The Use of Sina Weibo and Twitter by International Luxury Hotels

Microblogs are widely used in the ser-vice industry. Primary uses include sharing compliments and general information…

Understanding User Behavior in Sina Weibo

Sina Weibo is one of the most popular social network sites in China. Despite its popularity,…

Average Twitter followers

The average Twitter followers across all sectors shows that B2C industries tend to dominate this metric,…

Media usage rates

Companies tend to use Instagram and Facebook much more heavily for the promotion of media assets…

Weekday vs. weekend posting activity

At an aggregate level, companies in B2C sectors (such as Consumer Discretionary or Consumer Staples) tend…

Popular hours to post

Collectively, posting activity on social media across all companies tends to follow a bell curve, with…

Popular hours to post by social network

Companies tend to post on LinkedIn and Instagram predominantly during working hours. Other networks, like Facebook…

Popular days to post

Across all industries and company sizes, companies tend to publish about 80% of their social media…

The Emotions that Make Marketing Campaigns Go Viral

Researchers tracked emoticons embedded in millions of messages posted on Sina Weibo, a popular Twitter-like microblogging…

Credit

Micro[1] and Small[2] Business Credit Traditionally, these businesses have been thought to face increased difficulties in…