Everyone's Blog Posts - Atlanta User Groups2022-08-19T22:07:28Zhttp://www.atlantausergroups.com/profiles/blog/feed?xn_auth=noMySQL DBA opportunity - immediate needtag:www.atlantausergroups.com,2012-01-06:3364566:BlogPost:220052012-01-06T15:37:29.000ZEmily Stanekhttp://www.atlantausergroups.com/profile/EmilyStanek
<p>I have an immediate, urgent need for a MySQL DBA who is open to learning and moving over to NoSQL databases – an open source advocate. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity for a client in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, GA.</p>
<p>For more information and a detailed job description, please contact and send resumes to:</p>
<p>Emily Stanek</p>
<p>Brick House Specialty Resources</p>
<p>Direct office line: 678-894-4920</p>
<p>Email:…</p>
<p>I have an immediate, urgent need for a MySQL DBA who is open to learning and moving over to NoSQL databases – an open source advocate. This is a contract-to-hire opportunity for a client in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, GA.</p>
<p>For more information and a detailed job description, please contact and send resumes to:</p>
<p>Emily Stanek</p>
<p>Brick House Specialty Resources</p>
<p>Direct office line: 678-894-4920</p>
<p>Email: <a href="mailto:emily.stanek@brickhouseresources.com">emily.stanek@brickhouseresources.com</a></p>Atlanta User Group Monthly Scheduletag:www.atlantausergroups.com,2009-10-26:3364566:BlogPost:31252009-10-26T03:30:00.000ZCheyenne Throckmortonhttp://www.atlantausergroups.com/profile/CheyenneJack
<div style="width:600px;"><h2>Atlanta User Group Monthly Schedule</h2>
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<p style="font-size:small;">The following event schedule should give you a quick glance at the groups that have standard monthly events happening in the Atlanta area. I try to keep the main calendar updated with the actual event titles, but ultimately depend upon the groups themselves to update the main calendar. If you see a group you are interested in visiting, check out their sites for further information, and please…</p>
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<div style="width:600px;"><h2>Atlanta User Group Monthly Schedule</h2>
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<p style="font-size:small;">The following event schedule should give you a quick glance at the groups that have standard monthly events happening in the Atlanta area. I try to keep the main calendar updated with the actual event titles, but ultimately depend upon the groups themselves to update the main calendar. If you see a group you are interested in visiting, check out their sites for further information, and please feel free to update our calendar. The more people updating the Atlanta User Group calendar the more valuable this resource will be.</p>
<p style="font-size:small;">If you have a user group not included, or would like to update the information on this event schedule, please leave a comment and I will get it updated.</p>
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<h2>First Week</h2>
<table width="100%">
<tr><th colspan="3">Monday</th>
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<tr><td width="120px"><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/events/atlanta-microsoft"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543347645?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/events/atlanta-microsoft">Atlanta Microsoft Professionals</a></td>
<td width="100px">6:30-8:45pm</td>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/unix"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797333?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/unix">Atlanta Unix Users Group</a></td>
<td>7:30-9:00pm</td>
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<tr><th colspan="3">Tuesday</th>
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<tr><td><a href=""><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src=""/></a></td>
<td><a href=""></a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><th colspan="4">Wednesday</th>
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<tr><td><a href=""><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797715?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="">Atlanta ColdFusion User Group</a></td>
<td>6:30-9:00pm</td>
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<tr><th colspan="3">Thursday</th>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantaphp"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797817?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantaphp">Atlanta PHP User Group</a></td>
<td>7:00-9:00pm</td>
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</table>
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<h2>Second Week</h2>
<table width="100%">
<tr><th colspan="3">Monday</th>
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<tr><td width="120px"><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantamicrosoftdatabaseforum"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797711?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantamicrosoftdatabaseforum">Atlanta Microsoft Database Forum</a></td>
<td width="100px">6:30-9:00pm</td>
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<tr><th colspan="3">Tuesday</th>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantafoxprousersgroup"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797542?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantafoxprousersgroup">Atlanta FoxPro User Group</a></td>
<td>6:00-9:00pm</td>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/agileatlantausergroup"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797489?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/agileatlantausergroup">Agile Atlanta</a></td>
