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社交媒体战略制定十大反思
随着社交媒体发展越来越迅速,当真是士别三日当刮目相待。如果你在管理公司的社交媒体,就一起来看看以下这10份统计数据带给我们对于社交媒体战略的反思:1. Twitter上增长最快的用户群体在55-64岁之间a. 比2012年增长了79%b. 45-54年龄层的用户在Facebook和Google+增长率都是最高的c. 该年龄层用户群在Facebook占比已经达到46%d. 该年龄层用户群在Google+占比54%“社交媒体是年轻人的玩意”,在这份数据面前,这个说法显然站不住脚。你或许需要调整设计媒体战略来符合这样的现状,尤其是,你的目标客户包含这中老年用户!反思:在社交媒体战略制定中,关注到中老年用户群体,尤其是在Facebook、Twitter和Google+网络。不同的用户群体在品味和兴趣上差距很大,如果你的发布内容只针对青少年群体,你可能就丢失了这一庞大的用户群体。2. 1.89亿的Facebook用户只使用手机登录不仅大量的用户不再使用电脑或者平板访问Facebook,而且Facebook30%的广告收益来自于手机端访问用户,相比2012年增长了7%。反思:用手机访问Facebook的用户数量,比你想象的要庞大。多想想怎么在手机端和小屏幕上更好的展示内容,尤其是在你有大量的手机访问用户群体时。同时,优化用户从手机端分享内容到社交网络的过程。3. Youtube拥有更多18-34岁的人群依然认为电视拥有最广的用户群?如果你的目标客户是美国的18-34岁的人,Youtube能广泛的定位到他们。当然,一个视频不会比有线网站吸引更多的访问,但是,这个视频依托在Youtube这个拥有庞大用户群的平台上,情况就很不一样了。反思:如果你推迟了增加视频营销战略执行时间,或许得修改为现在立刻马上执行了。你可以从简单的视频开始,比如五分钟短视频介绍你的公司或者团队。4. Linkedin每一秒新增两个会员定位于专业人士的Linkedin,每一秒都在新增会员。从群组到博客再到职位列表,Linkedin为想和同行业交流的专业人士们提供了丰富的信息和谈话资源。反思:通过Linkedin获取新用户大有可为。丰富的群组和社区资源,新人加入后优秀的服务体验,能帮助你更好的运营Linkedin账号。最好能持续不断的更新Linkedin页面和公司/个人信息,例如,周期性的发布新内容。5. 社交媒体的用户活跃度更高社交媒体的用户活跃度高到什么地步?超过了色情网站的用户活跃度!社交媒体流行到什么地步?成为了一件普遍的、常规的活动!所以,下次你发现自己在Youtube看Kittenvs. Watermelon ,你可以自我安慰说这是大部分人正在做的事情。社交媒体比以前越发重要。这不是一时之热,不是短时的,而是逐渐发展成为一种习惯、一种普遍现象,更多新的平台不断出现并促进社交媒体的发展。反思:这样的发展势头,花费时间和精力来研究社交媒体是必须且值得的。之前对社交媒体的束之高阁,或许该认真研读了,祝你好运。6. Linkedin的用户活跃度低于Pinterest、Google+、Twitter和Facebook虽然Linkedin用户新用户增速很快,但是用户的活跃度比目前主流的社交网络都要低。也就是说,大量的注册用户并不参与Linkedin的网站活动。这意味着,如果你在Linkedin上举办竞赛和调查这类用户参与度高、需要用户主动参与的活动,得到的效果会比在Facebook和Twitter上差。反思:对比下各个社交平台的用户活跃度数据,再来决定哪个更适合做用户交互类的活动。查看最新Twitter和Facebook的统计数据,显然这两个平台更适合竞赛和调查类的活动。而Linkedin则用来发布博客文章或者幻灯片等用户接收的信息类的被动活动。7. 93%的营销人员使用社交媒体业务只有3%的营销人员调查说不使用社交媒体业务,也就是说很多人在使用和运营社交媒体。相比之前的无人问津,社交媒体作为营销预算和方案的一部分越来越常见。反思:如果你正苦于如何制定社交媒体营销战略,需要一些建议,不要闭门造车。既然93%的营销人员都在使用社交媒体,找到帮助资料实在太容易。大量的博客、视频和PPT资料供你阅读参考。仔细的找到最适合公司发展现状的社交媒体管理工具,以达到事半功倍的效果。8. 18-44岁使用智能手机用户中的25%手机不离身手机端业务发展势头之迅猛和成长空间之巨大,必须关注。我们听过很多关于手机依赖症的言论,离开手机几分钟就浑身不自在。显然,这份统计数据告诉我们确有此事。18-44岁用户群体中的25%都从未让手机离身,也就是说他们在极少数时间是没有联网的。反思:既然大家基本上随时都在使用他们手机,这意味着我们随时能和他们交互,也就是说我们能渗透到他们生活的大部分。当然,有手机和用手机是两码事。9. 只有9%的美国营销公司有全职博客写手62%的营销人员运营或打算运营博客,即使如此,也只有9%的美国营销公司雇用了全职写手来运营博客。博客对社交媒体和内容营销有很重要的作用,你可以建立企业博客,定义好模版。用博客来介绍产品、分享企业动态或者用户喜欢的有趣的小故事。只有9%的营销公司有全职的博客写手,在这种情况下,产生高质量内容的压力将更大。从如何写好标题到选择最佳发布时段,都是博客运营需要仔细考虑的问题。(当然,并不是所有的营销人员都就职于营销公司,不过,有多少公司愿意或者已经雇用了全职的博客写手呢?)反思:如果没有全职的博客写手,那么要注意,可能你的营销团队以及其他部分同事们需要做大量的工作来保证持续的博客内容更新。在没有全职的内容生产者的情况下,运营一个全时段生产内容的营销战略,很困难,但按照以上方法,倒也行得通。10. 25%的Facebook用户忽略隐私设置有很多关于社交媒体公司以及其隐私条款的新闻,Facebook就数次因为隐私条款的问题被新闻报道。Instagram因要修改用户服务条款,引得一片争议。NSA新闻报道人们逐渐意识到他们的互联网隐私。尽管有部分隐私安全意识高的人反击社交网络和网络服务,VelocityDigital调查显示25%的Facebook用户从未查看隐私设置项。反思:仅仅依靠科技新闻的报道,就假设用户同质,可能会是一个巨大的错误。记住,不要强加你的假设和期望给用户,用户想的可能会让你大吃一惊。

