But data from TNS shows that use of social media and social networking in the country is widespread, making it the fourth largest market in Europe for social networking behind the UK, Germany and France. These statistics are impressive and firmly place Russia as the fourth biggest market in Europe for social networking. odnoklassniki Europe freshminds web2.0 We’ve posted in the past about the use of social media in Russia, when Russian President Dmitry Medvedev launched a video blog . The January Web Index for TNS shows that two leading social networks in Russia

Taking only the adoption of social networks as part of “everyday life at work in Europe”, the figures reveal something surprising - Great Britain lags behind the other countries in the study: This positioning is surprising, not least as adoption of social networks like Facebook is higher in Great Britain than elsewhere in Europe. Facebook Conquers Europe With A report out this week from AT&T explores the adoption of social networking  in the workplace and the  rise of Enterprise 2.0. Based on 2,500 interviews in five countries (Great Britain, France, Belgium,

Another set of statistics from MarketingSherpa paints a more positive outlook for social media agencies. In September 2008, just as we were recognising the full potential of the economic downturn in which we now find ourselves, they surveyed almost 400 firms asking them about their marketing spend for 2009. total of 48% of the firms interviewed predicted that their spending on social media would increase in 2009, with just 20% predicting a decrease. Yesterday we posted about statistics from MarketingSherpa showing that a lack of knowledge hampers social media marketing , with 46% of firms who had not adopted social media marketing citing a lack on internal understanding as their main hindrance.

You can read the full article in the latest edition of Pharmaceutical Executive Digest Europe , but the interview got me thinking about the ways in which people can use Linkedin as a networking tool, and also how you can gain some (but not all) of the benefits that you would get from a community of practice. Tags: social media qualitative market research linkedin Virtual community online market research Europe freshminds facebook innovation market research Social networks Education Matt Rhodes web2.0 Image via CrunchBase I

The Black Out Europe campaign reminds us that European internet freedoms are still at risk, and to use the upcoming European elections for supporting candidates in favour of such freedoms. Digital Europe has designed a questionnaire you can send to your representatives so that you can identify their positions on internet freedoms. IN THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS ON JUNE 6TH DO NOT VOTE TO THE PARTIES WHICH WANT TO GIFT OUR RIGHT OF ACCESS TO THE INTERNET TO PRIVATE INTERESTS . Here is a graphic that analyses the votes of EU parliamentarians on the issue.

In late March and early April 2009, I presented a full-day Master Class on SharePoint in Europe -- London one day, and Copenhagen the next. You can purchase a copy of the slide deck for use at your firm. The deck is 307 pages long, and covers: - Overview of day -

We Must Protect Net Neutrality in Europe! Organizations from all around Europe share their concern of seeing Net Neutrality being sacrificed during the conciliation procedure of the directives of the EU Telecoms Package. All around Europe, these kind of discriminatory practices, detrimental to both consumers and innovation, are emerging. They sent this letter to the Members of the European Parliament, urging them to take decisive action in order to guarantee a free, open and innovative Internet, and to safeguard the fundamental freedoms of European citizens. The P2P Foundation

Japan, and other Asian markets, are known for having more established mobile internet usage than in Europe, America or elsewhere. Morgan Stanley’s 2010 Mobile Internet Report, published in December 2009, predicts that 2010 will be a tipping-point for mobile internet globally. In Western Europe, the penetration rate will creep above 50% of all mobile connection. Image by shapeshift via Flickr We wrote a couple of weeks ago about the role of mobile in the Japanese social networking market .

Then it was Azerbaijan, Georgia (the country), Armenia, Kenya, South Africa, Indonesia, Columbia, Ghana, Ethiopia, and a multitude of international NGOs based in Europe and North America who gave me the opportunity to apply online interaction and collaboration practices in the field of international development. The most amazing aspect of this work, going back to 2001 until today, was the different attitude of people outside of North America and Europe - people who heretofore did not have the ability to connect and learn outside of their village, town or city. This afternoon I’m spending a half hour on a Skype video conversation to share a bit of how I use social media.

About Contact Web Strategy Vault Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing Jeremiah Owyang discusses how web tools and social media enable companies to connect with customers Forrester Wave Report: The Leaders in Community Platforms for Marketers (Part 4/4) January 09th, 2009 | Category: White Label Social Network , Analyst , Forrester Clients can access the full report The Forrester Wave™: Community Platforms, Q1 2009 on the Forrester site, however the high level findings are available below,