<td>6:45-8:45pm</td>
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<tr><th colspan="3">Wednesday</th>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/ruby"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797464?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/ruby">Atlanta Ruby User Group</a></td>
<td>6:30-8:30pm</td>
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<tr><th colspan="3">Thursday</th>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantapythonprogrammers"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797374?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantapythonprogrammers">Python Atlanta</a></td>
<td>7:30-9:00pm</td>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/ggmug"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2543347764?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/ggmug">Gwinnett Georgia Microsoft User Group</a></td>
<td>6:30-8:30pm</td>
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<h2>Third Week</h2>
<table width="100%">
<tr><th colspan="3">Monday</th>
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<tr><td width="120px"><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/sharepoint"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797537?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/sharepoint">Atlanta Sharepoint User Group</a></td>
<td width="100px">6:45-8:45pm</td>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantaseo"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470796984?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantaseo">Atlanta SEO</a></td>
<td>6:45-8:45pm</td>
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<tr><th colspan="3">Tuesday</th>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/drupal"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470800043?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/drupal">Atlanta Drupal</a></td>
<td>6:30-8:30pm</td>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/mac"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470798609?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/mac">Atlanta Mac User Group</a></td>
<td>7:00-9:00pm</td>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantajavausergroup"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797451?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantajavausergroup">Atlanta Java User Group</a></td>
<td>6:30-9:30pm</td>
</tr>
<tr><th colspan="3">Wednesday</th>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantaflexusergroup"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797829?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantaflexusergroup">Atlanta Flex User Group</a></td>
<td>6:30-9:00pm</td>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantaspin"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797617?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantaspin">Atlanta SPIN</a></td>
<td>6:00-8:30pm</td>
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<tr><th colspan="3">Thursday</th>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantawebentrepreneurs"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797196?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantawebentrepreneurs">Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs</a></td>
<td>6:45-8:45pm</td>
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<h2>Fourth/Last Week</h2>
<table width="100%">
<tr><th colspan="3">Monday</th>
</tr>
<tr><td width="120px"><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantadotnetusergroup"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470799046?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantadotnetusergroup">Atlanta .NET</a></td>
<td width="100px">6:00-8:30pm<br/>(Last Week)</td>
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<tr><th colspan="3">Tuesday</th>
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<tr><td><a href=""><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src=""/></a></td>
<td><a href=""></a></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><th colspan="3">Wednesday</th>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantaima"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797496?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/atlantaima">Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association</a></td>
<td>6:30-9:00pm<br/>(Last Week)</td>
</tr>
<tr><th colspan="3">Thursday</th>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/AtlantaPM"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797073?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/AtlantaPM">Atlanta Perl</a></td>
<td>7:00-10:00pm<br/>(4th Week)</td>
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<h2>Other Active Groups</h2>
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<tr><td width="120px"><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/owasp"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470796897?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/owasp">OWASP Atlanta</a></td>
<td>Evening</td>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/awdg"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470799561?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/awdg">Atlanta Web Design Group</a></td>
<td>Evening</td>
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<tr><td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/adobeindesignusergroup"><img border="0" height="100px" width="100px" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2470797435?profile=original"/></a></td>
<td><a href="http://www.atlantausergroups.com/group/adobeindesignusergroup">Adobe InDesign</a></td>
<td>Evening</td>