数据驱动的社交媒体营销怎么玩?
互联网时代,社交媒体扮演了直接触达到用户的重要角色,数据也赋予了社交媒体营销新动能。准确的用户画像从何而来?对标竞品的特点有哪些?真正打动消费者的KOL是谁?这些问题的答案都能从社交媒体数据中一一挖掘。DT君上周请到了秒针商务总经理石承泰,他用真实的行业案例为大家打开了社交营销新思路。本文为嘉宾的直播实录整理,感兴趣的朋友不要错过哦~
▍社交媒体营销中,需要数据驱动的六大应用场景
舆情监测:负面评价有哪些?
如何去侦测一个负面评价? 目前大部分广告主都在用传统的舆情监测,就是在微博、微信以及一些垂直的平台上面做舆情监测,包括日常突发事件、事件传播分析、竞品的社媒舆情监测。我们秒针也在透过舆情监测(social listening)的方式侦测负面评价,然后给客户做出危机预警。市场比拼的是速度,我们将舆情监测按照危机层级,分为三个level,并对不同level做出评判,以不同方式的预警模式提供给客户,从小时级的到分钟级的都可以提供。
客户洞察:什么样的客户在评价?
在客户洞察方面,基于秒针自己第三方的panel,我们可以看到背后人群的属性,比如说性别,来自哪里,使用什么手机设备以及他使用手机的价格是多少等。拿汽车行业举例,透过这样的分析,我们可以看到他对于车子本身的正面评价是什么?比如说外观好,空间大动力足,或者是负面的一些评价,包括安全性的问题、服务售后不好的问题等,透过客户洞察使用者画像,追踪客户的正负面态度,帮助广告主了解用户在社交媒体上面的真实想法,及时优化调整内容投放策略。
竞品分析:对标竞品的网络口碑如何?
在竞品方面,我们也可以做到类似客户洞察的分析。我相信广告主都希望可以看到品牌和竞品之间的分析,包括每个月声量的变化,情感度分析,包括各个声量在各个渠道上面,比如微博、微信、论坛、视频网站、垂直媒体,品牌和竞品的声量占比各是多少,再基于我们的数据库,可以帮助广告主对品牌和竞品在不同的渠道上面的声量,根据核心传播事件声量的变化跟正负面评价进行对标交叉分析。
KOL服务:会打动消费者的KOL是谁?
在KOL部分,我们可以分析KOL真实的粉丝量是多少。现在业界我们也都在探讨,KOL的水分非常多,所以秒针建立了一个自己的第三方panel,我们利用自己的panel去观察里面收录的真实的人群,观察他们关注什么样的KOL,什么样的议题,以及什么样的文章会引起他们的转发,用这样一个样本库,进而推及全网数据。通过数据去水,在事前把好的KOL筛选出来,并针对有效的转发、后续的活动评估及转发层级做分析,包括KOL发文以后声量是否有上升,情感倾向如何,正面部分是否帮助到品牌,负面是否并没有传播出去,帮助客户寻找真实、高性价比的社交传播途径。
活动评估:社交营销如何评价
在KOL前测部分,我们可以根据品牌主所自定义的TA (Target Audience)来选择KOL的名单给到品牌主,在选择上除了头部高单价的KOL, 我们也可以找寻到性价比高的中长尾KOL, 并且针对背后的TA覆盖人群做优化计算,帮助品牌主用更少的钱覆盖更多的TA人群。
热点监测:有哪些消费者最新热点?
透过热点监测,我们能够监测每一个品牌在哪一个时间点做了什么样的campaign,举例来讲,比如假设在一个品牌的campaign周期,我们可以帮品牌主去监测你的竞品在同一个时间点,他们做了什么样的活动,声量跟传播情况是如何,如此一来品牌主可以及时地去调整,在热点监测上面,我们是可以把不同的品牌在同一个时间点的分析给到及时的Report。
数据+算法:助力社交媒体营销
接下来我想介绍秒针是如何做到这些事情的,如同我刚刚前面讲的,我们自建了一个千万级的第三方自有的panel,这个样本库经过了5-6年的校验,我们把真实的用户放到这个样本库里面,并追踪这些用户,看他们在平台上面,具体关注了什么样的内容跟KOL,关注了什么样的文章,用这样的样本库来推及所分析的数据。
在舆情监测上不只是双微平台,包括在其他的垂直平台,比如我们今天主题讨论的汽车四大垂直媒体如汽车之家、爱卡汽车、易车、太平洋汽车,我们的舆情监测会针对相关的评论,关注的品牌,以及竞品的车型,车主回复、文章阅读数、是不是首发以及转贴等进行分析,通过整合新闻、电商、视频等平台的数据,实时得出相对应的报告。
相信大家一定会讨论、好奇这是用一个什么样的技术?
我们用的技术呢,不外乎就是NLP(语义分析),但是秒针在做NLP时结合了样本库的海量数据,并且我们做了很多的机器学习,通过AI人工智能对社交媒体海量发言进行标准化,实现对客户声量的深度解读,同时我们也加入了一些行业domain Know-how,提高data mining的准确度。
▍社交媒体营销之迷:KOL的真实粉丝究竟有多少?
在社交媒体营销监测方面,秒针做了很多相关的工具。以KOL为例,我们出了一个行业的报告,在valid fans(有效粉丝)上面,在不同KOL型态整体有效粉丝数据非常低,我们可以看到,celebrities真实有效的粉丝只有38%,母婴领域KOL的有效粉丝相对较高有61%,因为大部分母婴垂直网站的用户都是真实的妈妈,在这样的情况下面都有40%的水军在,更不用讲我们在fashion或者是美妆这一领域的水军会有多少了,美妆也是KOL使用到较多的领域。
品牌主在选KOL的时候,其实最重要的是要去触达背后的TA人群。我们可以去计算每一个KOL它背后的TA人群是否有重叠,通过优化计算,去用比较少的钱达到覆盖程度最高的最佳推荐组合。
在KOL后测部分, 可以做到传播声量趋势跟转化层级评估,通过转化层级看活动后在社交媒体上触达的广度跟趋势。
最后今天我们讲的舆情监测、危机预警、客户洞察,热点分析到竞品分析,最后透过KOL选择到KOL后续的活动评估,这是秒针在社交媒体营销领域上,针对六大不同的应用场景所提出的六大的工具跟解决方案。
注:以上内容根据数据侠石承泰在数据侠线上实验室的演讲实录整理。图片来自其现场PPT,已经本人审阅。
作者 | 石承泰
编辑 | 韦玮 : [email protected]
题图 | 站酷海洛
▍数据侠门派
本文数据侠石承泰,秒针商务总经理,华东区及汽车行业负责人。曾任中国台湾IBM 金融事业部资深销售总监、中国华为驻瑞士市场营销经理,资深业务总监,瑞士国家代表、德国西门子驻瑞士大客户部业务主管、荷兰飞利浦研发中心资深系统工程师、瑞士青商会荣誉会长, 第12届副会长, 第13届会长、育达科技大学资管系兼任讲师。

深度工作准则3——远离社交媒体
介绍选择网络工具的“任何益处法”:一旦发现使用一款网络工具有任何可能的益处,或者是不使用就可能错过某些事,你就觉得有足够理由使用这款网络工具工具选择的手艺人方法:明确在你的职业和个人生活中决定成功与幸福的核心因素。只有一种工具对这些因素的实际益处大于实际害处时才选择这种工具在你的网络使用习惯中采用关键少数法则策略就是降低选择对个人真正重要工具的复杂程度该策略的第一步就是明确个人职业和私人生活中主要的高层次目标。举个例子,我是一名教授,追求着两个重要的目标,一个是致力于成为课堂上有成效的老师和对我的研究生有助益的导师,另一个就是成为一个有所成就的研究员你明确了这些目标之后,再列出为实现每一个目标而需要的两到三个重要活动。这些活动应该足够明确,保证你能清楚地了解如何执行。另一方面,目标应该比较宏观,确保目标的实现不是取决于某一时间点的结果。一项好的活动应该是这样的:“定期阅读并理解我所在领域的最前沿成果。”为了更好地阐释实践中如何使用此策略,让我们来进行一个案例学习。为了方便学习,我们假设如果要求迈克尔·路易斯使用此策略,他可能会列出如下写作事业目标以及相应的重要活动。职业目标:写作精美的叙述体故事,以改变人们理解这种世界的方式支持这个目标的主要活动有耐心、有深度地进行研究有目的性地认真写作使用twitter的最好结果是没有实际影响,最坏的是可能有实质性的消极影响。考虑到路易斯容易有网络工具瘾,我们的结论是路易斯不应该使用twitter问题不是twitter是否带来了益处,而是它带来的益处是否足够抵消它所消耗的你的时间和注意力(这两点对一个作家尤其重要)关键少数法则:在许多情境中,80% 的已知效果源自 20% 的可能原因。例如,一家公司 80% 的利润可能只是来自 20% 的客户,一个国家 80% 的财富可能只是掌握在 20% 的国民手中关键少数法则,提醒我们最重要的 20% 左右的活动做出了大部分的贡献。假设你可以为生命中的任一个目标列出大概 10~15 条不同而又都能有益的活动,关键少数法则告诉我们只有最重要的 2~3 个活动。然而,这一观点忽略了一个关键点,那就是所有的活动无论重要与否,都会消耗你相同的时间和注意力。致力于低影响力的活动,就等同于挪用了本可用在高影响力活动上的时间。这是一个零和博弈。戒掉社交媒体你只是在 30 天内不使用脸谱网、Instagram、Google+、twitter、Snapchat、Vine 这些服务,包括从今以后新产生的流行网络服务。经过 30 天这种自我强加的网络孤立,针对你当前戒掉的每一个服务,问自己以下两个问题如果我一直在用这种服务,过去 30 天会过得更好吗?人们是否关心我有没有在用这种服务?如果对这两个问题的回答是“否”,那么就永久戒掉这项服务。这个策略集中针对社交媒体,因为在所有可以占用你时间和注意力的网络工具中,利用不当的社交媒体对深度工作的影响是最大的不要用网络来消遣你应该也能够主动利用自己工作外的时间和精力。这个目标就是减少网络工具对你深度工作能力的干扰在晚上或周末到来之前就确定要做的事情是十分重要的。每个晚上都有序地阅读自己挑选好的一系列书,也是一个很好的选择。同样的活动还有锻炼,与益友(面对面)交往。如果你想抵御娱乐网站对你时间和精力的诱惑,那么就给大脑找一些高质量的替代活动。这样不仅可以使我们避免分心,保持专注的能力,同时还有可能实现本内特的宏伟目标:体验到何为生活,而不仅仅是生存

