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The Fortune 500’s companies embrace the social web more and more. The use of web 2.0 tools continues to increase. The fastest growing tool was Twitter in 2009. This found the study “The Fortune 500 and Social Media: A Longitudinal Study of Blogging and Twitter Usage by America’s Largest Companies”.

The key findings:
- 22% of the 2009 Fortune 500 have a public-facing corporate blog.
- 86% of these blogs link directly to a corporate twitter account – more Fortune 500 corporations have Twitter accounts, but do not link directly from their blogs.
- 35% have active Twitter accounts (post within the past thirty days)
- 50% of the top 100 companies have a Twitter account.
- 80% post regularly on their Twitter accounts. the number one, Exxon Mobil, does not have a Twitter account.
- The insurance industry has the most Twitter accounts (13).
- 19% is podcasting
- 31% integrate online video into their blog sites

Now, compare the data with the top 100 companies social web strategies. The new Burson-Marsteller Fortune Global 100 Social Media study gives some insights and shows that the use of Twitter goes up. It is the top social media platform of choice among the Fortune Global 100.
- 65% of the largest 100 international companies have active Twitter accounts
- 54% have a Facebook fan page
- 50% have a YouTube channel
- 33% have corporate blogs.
Interesting for me to see is that only 20% make use of all four platforms to engage their customers or business partners. And there are also regional differences: Companies in the United States and Europe are more likely to use Twitter or Facebook than corporate blogs. Businesses in Asia-Pacific are more likely to utilize corporate blogs than social networks.

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