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Infographic: The myths of social sharing

on Jun 2, 2014 | 0 comments

By Ishbel Macleod

<img width="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TalabPyti4o/U4cPISTEKoI/AAAAAAAAeuA/6Wzp-qnYfXM/s0000/MythsofSocialSharing_Internal_web-infographic.png" title="” ></a></div> <p>Almost three quarters (72 per cent) of all sharing is still copy and paste, research from RadiumOne has found.</p> <p>The research looks to expose the myths of social sharing, and discovered that vanity URLs increase average click volumes by 25 per cent.</p> <p>It was also found, perhaps surprisingly, that millennials are least likely to engage with brand content of all age groups.</p> </p> <p> <a href="http://www.thedrum.com/news/2014/06/02/infographic-myths-social-sharing" target="_blank" class="rssmi_more">Read full story ›</a> </p> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.thedrum.com/news/2014/06/02/infographic-myths-social-sharing" target="_blank" title="Infographic: The myths of social sharing">The Drum</a></p> <p><span style="margin-left:10px"><a 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