AI改变社交媒体的5种方式:美国最顶尖的社交媒体如何使用AI技术
AI领域的投资一直在增长,预计今年余下时间将会增长约300%。超过25亿人都在使用社交媒体,占世界人口的三分之一。而且AI在帮助企业与网络潜在客户进行沟通方面发挥了很大的作用。尽管对人工智能来说前路漫漫,但它正在飞速发展。人工智能的入口已经彻底改变了社交媒体。以下是人工智能给社交媒体带来巨变的五种方式。1. 领英和Bright2014年,LinkedIn收购了一家叫做Bright.com的求职公司。 Bright使用机器学习算法来更好地匹配候选人和公司,帮助企业雇用合适的人才,也帮助候选人选择更好的工作机会。LinkedIn根据历史招聘模式、账户位置、之前的工作经验和职位说明,帮助公司给候选人评分。2. Slack Bots有一些品牌需要每天发布大量的帖子。这些品牌还雇佣了大批有影响力的人,通过社交媒体宣传推广他们的产品。他们很难决定哪些内容要突出,哪些内容会更受欢迎。因为分析大量内容是一项繁琐的工作,更多的是靠猜测。为了避免这种猜测性工作,Slack Bots被开发出来。机器人可以预测不同内容是否会受到用户喜欢,还能挑选出那些受欢迎可能性最高的内容。此外,这些机器人还可以在社交媒体上找到类似的内容,并向您展示其受欢迎程度。3.Facebook的 AI研究Facebook的研究范围从神经网络学习到预测主题标签,以及模式识别算法,帮助您在Facebook照片中标记您的朋友。Facebook的人工智能研究人员还在研究一组更为复杂的图灵测试相关问题,致力于开发一款类似Siri的助手,帮助那些希望获取智能回答的用户,而不是像目前大多数的数字助手一样从脚本库中提取信息。4.谷歌DeepMindDeepMind正在致力于给人工智能赋能,使机器能够像人类一样想像,并处理现实世界中不可预测的情景。谷歌2014年收购了DeepMind。DeepMind正在开发一个能够“想象”的AI,使机器能够在预见其行为的结果。 5. Pinterest Visual Graph, Kosei提起Pinterest时,人们并不会马上想起机器学习。另外,尽管很少人知道已经在过去的几个月里Pinterest已变成电子商务巨头,但是其书签网络一直在给人们带来惊喜。最近Pinterest收购了Kosei。Kosei是一家专门从事个性化推荐建模的数据软件公司。Pinterest已经确定了一些将受益于深度学习的领域,特别是:物体识别,以提升Pin和产品推荐;提高广告效果和相关性预测;检测垃圾邮件用户和内容。原文地址:http://knowstartup.com/2017/10/5-ways-ai-transforming-social-media/

从互联网到社交媒体
周烜 中国人民大学数据工程与知识工程教育部重点实验室副教授 互联网自上世纪90年代出现,经过20多年的发展,已经逐渐成为人类生产和生活不可或缺的组成部分。它承载了通讯、商务、媒体、娱乐等多种功能,对各个传统行业产生了巨大影响,甚至引发了颠覆性变革。如今,全世界的互联网使用者已经超过30亿,大部分使用者平均每天上网2个小时以上。并且,这个数字还在迅速攀升。 互联网作为一种新媒体,其影响最具颠覆性。传统媒体的传播渠道无外乎报纸、电台、电视等。以现代的眼光看,这些渠道有两个显著的局限性:第一,信息接收者通常是被动地接受信息,而不能主动地提出自己的需求和喜好;第二,信息传播渠道有限,并掌握在少数权威媒体集团手中,普罗大众难以参与其中,也只有少数人才能获得话语权。(虽然传统的信件和电话等通讯方式可以让人自由地传播信息,但这些方式的媒体效应是非常有限的。)互联网的到来使得我们的媒体彻底突破了这些局限。首先,互联网让人人都参与到媒体传播当中;每个人不但可以轻而易举地发布原创信息,也可以决定成为哪些信息的传播者;这使得媒体的信息来源和传播渠道得以迅速拓宽。其次,每个人在互联网上都可以主动筛选内容,使其跟符合自己的需要和喜好,而不是一味被动接收信息。社交媒体(Social Media),作为互联网上特有的媒体形式,将以上的这些特点发挥到了极致。 社交媒体的载体是互联网社交平台。在该平台上,互联网用户们自发地连接成社交网络,并通过社交网络自由地发布、传播信息。广为熟知的互联网社交平台包括脸书(facebook)、推特(twitter)、微博、微信等等。自2004年左右兴起以来,社交媒体迅速成为了人们获取信息的重要途径,并显示出相对于传统媒体的巨大优势。据调查,如今的互联网用户将超过20%的上网时间投入在社交媒体上。与传统媒体相比,社交媒体的内容更丰富、传播更及时、信息获取更方便。此外,社交媒体的信息传播是在四通八达的社交网络上进行的,难以被阻断和控制;一旦信息被广泛传播,则可能永久记载在媒体上,难以删除。社交媒体所产生的影响遍及各个行业。商业领域将其作为新的推广媒介加以利用;新闻机构既在社交媒体上获取新闻线索,又将其作为新闻发布的渠道之一;公民和个体通过社交媒体获得了更多的话语权;由于其信息传播的及时性,社交媒体甚至被作为一个覆盖面极高的传感网络,为灾害预防部门、城市应急部门提供感知渠道。另一方面,由于社交媒体上的信息难以被控制,虚假和片面的信息也成为社交媒体上的常客,给监管部门带来了新的挑战。由于社交媒体的影响深远广泛,国内外的学界都对其做了大量研究,希望掌握其规律,从而能够因势利导,让它发挥更加正面的作用。对社交媒体的研究涉及社会学、心理学、计算机科学等众多学科,并产生了丰富的成果。以下从三个方面简要概述现有的主要研究方向和初步研究成果。 互联网社交网络的拓扑结构:互联网用户在社交平台上相互连接、建立社交关系,这些社交关系构成一张巨大的网络,将所有用户连接在一起,同时形成了四通八达的信息传输渠道。社交网络的拓扑结构有何特点?为了解社交媒体,这是首先需要回答的一个问题。研究者通过对脸书、推特等社交网络进行统计分析,发现了以下特点:首先,互联网社交网络的连通度非常高,整个网络几乎完全连接成一体,绝大多数(超过95%)的用户都可以通过网络相互通信;而且,社交网络的抗干扰能力很强,即使将网络中的连接部分删除,也不会影响网络的连通性。其次,网络中的用户距离很近。以往的社会学研究认为人的社交关系符合“六度分割理论”,即任意两个陌生人都可以通过六个以内的朋友关系建立联系。在互联网社交网络上,由于建立人际关系的方式更加便捷,人与人之间的距离进一步缩短,“六度分割理论”演化成了“五度分割理论”。据统计,在脸书和推特上陌生人之间的平均距离都在4.7度左右。以上两个特点解释了信息为何能在社交媒体上的到广泛快速的传播。此外,互联网社交网络的聚簇现象显著。整个网络可以说是由大大小小的不同社区所构成,社区内的人相互联系更加紧密,社区之间的联系相对稀疏。社区的形成跟人的兴趣爱好、行业背景、社会阶层都有关系,不同类型社区的交流方式和信息传播模式都不尽相同。对社区特点的研究可以帮助解释社交媒体上的诸多现象(比如热点话题的形成、个人影响力的扩展、等等),因此成为了学者们所热衷的研究课题。 信息在社交媒体上的传播方式:信息在社交媒体上几乎都是通过口口相传的方式传播。由于社交网络具备很高的连通度,信息传播可以以非常快的速度进行。然而,由于人们的关注点有限,总是有选择地转发信息,所以并非所有信息都能够得到广泛传播。为了更好地利用社交媒体,媒体和广告商都开始致力于研究信息在社交网络上的传播模式。他们的研究表明,信息的传播能力受诸多因素影响,并非是简单的传播模型可以准确刻画的。首先,信息本身的趣味度和新闻性决定了信息被关注的程度和被转发的可能性。其次,传播人群和传播路径常常也决定了信息被传播的速度和广度。社交网络的参与者往往表现出明显的从众心理,一旦一位用户的多个关注对象都在转发同一条消息,该用户转发这条消息的概率会明显上升。因此,信息在初期的传播广度常常能够决定信息的最终传播能力。拥有较多关注者的用户也因此表现出更大的影响力。更深入的研究还发现,社交媒体中用户影响力存在巨大的差距。那些影响力高的用户(例如微博中的大V)通常会在信息转播中起关键的推波助澜作用,影响力普通的用户却显得无足轻重。而决定影响力的因素很多,除了关注者的数量,还与用户所属的社区和用户平时的活动方式有关。此外,社交网络中的人际关系对于信息传播并不是同等重要的。人际关系的建立可能基于不同的原因,可以是朋友、亲属、同事,也可以是简单的认同或志趣相投。研究发现,不同的信息在不同的关系上往往体现出不同的传播特征。 社交媒体上的热点事件监测:当社交媒体进入移动互联网时代后,其触角变得更广,反应也变得更加灵敏。社交网络的参与者随身携带智能手机活动在世界各个角落,他们的所见所闻随时可以以文字、图片、录像的方式进入社交媒体,并被广为传播。当2009年海地发生大地震和2011年日本发生海啸期间,当地居民和全世界的志愿者迅速通过社交媒体(以推特为主)形成互助团体,利用社交媒体上传播的及时信息实施救助,取得了非常好的效果。此后,人们开始关注社交媒体作为“社会传感网络”的能力,并开始探索如何利用社交媒体建立更加灵敏、覆盖面更广的自然灾害预警系统、城市应急系统和社会舆论监控系统。这些系统通过将大量的社交媒体数据导入大数据平台并对其进行实时分析处理,可以对突发事件、热点话题、流行趋势进行监测和预测。为了达到目的,这些系统需要使用大量的前沿计算机技术,包括自然语言处理、数据挖掘、流数据处理、等等。这些技术有的已经基本成熟,有的还在发展过程中,并不足以达到预期的目标。但可以预见,在不久的将来,社交媒体和计算机技术的结合将进一步提升人类社会的感知能力。 互联网和社交媒体不仅成为了人们社会生活的一部分,还通过电子化手段将人的行为历史记录在案。社交媒体上的大量历史数据为社会学的研究者提供了丰富的资料,并由此产生了“社会计算”(Social Computing)这一门新学科。该学科试图利用计算机工具对社交媒体上的数据进行梳理和分析,从而揭示人们在社会生活中的规律、模式、特点。以上的文字已经涉及了一些初期的研究成果。我们也期待未来有更多的重大发现出现。

