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• Report Facebook Loses Ground Among US Online Youth

  A North American Consumer Technographics® Report

  December 12, 2017 | Anjali Lai

  In the race to win and sustain the attention of US youth, Facebook is falling behind. Our analysis of trended behavioral and attitudinal data reveals that young consumers increasingly engage with a...

• Report Forrester Data: Social Media Advertising Forecast, 2017 To 2022 (US)

  ForecastView Document

  August 22, 2017 | Brandon Verblow

  In 2016, social ad revenue in the US exceeded the combined ad revenue of Disney and Time Warner. Marketers and media executives need to understand the dynamics driving social's rise and ensure that...

• Report Brief: Facebook (Still) Dominates Teens' Social Usage

  Kids May Not Think It's Cool, But They're Using It As Much As Ever Before

  December 1, 2015 | Gina Fleming, Nate Elliott

  Marketers seem to think teens are fleeing Facebook. The reality is that this couldn't be further from the truth. Sure, young people don't think Facebook is very cool — but that doesn't mean they've...

• Report How Do Social Apps Stack Up?

  Revealing The US App Engagement Index Scores Of Social Networking And Communication Apps

  December 24, 2014 | Nicole Dvorak

  As consumers shift the time they spend on PCs and TVs to mobile, marketing leadership professionals need to shift their advertising budgets in parallel. Forrester estimates that mobile advertising...

• Report How Do Teens Use Social Media?

  North American Consumer Technographics®

  July 21, 2014 | Gina Fleming, Nate Elliott

  use social media on a regular basis. The majority of young consumers ages 12 to 17 connect with their friends on social networks every day. They start using social media at a young age and continue...

• Report Messaging Apps: Mobile Becomes The New Face Of Social

  Messaging Apps Will Force Digital Platforms To Evolve

  July 7, 2014 | Thomas Husson

  You've surely heard of the second-largest acquisition in tech history, Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp for $19 billion. However, you may not have heard of KakaoTalk, Kik, Line, Secret, Snapchat,...

• Report Brief: Facebook Dominates Teens' Social Usage

  Why The Sky Isn't Falling On The World's Favorite Social Network

  June 24, 2014 | Nate Elliott, Gina Fleming

  Since Facebook's CFO admitted in 2013 that young teens were visiting the site slightly less frequently, most marketers have accepted as fact that teens are fleeing the site en masse. But that's...

• Report Use Instagram Now

  Before The Rules Change

  April 29, 2014 | Nate Elliott

  Marketers seeking social engagement should turn to Instagram's low-clutter, brand-friendly environment. Top brands' Instagram posts generate a per-follower engagement rate 58 times higher than...

• Report The Social Behaviors Of Your B2B Customers

  A B2B-Focused Analysis Of The Landscape For The Social Marketing Playbook

  July 17, 2013 | Zachary Reiss-Davis

  As a business-to-business (B2B) marketer, you need to engage your customers and prospects throughout a complex customer life cycle that frequently lasts longer than a business-to-consumer (B2C)...

• Report How B2B Marketers Use Social Now

  Emerging Trends In B2B Social Marketing For 2013

  May 13, 2013 | Zachary Reiss-Davis

  Our data shows that social channels are key to the decision processes of your business-to-business (B2B) customers and prospects, so to avoid falling behind or missing emerging trends, you should...

• Report It's Time To Make Facebook Marketing Work

  June 26, 2012 | Nate Elliott

  After years of aimlessly chasing fans, it's time marketers start driving real business results from Facebook. This requires building a Facebook page that has a clear focus and offers value to...

• Report The Facebook Factor

  Quantifying The Impact Of A Facebook Fan On Brand Interactions

  April 9, 2012 | Gina Fleming

  Quantifying the impact of a Facebook fan can be difficult and elusive for marketers. Forrester uses statistical modeling to analyze the effect of being a Facebook fan on brands. The model gives...

• Report Will Facebook Ever Drive eCommerce?

  Demystifying The Hype For Retail eBusiness Executives

  April 7, 2011 | Sucharita Kodali

  In spite of the fact that hundreds of millions of people around the world have Facebook accounts, the ability of the social network to drive revenue for eCommerce businesses continues to remain...

• Report To Facebook Or Not To Facebook

  Effective Management Of Social Media Can Alleviate Security Risks

  March 30, 2010 | Chenxi Wang

  The inevitable rise of social media use inside enterprises has raised many eyebrows. Corporate security and IT professionals are worried about heightened malware threats as well as increased...

• Report The Convenience Quotient Of Mobile Services: A Facebook Case Study

  How To Make Mobile Services As Convenient As PC-Based Experiences

  October 14, 2009 | Julie Ask

  The mobile industry has long imagined that cell phones may one day displace the PC for many consumer activities. For now, the vast majority of consumers prefer the PC to a mobile device for most...

• Report Facebook And MySpace Redesign Sites, But Usability Remains Flawed

  September 8, 2008 | Bruce D. Temkin

  Facebook and MySpace recently redesigned their sites, but Forrester's Web Site Review methodology still uncovered major usability flaws on both. Of the 10 criteria we examined, Facebook passed four...