subject: iPhone Top Social Media Index for 2009 [print this page] Author: Michael Satterfield Author: Michael Satterfield
Virtues Social Media Index (SMI) assigns brands and products a score based on overall buzz from status updates, videos, photos and blog posts. They just released the results for 2009 and released the top 100 social brands based on their index score. The iPhone takes home top honors once again. The index focuses on consumer mentions and reactions not brand engagement via social media. That means that this is what the people on the internet were talking about, if you are attempting to figure out how to get your Social Media program off the ground you may want to start by looking at what these companies are doing on the web and in their traditional marketing, while you will not have the budget you can see what the top company in your field is doing and try to incorporate it into your marketing plan. Check out the top 100 below:
iPhone Disney CNN MTV NBA iTunes Wii Apple Xbox Nike Starbucks NFL PlayStation Adidas BlackBerry Sony Mercedes Microsoft Samsung BMW Nintendo Best Buy ESPN Ford Honda Ferrari Gucci Nokia Major League Baseball Dell Coca-Cola CBS ABC iPod Mac Turner Nissan Toyota eBay Amazon Victorias Secret Nutella NASCAR Disneyland Audi NHL Red Bull Verizon Intel Subway Hewlett-Packard Puma Kia Fox News Porsche Jeep Dodge Pandora Walmart Zappos Suzuki McDonalds Krystal T-Mobile Skittles KFC Volkswagen NBC Sprint Pixar Motorola IKEA Pepsi Cisco REI LG AT&T Converse The Gap Chevrolet Luis Vuitton ToysRUs H&M Philips General Motors Pringles Visa Prada Panasonic IBM VH1 Hulu Oracle Burberry SEGA Sears Avon Jet Blue Lacoste Comcast About the Author:
Michael Satterfield has worked in the automotive industry for over 10 years, the majority of that time focused on Internet Sales and Marketing, in 2007 Michael founded Satterfield Group Int. a consulting firm dedicated to helping small businesses in the automotive aftermarket affordably promote their company on the internet. Michael holds BA Organizational Leadership and holds certificates from Ford Motor Company, Kia Motors North America, and Nichols, Campbell & Morrow in Internet Sales and Marketing. Michael is also an avid automotive enthusiast and has traveled around the world mostly by car, having owned over 60 cars, motorcycles, and scooters, Michael understands the needs of the automotive market from classic restoration to retail automotive sales. E-mail Michael directly at michael@satterfieldgroup.com
