World Cup 2014: Germany vs. Argentina

World Cup 2014

It’s world cup time and Twitter is ablaze with FIFA talk. Let’s look a little deeper into the Twitter followers of some of the teams. 1. The Twitter Handles: Argentina = @Argentina  Germany = @DFB_Team   2. Number of Followers: Argentina: 648,000 Germany: 826,000   3. Number of countries represented by the followers: Argentina: 179 Germany: … Read more

Zoom in on where followers are engaging with you on Twitter (now X)

Twitter chat TweetChat reports

You may already know that the Fedica interactive map tools are great to track and map your followers and growth, but now you can track and map any word, hashtag, account, or phrase! NEW: See everything you get with Twitter analytics for a hashtag or keyword! Did you ever need to track what people were saying … Read more

World Cup Twitter Facts: Germany Edition

It’s world cup time and Twitter is ablaze with FIFA talk. Let’s look a little deeper into the Twitter followers of some of the teams. Germany: @DFB_Team 1. Total Twitter followers: 646K 2. Number of countries represented by followers: 213 3. Top 10 Countries OUTSIDE of Germany represented by followers: See the full interactive follower map here 4. Top … Read more

World Cup Twitter Facts: France Edition

France Soccer Fans Map

It’s world cup time and Twitter is ablaze with FIFA talk. Let’s look a little deeper into the Twitter followers of some of the teams. The France World Cup 2014 Team Twitter handle: @equipedefrance 1. Total Twitter followers of the French Team: 215K 2. Number of countries represented by followers of @equipedefrance: 198 3. Top 10 Countries OUTSIDE of … Read more

World Cup Twitter Facts: Brazil Edition

Brazil Soccer Fans

It’s world cup time and Twitter is ablaze with FIFA talk. Let’s look a little deeper into the Twitter followers of some of the teams. The Brazil World Cup 2014 Team Twitter handle: @CBF_Futebol 1. Total Twitter followers of the Brazil Team – the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol: 1.84M 2. Number of countries represented by followers of @CBF_Futebol: 230 3. … Read more

World Cup Twitter Facts: Mexico Edition

It’s world cup time and Twitter is ablaze with FIFA talk. Let’s look a little deeper into the Twitter followers of some of the teams. The Mexico World Cup 2014 Team Twitter handle: @miseleccionmx 1. Total Twitter followers of the Mexican Team – the Selección Nacional de México: 1.99M 2. Number of countries represented by followers … Read more

World Cup Twitter Facts: Chile Edition

It’s world cup time and Twitter is ablaze with FIFA talk. Let’s look a little deeper into the Twitter followers of some of the teams. Chile: @ANFPChile 1. Total Twitter followers: 137K 2. Number of countries represented by followers: 147 3. Top 10 Countries OUTSIDE of Chile represented by followers:   See the full interactive follower map here 4. … Read more

World Cup Twitter Facts: Portugal Edition

It’s world cup time and Twitter is ablaze with FIFA talk. Let’s look a little deeper into the Twitter followers of some of the teams. Portugal: @selecaoportugal 1. Total Twitter followers: 104K 2. Number of countries represented by followers: 192 3. Top 10 Countries OUTSIDE of the Portugal represented by followers: See the full interactive follower map here 4. … Read more

Do Canadians love Tim Hortons or Starbucks?

Starbucks and Tim Hortons Twitter Followers

Are you Team Tim Hortons or Team Starbucks? If you are Canadian, you will have an opinion on our two most prominent omni-present coffee chains. Even non-coffee drinkers prefer one over the other. Using Fedica, we have collected the available stats on the Canadian Twitter followers of both the Starbucks and Tim Hortons primary accounts, and here … Read more

Three Ways to Improve your Twitter (now X) Hashtags

Hashtags are an incredible way to connect with other X (formerly Twitter) users with like interests. If you’re consistent and honest in your hashtag chats, you can make new friends, colleagues and even business partners.

However, I’ve spent a lot of time in hashtag chats and general hashtag conversations and have seen a lot of people miss the mark. It’s not that it’s “wrong”, but every tweet is an opportunity to say something valuable and on X, people are measured by the consistent quality of their tweets. When a user’s every tweet is funny, informative or educational, the followers will come.

So here are three ways to improve your use of X hasthags.

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What’s Your Avatar? Understanding Your Social Media Image

Whether you like it or not, a good part of who you are on social media is your image.

The images you choose to represent yourself – the pictures you choose to tweet, your Facebook cover photo, your LinkedIn profile picture – all come together to give the people you’re connected to a glimpse into who you are.

So if you haven’t given your self-image much thought, now’s a great time to start.

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Oppan Social Style: The State of Social Media in 2012

Believe it or not, but the first month of 2013 is drawing to a close.

Hopefully you’ve managed to stick to your resolutions through the month of January, and you’re back in the swing of status updates and tweets.

Since we’re all fully immersed in 2013, we thought that it would be a good time to take a break from looking forward, and look back – back to the state of social media in 2012. If you’re up for a little jaunt down memory lane, read on.

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The First 3 Steps You Need To Take When Launching A Social Media Campaign

Step 1: Write a blog post, send a tweet, post a Facebook status update
Step 2: …?
Step 3: Success!

If that sounds like your hazy vision for how a social media campaign looks, you’ll want to adjust your perspective.

Too many companies think that social media = content creation. It doesn’t.

Content is just one part of the complex machine of social media done right, and it isn’t even the most important part.

Before you write your first tweet or even create your Facebook page, follow these three essential steps – or risk a huge social media flop, no matter how enlightening those status update are.

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