大数据与社交媒体营销——天作之合
文 | Rehan Sheikh
翻译 | 沙拉丁
译文版权归翻译者和CDA数据分析师共同所有,转载请留言申请授权目前,许多广告方开始将广告投放从其他渠道转向社交媒体广告。一项来自Invesp和AdWeek的研究表明,预计到2018年,各品牌在社交媒体上的广告投入将会达到150亿美元。一些社交媒体网站利用大数据,为广告方提供更好的服务。因此,预计社交媒体广告的需求在将来的几年中会有较大的发展。大数据正在改变数字营销从2014年到2015年,Facebook的广告销售额增长了122%。为什么广告方愿意在Facebook上投放如此多的广告去寻求客户呢?
Facebook收集了海量的内部用户数据,这使得广告方可以针对目标客户进行精准营销。Facebook首席分析师Ken Rudin告诉CIO杂志,相较于其他社交媒体网站,拥有海量数据使得他们有了巨大的优势。在将广告直接投放到移动端用户订阅的内容之前,Facebook通过分析数据来评估用户反应和能使用户产生广告相关内容的最佳广告投放比例。“数据分析对移动端广告的发展有着巨大的影响,” Rudin说,“我不认为我们有魄力将广告投放到不相关的订阅信息中去。”社会媒体广告方如何利用大数据Facebook存储了海量的内部用户数据。精明的广告方从这些数据中获取了高额的利润。这里有关于Facebook使用大数据的一些实例。
广告再营销通常,客户在购买之前,平均每看到同一产品广告七次才能对其产生印象。广告在营销是一个使你的广告能不断曝光的有效手段。Facebook存储了其用户访问各个网站的数据。这使得广告方可以针对之前访问过其网站的用户进行广告展示。2014年,67%的广告方使用了这一功能。热门内容追踪成功投放广告的第一步就是先确定你的目标市场。同时,你也需要去生成一些内容去吸引用户。Facebook的图片搜索引擎可以帮助广告方找到网页端最流行的内容,使得他们可以据此生成相似的内容来协助营销活动。
满足用户对于广告的口味Facebook可以通过用户的反馈来提升广告平台内容的品质,确保用户看到的广告都是他们所关注的。
使用时尚的展现方式电商网站千篇一律的商品展现形式让人感到乏味。幸运的是,有许多定制的展现形式可以使用。这些形式更具视觉上的吸引力,从而提高用户的转化率。
实时数据分析数字营销从业者需要依据最新的内容去开展高效的广告活动。而Facebook实时存储的数据,使其可以针对最新趋势及时做出应对。
利用数据赚钱数据是极其有价值的商品。一些研究报告提到过,2016年,appnext公司将会购买将近价值400亿美元的海量数据。同时,Facebook和其他的社交媒体公司也将尽可能的挖掘数据,因为这对广告方来说极具诱惑力。
云计算将会促进社交广告和大数据的使用数据是极其有价值的商品。一些研究报告提到过,2016年,appnext公司将会购买将近价值400亿美元的海量数据。同时,Facebook和其他的社交媒体公司也将尽可能的挖掘数据,因为这对广告方来说极具诱惑力。原文链接:http://www.smartdatacollective.com/rehan-sheikh/415891/big-data-and-social-marketing-match-made-heaven

社交媒体经理应必备哪些技能
在社交媒体盛行的年代,无论你是正在寻找从事社交媒体相关工作的机会还是正从事着与社交媒体相关的工作,以下关于社交媒体经理所必须掌握的五大技能,若你能够拥有并辅以工具,你的工作将会变得更加得心应手。一、有针对性地沟通社交媒体的目的是为你的品牌发声,并且与你现有的或者潜在的顾客交流。但这并不表示要在所有的社交媒体发布相同的信息。你在每一个平台分享的内容都应略有不同。这其中的挑战便是,你需要对所有内容了如指掌。知道哪一些内容适合Facebook,哪一些内容更适合Twitter,Instagram, Pinterest或者其他任何的平台。之后,你便能驾轻就熟的针对每一个平台定制内容。如果你想要寻找灵感,你可以学习例如星巴克或者倩碧这样的大品牌社交媒体策略。这些公司将完全一样的商品分别投放到两个平台渠道,然而图像和文本会略有不同。Facebook相比于Instagram,更趋向于公开销售。化繁为简,这里为大家介绍几种能够帮助你发现、分享和推广内容的工具。 BuzzSumo和Buffer是我最喜欢使用的两个工具。Buzzsumo能够追踪社交网络所有的内容,他能够基于每个社交网络的的转发量进行排名,并会为你的平台推荐合适的内容。Buffer是一个记时发布和分享的平台,它能够让你的社交网络以时间的方式呈现,以及根据你所喜爱的博客和网页推荐。二、创造力当写作成为你工作最主要的部分时,创造视觉内容的能力就变得极为重要。80%的小型企业依靠社交媒体而成长,这也意味着争夺眼球的竞争非常激烈。为了能够脱颖而出,你需要通过你所有的社交渠道去打造一个强有力的视觉品牌,并且你需要一个长期策略,其中包含富有创意和具有独特性的内容、图像、视频、电子书、促销活动和登陆页面。你的作品越丰富多样,你成为一名优秀的社交传媒经理的机率就越大。关于这一方面,我最喜欢使用的工具是Canva,一款极易操作的设计工具,可以编辑Facebook的照片、图片广告,也可以适用于你的社交网站介绍、演讲、部落格、商业名片、海报及邀请函。三、市场营销和广告诀窍任何关于社交化媒体的职业描述都会包括这样一条:与潜在客户和现有客户进行交流和互动。互动包括及时回复评论,与用户积极对话以及让你的用户分享你的内容。你需要了解,如何站在公司的立场上,用正确的方式和用户交流。并且,与用户互动非常重要的一点是你需要确保用户能够看到你发布的消息。这时,Facebook的广告制作工具——Power Editor就能派上用场了。在使用Power Editor时,你能通过批量制作去创作广告,比在Facebook的Ads Manager制作广告所被允许的数量多得多。一般来说,任何希望进入社交化媒体行业的人都应该对Facebook的广告有所了解。如果你想在高效学习广告这方面得到帮助,那么我建议你搜索 Jon Loomer。从Facebook广告项目推出开始,他便开始培训企业如何有效地使用Facebook广告,所以你的问题很可能在Jon Loomer的博客上得到解答。四、直觉企业在社交渠道单纯地吸引关注者的日子已经一去不复返了。社交化网络有大量等待被品牌挖掘的客户信息。作为社交媒体经理,你需要了解什么样的客户信息能够为你的品牌或业务提供最大价值。例如,你需要为未来市场的影响力收集电子邮件地址吗?众包能够帮你找到现有客户所感兴趣的产品和服务吗?收集电邮地址最简单的方法就是进行推广活动和奖励互动。在大多数情况下,如果有潜在的奖励,人们都会愿意分享一些自己的信息,特别是电子邮件的联系方式。如果你花时间去学习如何组织和举办一场比赛、有奖互动环节或者注册填表的活动,(你可以使用例如ShortStack这样的工具),这些活动形式都能够让你获得成功。五、批判性思维最后一项技能是分析你影响力结果的能力。一位社交传媒经理需要有判断力,例如,熟知在一天的某一时刻或者一周的某一天发布信息能够得到最好的互动,不论是你的粉丝喜欢视频胜过图片,还是当你组织奖励活动时获得新的关注者。你对这些细节的洞察力能够确保品牌的内容被尽可能多的受众所看见。在社会化媒体行业的初期,很少有工具能够测得营销的成功程度和在其他方面的影响力。但如今,社交媒体经理有更多分析工具的选择。每个平台都有自己的分析工具,同时也有许多第三方工具,其中包括Google Analytics。有抱负的社交媒体经理应该花时间学习多种不同的分析工具,因为每一个工具都能为公司带来不同的价值。我建议可以从Facebook Insights, Google Analytics, Buffer 和BuzzSumo学起。社交化经理的角色在公司中变得越来越不可或缺,因此,你需要时刻更新你的简历和技能,了解行业内最新的发展趋势,掌握最新的工具以及最有方法。提高竞争力,你将有更多的机会得到你想要的工作。

