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The what, why and when of the Irish internet user
The results are in
According to a new poll from Bacardi, the average Irish internet user spends 8 hours a week on social media, while those in the 18-24 bracket are spending 11 hours weekly on sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Of the 1,470 adults surveyed, nearly a quarter of all social media users (23pc) spend between 10-24 hours on social networks each week followed by 12pc, who spend more than 25 hours a week.
When is the best time to target these users?
The Bacardi Together Poll finds that 50pc of internet users check emails, text messages or social media sites last thing at night and 49pc do so first thing in the morning.
Why do they go online?
Of those who are using social media, 66pc said they do so to keep up-to-date with what is happening with their friends and acquaintances. And 90pc of 18-24-year-olds said they use social media for co-ordinating social events.
Why do they not go online?
The top reason is privacy, with 66pc of those who don’t use social media saying “it doesn’t offer privacy, I don’t want to share myself online”.
Fifty-nine per cent of those who don’t use social networking sites said “there is no replacement for face-to-face meetings”
41pc said they consider social media to be a waste of time.
Source: Businessandleadership.com
Register for Bloggers International
Join me live online today for Bloggers International, where I will be participating in a bloggers clinic answering your questions and sharing information about blogging and social media with a panel of experts. No matter what stage you are at, blogging, just blogging, or even thinking about blogging, this event will have something for you.
Join me at Bloggers International
Building a successful blog takes know-how, strategy and effort. Having navigated my way through the early days of blogging by myself, I know just how much hard work this can be!
So I am delighted to be taking part in Bloggers International, a place where you can find answers to your blogging questions, learn more about blogging strategy and network with fellow bloggers and all in a friendly supportive environment.
The event takes place next Wed evening, 29th June, 7.30pm at the Heritage Hotel, Portlaoise and will take the form of a bloggers clinic. A panel of blogging pros will be answering your questions on both the technical and creative sides of blogging. The Irish panel consists of Beatrice Whelan, Niall Devitt, Amanda Webb and myself.
Submit a question and win a prize
You can submit questions before the meeting and there will be prizes drawn for those who have submitted questions.
Click here to submit your question
Can’t attend in person?
If you can’t make it in person but would still like to take part, you will be able to view answers by video link (if prebooked and prearranged) on the facebook page and on twitter by following the hashtag #bi11.
Hope to see you there!
Visit http://www.bloggersinternational.com to find out more
The Wheel
I had a very interesting day today attending the fundraising workshop at The Wheel, a support and representative body connecting community and voluntary organisations and charities across Ireland.
I will be writing some more on what I learned about fundraising basics in future posts, but for now, I wanted to alert those of you who may not be aware of this organisation to their training courses, and in particular their weekly deal. The weekly deal offers significant savings on training courses and the current deal is well worth checking out:
40% off Survival Essentials for Charities
Sign up to their newsletter to be kept up to date on more great deals, training opportunities and the latest news from the non-profit sector in Ireland. Lots more information on their website: http://www.wheel.ie.
