Measuring Social Media: a post from Frank Ovaitt, President of the Institute for Public Relations

“A new blog is created about once every two seconds. New videos are posted to YouTube even more frequently. Virtually everyone with a computer (98%) goes on line to search for information before making a purchase. Video search is taking over text search as the most popular form of searching. Politicians, marketers, and individuals are embracing new forms of social networking…at unprecedented levels.”

New tools don’t make New PR

I probably don’t come to this in the best frame of mind, having just listened to several hours of rant about how social media is ‘The New PR’. I am a little jaded by this, as it has become something of an ‘old story’, particularly if you have been involved with the ongoing application of online communications tools.