社交媒体工具|Mixlab推荐
领英LinkedIn创建于 2003 年,致力于在连接人脉的基础上为职场人职业发展的每一个阶段提供更丰富和全面的价值,连接无限机会。作为全球知名职业社交网站,目前注册用户数量7.4亿,聚集了大量的职场精英。
据六度空间理论,全世界任意两个人之间的关联人脉,不超过6个。在当今社交网络时代,随着领英等社交平台的兴起,这一数字已经大大缩减。现实生活中,你可能只认识几百人,但是通过领英,你能覆盖的人脉可能超过百万。作为增长黑客必备的技能之一就是善于在各种社交媒体上做用户增长。好用的配套工具自然不可缺少。今天给大家介绍一款领英的内容运营工具。inlytics❤️✖️?InlyticsSocial Media Tools LinkedIn Analytics For Personal Profiles ➡️ 10x倍效率分析你的数据 ➡️ 找到洞察insights ➡️ 查看内容为何吸引用户 ➡️ 多LinkedIn账号管理ENJOY主要是数据分析功能,让我们理解用户从何地、何时被吸引,哪篇内容更受欢迎,关注你的用户都是什么样的人…详情可以看介绍视频:说起这款社交媒体工具,我研究了producthunt上的一些相关推荐。发现最相关的主题标签是:分析、市场(红色线条连接),其他都是二级或者三级以外的关联度(灰色线条连接)。下图领英图标就是本文提到的inlytics工具:从另外一张图谱,我们可以看到producthunt的推荐逻辑,更多地追求推荐的多样性。另外,可能是由于inlytics比较新,关联数据仍需要时间积累。扩展阅读清单1 领英联合创始人里德•霍夫曼:想要不断成长,记住这9条原则 其中一条:做无法规模扩张的工作(一次性工作)?ENJOY

外链建设:社交媒体
社交媒体对SEO有帮助吗?我们将讨论社交媒体帖子中的链接问题以及它可能的价值,社交媒体营销则不属于该讲座讨论范围。在2010年谷歌和必应都承认社交信号对搜索结果排名有帮助。四年后,推特暂时阻止谷歌访问其社交网络后,这情况发生变化,自2014年以来,谷歌公开否认社交媒体对搜索结果排名有任何直接影响。但现在是2018年,过去四年来,情况发生了很大变化,值得注意社交媒体开始以更大的规模出现在搜索引擎中。
大多数社交媒体都没有使用nofollow链接,每当社交媒体会员创建指向外部站点的链接时,社交媒体就会自动添加rel=nofollow。在nofollow链接讲座中我们说过nofollow链接没有提供任何价值,因为搜索引擎即使他们确实遵循链接访问到nofollow网站也不会将它们用于排名目的。
我们可以认为nofollow链接没有价值吗实际上你可能没有理由相信我说的那样nofollow没有价值,你通常认为nofollow链接就排名而言没有任何价值。因为我使用这个问句的原因是因为我不确定这是一个硬性的规则。nofollow链接是否有价值和没有价值一直存在争论。nofollow链接只是理论,社交网站的链接中其实有很多好的信息内容。搜索引擎当然希望屏蔽链接垃圾,但他们真的想忽略那些可能从这些链接带来的的奇妙信息吗?让我们回过头来考虑nofollow链接最终目的是阻止垃圾邮件发送者和发布垃圾评论到别人的博客。事实上,现在大多数博客系统创建nofollow链接的评论,但他们不知道follow链接在博客文章本身,因为帖子由博主发布,博客的所有者,网站所有者创建链接,以便搜索引擎可以使用链接来参考站点的主题和价值。因此,社交网络突然间不会nofollow所有内容,不仅仅是朋友发布到个人资料中的内容,甚至是个人资料所有者自己在个人资料中发布的内容。这不是nofollow最初的意图突然之间谷歌表示它已经索引有40亿个Facebook页面,超过10亿个推特页面,突然之间,所有被谷歌收录链接中的信息都必须被忽略,搜索引擎仍然无法使用这些信息,但是告诉人们他们没有这些信息,因为这些信息的链接是nofollow。这不是两个平台系统最好的处理方法,不鼓励人们发布垃圾链接,但同时将信息提供给搜索引擎排名算法,搜索引擎算法并让你相信他们绝对不会为排名考虑使用这样的心理战术。谷歌确实声称过不真实的事情,例如夸大他们的能力以阻止某些行为,我的实验见过很多次,这是一种对理论扭曲,例如必应是看一下用户的社交权威。我们会查看你关注的人数,有多少关注你,这可以为常规搜索结果中的商家信息增加一些权重。我的解读是也许社交网络链接不用于计算页面排名,但它们用于其它目的,例如使用必应的术语“社交权威”。以各种方式使用社交网络来帮助排名,无论他们是否以任何方式使用nofollow链接,我相信这不是一个靠谱的问题。社交媒体链接是否有助于SEO社交网络用于排名的各种方式是一个长期复杂的问题。日后我发布更多有关社交媒体和搜索引擎相关的讲座,在目前我仍然不相信搜索引擎从不使用nofollow链接。无论如何,社交媒体链接仍然可以为网站SEO通过其它方式提供帮助:
1、帮助人们找到你的网站首先链接到你网站是一种在社交网络广告系列中成功宣传你的网站的方法。人们会关注这些指向你网站的链接。他们中的一些人会在他们的网站或博客的其它地方写下你的网站,但不会知道这些链接。2、其中一些人可能会点击链接到你的网站今天,没有人想要搜索排名而做排名,他们希望访问者通过搜索排名获取访问者来到他们的网站,这就是让人们访问你的网站不管是follow或nofollow链接都可以做到这一点。

