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• The study’s sample consisted of the companies on the 2010 Fortune Global 100 list.
The sample breaks down as follows:
− 32 U.S. companies
− 47 European companies
− 18 Asia-Pacific companies
− 3 Latin American companies (Because of the small sample size, data from the three Latin American companies are included
in the overall results, but this data is not broken out in the detailed analysis.)
• The study looked at the Fortune Global 100’s activities on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube , corporate blogs
and other local microblogs and social networks around the globe.
• The results of this study are compared to last year’s Burson-Marsteller “Global Social Media Check-up
2010,” which analyzed the social media presence of companies on the 2009 Fortune Global 100 list.
Results from the Global Social Media Check-up 2011 study are charted in blue; results from last year’s
global study are charted in gray.
• While there was a slight shift from last year in the companies on the Fortune Global 100 list, this did not
have a significant impact on results.
• Data was collected between November 2010 and January 2011.
• “Active” accounts were defined as those with at least one post in the past 3 months.
• Outliers have been noted.
• Data was collected by Burson-Marsteller’s global research team.
Tweet !
* For the purposes of this study, “Twitter” refers to the actual platform or
other similar microblogging platforms.
38%
increase in the number of
accounts per company
on Twitter The average number of
Twitter accounts per
company increased from
4.2 accounts to 5.8 accounts.
In Detail
The number of accounts per company
increased in the U.S. because of the large
increase in IBM Twitter accounts (from 43
accounts in 2010 to 76 accounts in 2011)
and Walmart (11 accounts 39 accounts).
The same increase was demonstrated by
many Asian companies (i.e., LG: 12
accounts 18 accounts, Sony: 5 accounts
16 accounts, and Nissan: 2 accounts
11 accounts.)
62% 50%
of European corporate
(121%).
5,076
average followers
per account
The average number of followers
per corporate account increased by
241% in the last year. This growth
in popularity was lead by Asian
companies, which averaged an
increase of 328%.
Average Number of Followers Per Account
In Detail
The high average number of followers in
Asia could be because many Asian
corporations are in the electronics,
entertainment and auto industries, which
tend to lend themselves to more active
social media participation due to active
customer bases and the need for customer
service.
80%
of companies are talked
about on Twitter The number of companies
being talked about on Twitter
increased by 90% over the
last year (driven by a 118%
increase in Asian companies
and a 106% increase in
Percent of Companies Talked About on Twitter European companies). The
sharp rise indicates that a
company is being referenced
by stakeholders’ tweets even
if it is not on Twitter.
In Detail
Out of the companies who were on the
Fortune Global 100 both years, there was
an 18% increase in corporate Facebook
pages.
In Detail
The large increase in the U.S. average
Facebook pages per company is largely
due to outliers Hewlett-Packard and Ford,
with 51 and 23 corporate Facebook pages
respectively.
Eighty-four percent of
84%
of pages have posts
in last week
Facebook pages had posts
made by the companies within
40%
increase in
the last week, demonstrating
pages updated
in last week that the majority of pages are
actively updated.
Percent of Pages with Posts in Last Week
In Detail
The U.S. increase in YouTube channels per
company was driven by IBM with
21 channels, GE with 12 channels and
Ford with 10 channels.
In Detail
Asian companies include Sony, Toyota,
Hyundai and others in the electronics, auto
and entertainment industries that have a
highly visual marketing component. It’s not a
surprise, then, that these YouTube channels
have more views than others.
Walmart branded its YouTube channel so it looks like Toyota’s YouTube channel also has a branded page and video
a part of the company’s home page. Its videos are categories. In particular, the “How-Tos & Demos” and
separated into categories that are meant to enhance “Reviews & Specs” sections provide customer service that
and simplify viewers’ experiences. could be useful to viewers.
In Detail
The large increase in the U.S. average is
due to Hewlett-Packard’s 83 blogs and
IBM’s 86 blogs.
Blogs
Dallas Lawrence
Charlie Pownall
Managing Director of Digital Public
Affairs Lead Digital Strategist , Asia-Pacific
Proof Integrated Communications T 65 6671 3272
T 202 530 4615 charles.pownall@bm.com
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