business Labs

MAY 20, 2010

  Key quote from the article: "When most people use Facebook, Twitter, or MySpace, they use it for its social qualities. I have several friends who have discussed this topic extensively on Facebook and Twitter. .   Tom's point is pretty straight forward.  I find this to be so true.

Social Media 100

Social Media 2010 Retirement Twitter 100