Best of Cannes 2012 in 100 Slides

We all love presentations crafted by Jesse Desjardins. And when it comes to the world’s biggest advertising festival, you’re bound to gain a lot of insights and knowledge and interact with amazing people at Cannes. Last year we compiled Jesse’s 100 Beautiful Slides at Cannes 2011 presentation, and he is back this year with a fresh set. Have a look:

Google Zeitgeist 2011 – Year in Review

Google released their annual Zeitgeist for 2011, and made an amazing video about the most searched topics throughout the year from Japan’s Earthquake & Tsunami, to Death of Steve Jobs to the Death of Osama Bin Laden. Watch the amazing video here:

Decoding India’s Digital Consumer

See this interesting video by Nielsen India on how social media is going to change the way Indian consumers are connecting & engaging with each other and what it means for marketers in the APAC region to target this demographic.

The World of Social Media 2011 #videoinfographic

This video infographic shows all the latest facts & figures about social media in 2011. Have a look below:

Economics of Social Gaming

Mashable published a new infographic about the economcis of Social Gaming, and gave out a few really important statistics we were waiting to hear. A few key points are:

• $6 billion to be spent for virtual goods in 2013
• 70-80% of all mobile downloads are games
• Angry Birds has a reached a total 140 million downloads

INFOGRAPHIC: Social Media World in Statistics

Another brilliant infographic by SocialBakers, using their engagement metrics tool they have generated the best data available and created this infographic.

Best Time to Tweet [INFOGRAPHIC]

Sometimes Twitter feels like a battle against the clock. You’ve got a great link to share, but do you send it out right when you find it to be one of the first to jump on it, or do you wait until you think more of your followers will be online?

This infographic from Lemon.ly will show you when the majority of tweets are posted, what times see the most engagement, and other interesting facts about timing on Twitter.

INFOGRAPHIC: Mobile Commerce

The Mobile Market is Huge, and Mobile Apps and Advertising have a promising growth. Socialcast made this pretty infographic with stats on Mobile Applications, Advertising and Mobile Commerce. Some of the key stats include:-

• 50 Billion Apps will be downloaded in 2012 alone
• 24% prefer to pay via credit card for mobile purchases
• $38 billion estimated revenue from app purchases in 2012 by Forrester

Nielsen Social Media Report

Nielsen just published their Social Media Report for Q3 of 2011. Some of the key stats are:

• Females make up the majority visitors to social networks and blogs, most likely between 18-34
• 97% of users yet access internet through a PC/Laptop while 40% access from their handhelds
• 47% have Social Networking apps on their smartphones
• 24% check in to places using their mobile devices
• Women view more videos, but men watch them longer

INFOGRAPHIC: ROI of Social Media

The guys from MDG Advertising have made a brilliant infographic highlighting all the statistics of returns on Social Media. A few key results are:

• 73% of companies plan to increase their social networking through Twitter (77% YouTube, 75% Facebook)
• 96% of CMOs are starting to look beyond sales and web metrics when gauging the value of social media campaigns
• 76% of businesses are using social networking for business objectives, and 55% of them increased their social media budgets in 2011