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</div>The Impact Of Social Media on Email Marketingtag:www.atlantausergroups.com,2009-07-02:3364566:BlogPost:17812009-07-02T13:30:00.000ZTommy Edwyhttp://www.atlantausergroups.com/profile/TommyEdwy
As someone who has a vested interest in email marketing, I find that the evolution of social media is playing a critical role in how email marketing is being used today and how it will be used in the future.<br />
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Take for example something as simple as an organization that has been publishing a bi-weekly, monthly or quarterly newsletter. When it comes time to begin compiling relevant (keyword relevant) content for your newsletter, there are times where you feel hard pressed to find enough quality…
As someone who has a vested interest in email marketing, I find that the evolution of social media is playing a critical role in how email marketing is being used today and how it will be used in the future.<br />
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Take for example something as simple as an organization that has been publishing a bi-weekly, monthly or quarterly newsletter. When it comes time to begin compiling relevant (keyword relevant) content for your newsletter, there are times where you feel hard pressed to find enough quality (and again relevant) content that truly engages your audience. Your audience needs to be engaged and interacting with your emails if you're going to build a lasting relationship with them and try to keep there attention for an elongated period of time or nurture them through the buying cycle. So, if you're finding yourself hard pressed to come up with quality content on a regular basis, perhaps you're sending your newsletters too frequently and should consider sending once a month or once a quarter; or perhaps you're in need of more ways to get your audience engaged in a relevant manner. Bam! The beauty of social networks.<br />
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By injecting the use of social media into your integrated marketing plan, not only are able to begin taking advantage of the ability to expand brand awareness and promotions, grow your email database, observe brand perception and the dozens of other benefits social media offers, but you're also able to take user generated content from your social media and plug it directly into your newsletters to create a more engaging and valuable experience for your audience. Now, imagine the possibilities. Top photo of video submissions, product reviews and feedback, complimentary products or services, top blog posts, polls, recurring customer questions or issues.... and the list goes on and on and on...<br />
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What ideas do you have to inject social media into your email marketing?Adam Howitt Interview - Walk.Jog.Runtag:www.atlantausergroups.com,2009-06-30:3364566:BlogPost:16312009-06-30T01:00:00.000ZCheyenne Throckmortonhttp://www.atlantausergroups.com/profile/CheyenneJack
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While Adam no longer lives in the Atlanta area, I'm sure many will still remember our English friend, despite his exodus off to Chicago.<br />
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He served as president of the Atlanta Cold Fusion User Group when I first started attending 5-6 years ago I guess now.<br />
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Here is an interview of him talking about walkjogrun.net a great mashup with Google Maps that I've been using since its launch in 2004. It helps people plan their running route around town, or in my case just how far…
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While Adam no longer lives in the Atlanta area, I'm sure many will still remember our English friend, despite his exodus off to Chicago.<br />
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He served as president of the Atlanta Cold Fusion User Group when I first started attending 5-6 years ago I guess now.<br />
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Here is an interview of him talking about walkjogrun.net a great mashup with Google Maps that I've been using since its launch in 2004. It helps people plan their running route around town, or in my case just how far I have to walk for lunch.<br />
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He's now expanded it to having an iPhone app and a successful Facebook Fan page of 2000+ members. Check out any of Adams other projects at <a href="http://www.AdamHowitt.com" rel="nofollow">www.AdamHowitt.com</a>.Jive Software Demotag:www.atlantausergroups.com,2009-06-11:3364566:BlogPost:9412009-06-11T23:32:15.000ZCheyenne Throckmortonhttp://www.atlantausergroups.com/profile/CheyenneJack
<img src="http://www.jivesoftware.com/jivespace/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1686-11683/620-452/marketechture.png"></img> <br></br>
Has anyone used Jive Software? I've not met anyone that actually has hands on experience but it looks like an awesome tool for using social media to either A) organize your business internally like an intranet or B) build a social network around your product like Nike did with their Nike+ network.<br />
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Here is a link to a one-hour demo I watched a few weeks ago. I'm posting the link here as much for myself to remember as for others to check it out.…
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Has anyone used Jive Software? I've not met anyone that actually has hands on experience but it looks like an awesome tool for using social media to either A) organize your business internally like an intranet or B) build a social network around your product like Nike did with their Nike+ network.<br />