ITU 未来媒体论坛(2019.10.8)
本文为媒矿工厂编译的技术文章来源:ITU Workshop on “The future of media”Geneva, Switzerland, 8 October 2019原链接:https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Workshops-and-Seminars/20191008/Pages/programme.aspx代码语言:javascript复制引言会议于2019年10月8日在日内瓦召开,由 ITU-T第16研究组主办。下面是会议的内容。
开场介绍Noah Luo,华为,ITU-T SG16主席
Session 1主持人:Jens-Rainer Ohm, 亚琛工业大学
演讲者及演讲题目:
Benjamin Bross, 弗劳恩霍夫电信学院:Versatile video coding (VVC ) on the final stretchKen McCann, Zetacast:MPEG-5基本视频编码(EVC)
Guido Meardi, V-Nova:
低复杂度增强视频编码
Session 2主持人:Jill Boyce, 英特尔
演讲者及演讲题目:
Marius Preda,Institut Mines-Telecom SudParis:基于3D有效表示的高级AR/VR用例RenaudDoré,Interdigital:体视频:“沉浸式视频的MPEG元数据”分发格式
Yan Ye, 阿里巴巴集团达摩学院:
通过AI理解视频大数据Yuan Zhang,中国电信:
机器的视频编码
Session 3主持人:Yan Ye, 阿里巴巴集团达摩学院
演讲者及演讲题目:
Touradj Ebrahimi,EPFL:JPEG XL下一代图像编码Peter Schelkens, 布鲁塞尔Vrije大学:JPEG pleno
Wojciech Samek Fraunhofer HHI:
深层神经网络的压缩
Session 4主持人:Thomas Wiegand,Fraunhofer HHI
演讲者及演讲题目:
Jack W Stokes, 微软:深度虚假媒体简介Dragan Ahmetovic, 米兰大学:包含视觉障碍者视觉表示的数字文档的媒体可访问性
Jiro Nagao, NTT:
身临其境的现场体验
结束语Gary Sullivan,微软视频/图像技术架构
会议PPT下载地址

Australian Dollar Rises Against Majors
(RTTNews) - The Australian dollar strengthened against other major currencies in the Asian session on Wednesday.
The Australian dollar rose to nearly a 2-1/2-month high of 1.1075 against the NZ dollar, from yesterday's closing value of 1.0985.
Against the yen and the Canadian dollar, the aussie advanced to 2-day highs of 100.39 and 0.9228 from Tuesday's closing quotes of 99.95 and 0.9205, respectively.
Against the euro and the U.S. dollar, the aussie edged up to 1.6230 and 0.6762 from yesterday's closing quotes of 1.6269 and 0.6745, respectively.
If the aussie extends its uptrend, it is likely to find resistance around 1.12 against the kiwi, 102.00 against the yen, 0.94 against the loonie, 1.59 against the euro and 0.69 against the greenback.

European Shares Likely To Open On Mixed Note
(RTTNews) - European stocks are seen opening mixed on Wednesday despite a positive lead from U.S. markets.
Asian stocks traded mixed, with mainland Chinese markets plummeting due to disappointment over the lack of details on how Beijing plans to implement new stimulus measures announced in late September.
Japan's Nikkei average rose nearly 1 percent after Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard increased its offer for retailer Seven I Holdings by more than 20 percent.
U.S. stock futures traded lower in anticipation of more signals from the Federal Reserve regarding inflation and potential interest rate moves.
The dollar and gold were steady as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's September meeting minutes later in the day for fresh insights on interest-rate policy.
Data on U.S. consumer price and producer price inflation are due on Thursday and Friday, respectively.
New York Fed President John Williams said on Tuesday that it will be appropriate again for the central bank to reduce rates 'over time.'
Separately, Fed Governor Adriana Kugler said there is a case for more easing if inflation keeps easing.
Boston Fed President Susan Collins noted that there are risks to the U.S. economy not only from sticky inflation, but also an economic downturn.
Fed Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said that risks to the central bank's employment and inflation goals are now closer to equal.
Oil prices traded higher in Asian trading after tumbling the most in more than a year on worries over Chinese demand.
Meanwhile, as Israel widens its ground operations in Lebanon, Iran-backed Hezbollah hinted that it may be open to a ceasefire.
U.S. stocks closed higher overnight, with tech stocks outperforming due to easing of Treasury yields and ahead of the third-quarter earnings season.
The Dow edged up 0.3 percent, the SP 500 rallied 1 percent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite surged 1.5 percent.
European stocks drifted lower on Tuesday as Middle East worries persisted and China's state planner announced no new plans for major stimulus.
The pan European STOXX 600 dipped 0.6 percent. The German DAX slid 0.2 percent, France's CAC 40 shed 0.7 percent and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 fell 1.4 percent.

European Shares Likely To Drift Lower With Earnings In Focus
(RTTNews) - European stocks may drift lower at open on Wednesday as the focus now turns to upcoming earnings from TSMC and Morgan Stanley.
Investors also await a European Central Bank policy meeting on Thursday, with analysts expecting a 25-bps rate cut.
Consumer and producer price inflation data are due from the U.K., later in the day, headlining a light day for the European economic news.
Asian stocks were mostly lower as enthusiasm around Chinese stimulus faded, and reports suggested that the U.S. was planning to impose a limit on the sale of AI chips to select countries.
Japan's Nikkei was down nearly 2 percent after a Bank of Japan policymaker called for 'very moderate' pace of rate hikes.
The yen stabilized around 149 per dollar in response to BoJ member Seiji Adachi's latest comments and data showing that Japan's core machinery orders fell more than expected in August.
The euro held around two-month lows after former U.S. President Donald Trump defended proposals to dramatically raise tariffs on foreign imports.
Gold ticked higher despite Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic projecting just one more 25 basis points interest-rate cut this year.
Oil edged up slightly after falling by more than 4 percent on Tuesday due to easing supply worries and concerns over weakening demand.
Israel said it would consider the "opinions" of the United States but will ultimately act against an Iranian missile attack according to its own "national interests".
U.S. stocks closed lower overnight as United Health lowered its full-year earnings outlook and data showed business activity at manufacturing firms in New York State contracted unexpectedly in October.
A disappointing outlook from ASML Holding and concerns about tighter U.S. restrictions on chip sales spurred a selloff in the tech sector while energy stocks tracked oil prices lower.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 1 percent, while the Dow and the SP 500 both shed around 0.8 percent.
European stocks fell on Tuesday amid sharp losses in the technology and energy sectors.
The pan-European STOXX 600 dipped 0.8 percent. The German DAX slipped 0.1 percent, France's CAC 40 gave up 1.1 percent and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 declined half a percent.

Antipodean Currencies Slide Amid Risk Aversion
(RTTNews) - The Antipodean currencies such as the Australia and the New Zealand dollars weakened against their major currencies in the Asian session on Wednesday amidst risk aversion, as some traders looked to cash in on recent strength in the markets and booked some profits. The rising tensions in the Middle East and reports about China's extensive drills around Taiwan are also hurting market sentiment.
On the interest rate front, while hopes the U.S. Fed will lower rates by another 50 basis points next month have largely evaporated, optimism the central bank will cut rates by 25 basis points remains.
CME Group's FedWatch Tool is currently indicating a 92.2 percent chance the Fed will cut rates by a quarter point at its November meeting.
Crude oil prices fell sharply as fears about supply disruptions faded on reports that Israel will avoid targeting Iran's oil sites. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures for November sank $3.25 or 4.4 percent at $70.58 a barrel.
Additionally, the NZ dollar weakened against its major counterparts following the release of nation's inflation data, falling within the RBNZ target range of 1% to 3%.
Data from Statistics New Zealand showed that the consumer prices in New Zealand were up 2.2 percent on year in the third quarter of 2024, in line with expectations and down from 3.3 percent in the previous three months.
On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, inflation rose 0.6 percent, shy of expectations for 0.7 percent and up from 0.4 percent in the three months prior.
In the Asian trading today, the Australian dollar fell to 8-day lows of 1.6320 against the euro and 99.44 against the yen, from yesterday's closing quotes of 1.6242 and 99.99, respectively. If the aussie extends its downtrend, it is likely to find support around 1.65 against the euro and 97.00 against the yen.
Against the U.S. and the Canadian dollars, the aussie slipped to more than a 1-month low of 0.6668 and a 1-week low of 0.9194 from Tuesday's closing quotes of 0.6702 and 0.9231, respectively. The aussie may test support near 0.65 against the greenback and 0.90 against the loonie.
The NZ dollar fell to nearly a 2-month low of 0.6040 against the U.S. dollar, a 2-week low of 90.07 against the yen and a 6-day low of 1.8018 against the euro, from yesterday's closing quotes of 0.6082, 90.74 and 1.7899, respectively. If the kiwi extends its downtrend, it is likely to find support around 0.59 against the greenback, 87.00 against the yen and 1.82 against the euro.
Against the Australian dollar, the kiwi edged down to 1.1049 from Tuesday's closing value of 1.1016. The next possible downside target for the kiwi is seen around the 1.11 region.
Looking ahead, U.S. MBA mortgage approvals data, Canada housing starts for September, manufacturing sales data for August, U.S. import and export prices for September, are slated for release in the New York session.

