Trends Report

European Social Technographics® Revealed

How Europeans Are Adopting Social Technologies

February 26th, 2008
RJ
Rebecca Jennings
With contributors:
Christine Overby , Alice Bresciani , Josh Bernoff

Summary

Social technologies, such as blogs, networks, and wikis, already attract a significant percentage of online Europeans. However, to prioritize which Social Computing channels to use to communicate with consumers, marketers need to understand the usage profiles of their target audiences; using Forrester's Social Technographics Profiles will enable them to do so. In Europe, Social Technographics reveals strong differences in social technology adoption among countries. For example, the Dutch respondents were those keenest to join networks such as MySpace, while online Germans were most likely to post comments in forums and on other people's blogs.

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