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Here is a link to a one-hour demo I watched a few weeks ago. I'm posting the link here as much for myself to remember as for others to check it out.<br />
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<a href="https://admin.acrobat.com/_a20595625/p80149524/" rel="nofollow">https://admin.acrobat.com/_a20595625/p80149524/</a><br />
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I'd love to hear from anyone who has used Jive. I'm obviously a fan of Ning, as this network is built upon that platform, but I think hosting the database yourself and having some of the customization tools available in Jive would add even extra features to a social network. It would certainly help you identify SMEs.<br />
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Here is an article wrote after attending the Jive roadshow last fall, about what corporations need to start thinking about building their own social entities.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cheyennejack.com/blog/post.cfm/4-reasons-social-networking-websites-should-go-corporate">http://www.cheyennejack.com/blog/post.cfm/4-reasons-social-networking-websites-should-go-corporate</a>Social Media Trends with a Focus on Health Caretag:www.atlantausergroups.com,2009-05-21:3364566:BlogPost:932009-05-21T07:00:36.000ZCheyenne Throckmortonhttp://www.atlantausergroups.com/profile/CheyenneJack
Originally Posted on CheyenneJack.com<br></br>
<a href="http://www.cheyennejack.com/blog/post.cfm/social-media-trends-in-health-care">http://www.cheyennejack.com/blog/post.cfm/social-media-trends-in-health-care</a><br></br>
<div style="max-width:500px"><h2>What are some of the social media trends in health care today?</h2>
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<p>A brief look at these statistics and trends in health care on the social web should help organizations understand the impact of engaging with social media tools…</p>
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Originally Posted on CheyenneJack.com<br/>
<a href="http://www.cheyennejack.com/blog/post.cfm/social-media-trends-in-health-care">http://www.cheyennejack.com/blog/post.cfm/social-media-trends-in-health-care</a><br/>
<div style="max-width:500px"><h2>What are some of the social media trends in health care today?</h2>
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<p>A brief look at these statistics and trends in health care on the social web should help organizations understand the impact of engaging with social media tools to help in spreading their message. It does not matter if you are a <a href="/blog/post.cfm/social-networks-connecting-patients-and-pharma">pharma company trying to connect with patients</a>, or if you are a <a href="http://www.imne.com">medical education provider</a> looking for <a href="/blog/post.cfm/5-ideas-to-get-started-social-bookmarking">ways to utilize social bookmarking</a>.</p>
<p>Social media may have its roots in the trendy tweener population but is growing trees of marketing data that the health care industry can utilize to improve their message delivery and improve the healthcare information being consumed online in <a href="/blog/post.cfm/the-social-media-landscape">the social media landscape</a>.</p>
<p>This video is helping to advertise the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.q1productions.com/eventPages/event_Health2.0.php">Health Care New Media Conference</a> in mid June. I have pulled many of the statistics about social media trends in health care from the video and included them below for easier reading and comparison.</p>
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<li><strong>Trends in Social Media and Health Care</strong></li>
<li>60 Million consumers are using new media to interact and share their health experiences online</li>
<li>250 hospitals use social media</li>
<li>93% of e-patients said that the internet made it possible to ge the medical information that they needed</li>
<li>Health Care Information Technology now represents a $36.7 Billion/year market</li>
<li><strong>Search Engine Trends</strong></li>
<li>93% of global consumers use search engines to find and access websites</li>
<li>72% of e-patients searched for medical information just before or after a doctor's visit</li>
<li><strong>Facebook Trends</strong></li>
<li>Facebook has 175 Million active users</li>
<li>3.5 Million users become fans of Facebook pages each day</li>
<li>Roughly 1,200 Facebook communities advocate for cures for different chronic illnesses</li>
<li>83 hospitals have Facebook Pages</li>
<li><strong>Twitter Trends</strong></li>
<li>Feb 2008 - 475,000 unique visitors.</li>
<li>Feb 2009 - 7,000,000 unique visitors.</li>
<li>160 U.S. hospitals have Twitter accounts</li>
<li><strong>YouTube Trends</strong></li>
<li>100,000,000 Million Videos viewed on YouTube every day.</li>
<li>131 hospitals have YouTube Channels in the US</li>
<li><strong>Other Social Media Trends</strong></li>
<li>77% of active internet users read blogs - Universal McCann (March 2008)</li>
<li>23 Million Americans have downloaded and listened to an audio podcast in the past month - <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.edisonresearch.com/home/archives/2008/04/the_podcast_con_1.php">Edison Media Research</a></li>
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<p>Feel free to add more stastistics and social media trends, especially for healthcare, in the comments. I will also see if I can find the sources for these statistics in the future.</p>
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