European Shares Mixed As Investors Await Fed Minutes
(RTTNews) - European stocks were mixed on Wednesday ahead of the announcement of a government forecast that may show German GDP is set to contract in 2024.
Ahead of the revised economic forecast, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has said the country's economy is "treading water" and that the government "cannot be satisfied with economic development".
The uncertainty arising from the Middle East conflict and caution ahead of the release of FOMC meeting minutes later in the day also weighed on markets.
The pan European STOXX 600 was marginally higher at 517.07 after falling 0.6 percent on Tuesday.
The German DAX was marginally lower, while France's CAC 40 was little changed with a positive bias and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 rose 0.4 percent.
Volvo Car AB declined 1.4 percent. The company said as part of some organizational changes, its Chief Commercial Officer Deputy CEO Björn Annwall will step down from his role.
Mondi, a packaging and paper group, jumped 3.3 percent in London after it agreed to acquire the Western European packaging assets of Schumacher Packaging for an enterprise value of 634 million euros.
CMC Markets surged nearly 5 percent. The provider of online financial trading and B2B institutional solutions reported that it expects a profit before tax in its first half, compared to last year's loss, with higher operating income.
Nordex SE added 1.8 percent. The German wind turbine maker said that it has bagged orders for 1,726 MW wind turbines for the third-quarter, lesser than 2,251 MW of wind turbines, posted for the same period last year.
However, for the six-month period to September, the company secured orders for 5,083 MW wind turbines, higher than prior year's 4,892 MW.

European Economic News Preview: Germany Foreign Trade Data Due
(RTTNews) - Foreign trade from Germany is the only major economic report due on Wednesday, headlining a light day for the European economic news.
At 2.00 am ET, Destatis is slated to release Germany's foreign trade data for August. Exports are forecast to fall 1.0 percent on month, reversing a rise of 1.7 percent in July. Economists expect imports to drop 2.5 percent after a 5.4 percent gain.
In the meantime, foreign trade data is due from Denmark.
At 4.30 am ET, European Central Bank board member Frank Elderson is set to speak at an event in Geneva, Switzerland.

India Central Bank Policy Stance Shift To Neutral Opens Door For Rate Cuts
(RTTNews) - The Reserve Bank of India maintained its interest rate for the tenth straight meeting on Wednesday, and shifted its monetary policy stance to neutral, paving the way for the first interest rate cut in four years as inflation is expected to moderate.
The RBI Monetary Policy Committee, led by Governor Shaktikanta Das, voted 5-1 to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50 percent.
New MPC member Nagesh Kumar voted to reduce the policy repo rate by 25 basis points. The repo has been at 6.50 percent since February 2023.
The central bank had lowered rates last in May 2020, when the repo rate was reduced by 40 basis points to 4.00 percent.
The rate-setting body unanimously decided to change the monetary policy stance from the "withdrawal of accommodation" to "neutral" and to remain unambiguously focused on a durable alignment of inflation with the target, while supporting growth.
The change in stance provides flexibility to the MPC while enabling it to monitor the progress on disinflation which is still incomplete, the bank said.
Policymakers observed that the domestic growth outlook remained resilient underpinned by private consumption and investment. This provides headroom for monetary policy to focus on the goal of attaining a durable alignment of inflation with the target.
They said enduring price stability strengthens the foundations of a sustained period of high growth. After a transient spike in the near-term, headline inflation is forecast to moderate.
Das said headline inflation is on a downward trajectory, though its pace has been slow and uneven. The slowdown in headline inflation is expected to reverse in September and likely to remain elevated in the near-term due to adverse base effects, among other factors, he added.
Food inflation pressures could see some easing later in this financial year. But he cautioned that adverse weather events continue to pose contingent risks to food inflation. On the other hand, core inflation appeared to have bottomed out, Das noted.
The CPI inflation for 2024-25 is projected at 4.5 percent, unchanged from the previous outlook.
The bank retained its real GDP growth projection for 2024-25 at 7.2 percent.
A less hawkish tone in RBI's communication strengthens the view that the easing cycle will begin in December, Capital Economics' economist Shilan Shah said. The economist expects 100 basis points of cuts in the upcoming cycle, taking the repo rate down to 5.50 percent before the end of 2025.

German Trade Surplus Increases As Exports Rise Unexpectedly, Imports Fall
(RTTNews) - Germany's trade surplus increased in August on an unexpected increase in exports amid a bigger-than-expected decline in imports, official data showed on Wednesday.
Exports posted a monthly growth of 1.3 percent in August following July's 1.7 percent increase, Destatis reported. This was the second consecutive increase. Shipments were forecast to fall 1.0 percent.
Meanwhile, imports declined 3.4 percent, reversing an increase of 5.3 percent in July. Imports dropped for the first time in three months and came in larger than the expected fall of 2.5 percent.
As a result, the trade surplus rose to EUR 22.5 billion from EUR 16.9 billion in July. In the same period last year, the surplus totaled EUR 18.9 billion.
On a yearly basis, exports registered an annual fall of 3.1 percent, in contrast to the 5.6 percent gain seen in July. Likewise, imports slid 5.3 percent after an increase of 4.8 percent in the prior month.
Consequently, the unadjusted trade balance was in a EUR 18.9 billion surplus compared to a EUR 16.9 billion surplus in August 2023.
Exports to the EU-States grew 0.8 percent and imports from these states decreased 3.7 percent. Similarly, shipments to the Eurozone states gained 0.6 percent, while imports from these states declined 7.2 percent.
Germany exported 5.5 percent more goods to the US than in July. Exports to China gained 1.9 percent and that to the UK moved up 5.7 percent.
Imports from the US were up 0.7 percent. Meanwhile, imports from China were 1.4 percent less than in the previous month and that to the UK slid 0.1 percent, data showed.
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U.S. Justice Department Weighs Breakup Of Google
(RTTNews) - The U.S. Department of Justice said it is considering behavioral and structural remedies for Google LLC, noting that its anticompetitive conduct resulted in interlocking and pernicious harms that present unprecedented complexities. The move indicates that the DOJ was considering a possible breakup of Google as an antitrust remedy, reports said.
The latest recommendations follow a U.S. judge's ruling on August 5 that Google maintains monopolies in the U.S. general search services and U.S. general search text advertising.
The DOJ said it has duty to seek — and the Court has the authority to impose — "an order that not only addresses the harms that already exist as a result of Google's illegal conduct, but also prevents and restrains recurrence of the same offense of illegal monopoly maintenance going forward."
In a latest filing with the U.S. District Court For The District Of Columbia, the DOJ said it was considering remedies that would prevent Google from using products such as Chrome, Play, and Android to advantage Google search and related products and features over rivals or new entrants. These include emerging search access points and features, such as artificial intelligence.
It was noted that Google's longstanding control of the Chrome browser, with its preinstalled Google search default, "significantly narrows the available channels of distribution and thus disincentivizes the emergence of new competition."
The DOJ, with the governing legal framework and complex market dynamics in mind, and consistent with the Court's September 18 Order, is currently considering remedies to address four categories of harms. These are related to Google's search distribution and revenue sharing, generation and display of search results, advertising scale and monetization, as well as accumulation and use of data.
The remedies necessary to prevent and restrain monopoly maintenance could include contract requirements and prohibitions, non-discrimination product requirements, data and interoperability requirements, and structural requirements, the department said.
The DOJ also suggested remedies that would, among other things, limit or prohibit default agreements, preinstallation agreements, and other revenue-sharing arrangements related to search and search-related products, potentially with or without the use of a choice screen.
According to the department, fully remedying these harms would end Google's control of distribution today, and ensure Google cannot control the distribution of tomorrow.

Elon Musk's X Returns To Brazil As Supreme Court Lifts Ban
(RTTNews) - Billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform X has been cleared by Brazil's Supreme Court to resume services in the South American country after it had complied with the given orders and paid the imposed fine.
The platform, formerly known as Twitter, now has settled R$28.6 million or $5.2 million as fines, blocked profiles that disseminated false information, and appointed a legal representative in Brazil, as required by Brazilian law.
In his decision to lift the month-long ban, Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the authorization is for the immediate return of X's activities in the country. Justice determined that the National Telecommunications Agency, i.e., Anatel, take steps to resume the platform's service.
Responding to the court order, X's Global Government Affairs team in a post said, "X is proud to return to Brazil. Giving tens of millions of Brazilians access to our indispensable platform was paramount throughout this entire process. We will continue to defend freedom of speech, within the boundaries of the law, everywhere we operate."
It was on August 30 that the Federal Supreme Court or STF ordered immediate and complete suspension of the operation of X Brasil throughout the national territory due to repeated non-compliance with STF decisions. The platform earlier had refused to ban several accounts deemed by the government to be spreading misinformation about the Brazilian Presidential election in 2022.
In the investigation, which began in April 2024 after Musk stated that he would not suspend the accounts, the court noted that the illicit conduct was repeated, making it clear that X Brasil failed to comply with several court orders.
While blocking the social network, the minister in August had highlighted that the resumption of activities was conditioned solely on full compliance with Brazilian legislation, payment of the imposed fines, and until a representative of the company in the country is appointed.
A daily fine of R$50,000 was also set for individuals and companies that use 'technological subterfuges' to maintain the use of X, without prejudice to other sanctions in the civil and criminal spheres.
The court also had ordered Apple and Google to take steps to block the use of the X application by iOS and Android systems, in addition to removing it from their virtual stores.
Meanwhile, on September 27, X proved that it had fully complied with the conditions for resuming its activities, by deactivating accounts and paying the ordered fine.
The STF in its statement now noted that the Attorney General's Office, in its opinion, did not find any reason that would prevent the company from resuming its activities.

Sensex, Nifty Give Up Intra-day Gains
(RTTNews) - Indian shares gave up early gains to end on a flat note Wednesday as China's stimulus rally fizzled out, the conflict in the Middle East persisted and investors awaited Federal Reserve meeting minutes as well as U.S. inflation data for interest rate clues.
Earlier in the day, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left the repo rate steady at 6.50 percent but opened the door for future rate cuts by changing its policy stance to 'neutral' from 'withdrawal of accommodation'.
"The prevailing and expected inflation-growth balance has created congenial conditions for a change in monetary policy stance to neutral. Even as there is greater confidence in navigating the last mile of disinflation, significant risks - I repeat significant risks - to inflation from adverse weather events, accentuating geopolitical conflicts, and the very recent increase in certain commodity prices continue to stare at us. The adverse impact of these risks cannot be underestimated," RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said.
The benchmark SP/BSE Sensex ended the session down 167.71 points, or 0.21 percent, at 81,467.10 after rising to 82,319.21 in intraday trade.
The broader NSE Nifty index hit a high of 25,234.05 earlier before closing down 31.20 points, or 0.12 percent, at 24,981.95.
Hindustan Unilever, Reliance Industries, ONGC, Nestle India and ITC fell 1-3 percent while Tech Mahindra, SBI, Tata Motors, Trent and Cipla rallied 2-3 percent.
Global cues were mixed while the dollar was on track for its best run in more than two years as traders scaled back their bets for more aggressive rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
Gold extended losses for a sixth day running, while oil prices recovered some ground after tumbling the most in more than a year the previous day on worries over Chinese demand.

Swiss Market Ends On Firm Note
(RTTNews) - After a weak start and a subsequent struggle for support Wednesday morning, the Switzerland market edged higher in late morning trade and kept moving up as the day progressed to finally end the session on a strong note.
The benchmark SMI ended with a gain of 111.94 points or 0.93% at 12,122.93, the day's high. The index touched a low of 11,988.06 in early trades.
Sandoz Group rallied 4.52%. Julius Baer gained nearly 3.5% and SIG Group ended 2.2% up. Adecco, Swiss Re, Swatch Group, Novartis and Partners Group ended higher by 1.6 to 2%.
UBS Group, Richemont, ABB and Holcim closed higher by 1 to 1.5%. Roche Holding, Nestle, Alcon, Swiss Life Holding, Lonza Group, Swisscom and Sonova also ended on a firm note.
Straumann Holding ended down 1.35%. VAT Group, Kuehne + Nagel, Givaudan, Geberit, Sika and Lindt Spruengli also closed weak.

European Stocks Close Higher Ahead Of Fed Minutes
(RTTNews) - European stocks closed higher on Wednesday with traders building up some long positions ahead of the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve's most recent policy meeting, and the crucial U.S. inflation data for further clarity on the Fed interest-rate trajectory. Also, investors looked ahead to the earnings season.
The mood was a bit positive as investors hoped the Chinese government will announce more fiscal stimulus as the economic planning agency's emergency briefing raised skepticism over the sufficiency of previously planned measures.
The pan European Stoxx 600 climbed 0.66%. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 ended higher by 0.65%, Germany's DAX gained 0.99% and France's CAC 40 ended 0.52% up, while Switzerland's SMI settled 0.93% up.
Among other markets in Europe, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Turkiye closed higher.
Greece and Russia ended weak, while Denmark and Spain settled flat.
In the UK market, Mondia climbed more than 4% after it agreed to acquire the Western European packaging assets of Schumacher Packaging for an enterprise value of 634 million euros.
Centrica ended 3.3% up and Marks Spencer advanced nearly 3%. Ashtead Group, Fresnillo, Beazley, Kingfisher, Informa, Lloyds Banking Group, IMI, British Land Company, Unite Group and Reckitt Benckiser gained 1.5 to 2.3%. Anglo American Plc, Whitbread and 3i Group also ended notably higher.
Vistry Group shares dropped nearly 2%. Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, Next and National Grid ended modestly lower.
In the German market, Continental rallied more than 7%. HeidelbergCement, Infineon, Siemens, Daimler Truck Holding, Zalando, Porsche, BASF, Henkel, Munich RE, Qiagen, SAP, Hannover Rueck, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Fresenius and Deutsche Bank gained 1 to 3%.
Bayer closed nearly 7% down. Rheinmettal, Symrise and Commerzbank closed modestly lower.
In the French market, Renault gained more than 3%. Legrand ended 2.2% up. Stellantis gained nearly 2%.
Vinci, STMicroElectronics, Edenred, Unibail Rodamco, Schneider Electric, Kering, Accor, Bouygues, Carrefour, AXA and Airbus Group ended with sharp to moderate gains.
Teleperformance, Michelin and Hermes International ended sharply lower.
Germany's trade surplus increased in August on an unexpected increase in exports amid a bigger-than-expected decline in imports, official data showed on Wednesday. Exports posted a monthly growth of 1.3% in August following July's 1.7% increase, Destatis reported. This was the second consecutive increase. Shipments were forecast to fall 1%.

U.S. Dollar Rises Against Majors
(RTTNews) - The U.S. dollar strengthened against other major currencies in the European session on Wednesday.
The U.S. dollar rose to nearly a 3-week high of 1.3056 against the pound, from an early low of 1.3104.
Against the euro and the yen, the greenback advanced to a 5-day high of 1.0951 and a 2-day high of 148.74 from early lows of 1.0979 and 148.01, respectively.
The greenback edged up to 0.8583 against the Swiss franc, from an early low of 0.8565.
If the greenback extends its uptrend, it is likely to find resistance around 1.29 against the pound, 1.06 against the euro, 152.00 against the yen and 0.88 against the franc.

Bay Street Likely To Open Slightly Weak
(RTTNews) - Canadian shares may open a bit weak on Wednesday, weighed down by lower metal prices and caution ahead of the release of the minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent policy meeting.
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc (ATD.TO) will be in focus on reports Japan's Seven I Holdings received a revised takeover bid of around $47 billion from the company, compared with $38.5 billion earlier.
Canopy Growth Corporation (WEED.TO) announced that Canopy USA has completed its acquisition of Wana. Canopy USA now owns 100% of Wana, including Wana Wellness, The CIMA Group, and Mountain High Products.
The Canadian market ended marginally down on Tuesday after languishing in negative territory right through the day's trading session, as investors awaited fresh economic data, and quarterly earnings updates.
Weak crude oil and gold prices weighed on energy and materials shares, contributing to market's weakness.
The benchmark SP/TSX Composite Index ended down 30.20 points or 0.13% at 24,072.51. The index touched a low of 23,969.27 and a high of 24,083.13 in the session.
Asian stocks turned in a mixed performance on Wednesday as China's stimulus rally fizzled out, the conflict in the Middle East persisted and investors awaited Federal Reserve meeting minutes as well as U.S. inflation data for interest rate clues.
Chinese stocks plunged as investors booked profits after recent rallies. The benchmark Shanghai Composite index slumped 6.6% after officials failed to boost confidence in stimulus plans aimed at reviving the economy.
European stocks are modestly higher in cautious trade ahead of Fed minutes.
In commodities, West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are down slightly at $73.53 a barrel.
Gold futures are up $4.50 or 0.17% at $2,639.90 an ounce, while Silver futures are gaining $0.375 or 1.2% at $30.975 an ounce.