THE DECENTRALIZED AND DISTRIBUTED SOCIAL APP
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. What if the crypto world changes everything how we do things, like whatever you did in the past for free and now you can actually get paid doing some pretty simple things... The world is changing and it is changing quickly at a rapid speed. Steemit platform have opened a gold mine, or should I say: "a crypto revolution that pays you to post, discover, and commenting on interesting content ".
WHAT IS APPICS?
APPICS is a next generation, reward-based social media application that runs on top of a blockchain and enables people from around the globe to connect allowing all participants to benefit.
APPICS introduces a new ecosystem that merges lifestyle with generated income inside a single mobile application. The concept of turning “likes“ into currency has proven its feasibility and capability, as seen on Steemit.com with their upvoting system. With full support of and in cooperation with Steemit Inc., APPICS is one of the first meta-tokens to launch on the Steem blockchain that aims at eliminating all barriers for the average social media user to enter the crypto-world.
Content creators, curators, entrepreneurs and brands should join this platform.
Let's quickly look at the social media figures of today:
Social Media Marketing Statistics in General
Social media just keeps growing and growing. Facebook is reaching 2 billion monthly active users very soon. And most other social networking sites and apps are at the top of their all-time high user numbers.
1. Online adults aged 18-34 are most likely follow a brand via social networking (95%). (Source: MarketingSherpa) Think about your audience and see where they are most likely to follow your brand.
2.71% of consumers who have had a good social media service experience with a brand are likely to recommend it to others. (Source: Ambassador) Use social media as an effective customer service tool to increase brand engagement and win new customers.
3. 2.56 billion global mobile social media users, equaling 34% penetration; globally with 1 million new active mobile social users added every day (Source: We Are Social). Make sure to optimize your mobile social media campaigns and since mobile ads are relatively cheap and easy to produce, test multiple versions to see what works the best. Users spend on average 69% of their media time on smartphones (comScore).
4. 96% of the people that discuss brands online do not follow those brands’ owned profiles. (Source: Brandwatch) Companies need to go beyond their own channels and monitor those unbranded conversations to gain valuable insights and manage brand health.
5.Visual content is more than 40 times more likely to get shared on social media than other types of content. (Source: HubSpot) Flying Point Digital has a great post on how to create an innovative content strategy on social media.
6. In 2015 Facebook influenced 52 per cent of consumers’ online and offline purchases, up from 36 per cent in 2014. (Source: The Drum) This shows the importance for retailers to manage their social media channels which will have a direct impact on purchase behaviour.
7. There are now more than 50 million small businesses using Facebook Pages to connect with their customers (Source: Facebook). 4 million of those businesses pay for social media advertising on Facebook. (Source: Forbes) The social media advertising statistics show that small-sized companies should consider paying for Facebook ads in order to gain visibility and surpass competitors relatively easily.
8. There were over 4.4 million videos uploaded directly to Facebook in February 2016, generating over 199 billion views. (Source: ReelSEO) Video marketing is a powerful tool that personalizes your brand and increases conversions. 68% of marketers have published video content on Facebook, and 70% of marketers plan to use Facebook Video this year (wyzowl.com). 34% of marketers have used Facebook Live and 37% plan to use Facebook Live.
9. Only 20% of Facebook posts generate an emotional response while no ads did. (Source: AdEspresso) Instead of using Facebook as an emotional medium, delivering dynamic and tailored messaging to people in specific stages of at key times can yield much better results.
10. The best time to post on Facebook is 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Other optimal times include 12:00–1:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays and 1:00–4:00 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays. (Source: HubSpot) Try using tools like Buffer or Timely to auto schedule your posts.
11. Link clicks account for 92% of all user interaction with tweets. (Source: HubSpot) Link clicks are the your easiest and strongest chance of gaining views and shares for your content.
12. 78% of people who complain to a brand via Twitter expect a response within an hour. (Source: Lithium) Customers are turning to social media outlets to unleash their frustration or questions. Make sure you are actively engaged on your social networks.
13. There is a total of 1.3 billion accounts, but only 328 million are active. (Source: Business Insider) According to Content Marketing Institute predictions for 2016, as Twitter’s sign-up growth has slowed down, it will boost its stock price by making ads more prominent, so be ready to start paying for visibility.
14. Latest study by Locowise found that adding hashtags had no effect on engagement rates. In fact, tweets without hashtags outperformed tweets with hashtags. (Source: Adweek) Therefore, it is better to focus on the quality of your original content instead of overly relying on hashtags for increasing engagement.
15. Top brands on Instagram are seeing a per-follower engagement rate of 4.21% which is 58 times higher than on Facebook and 120 times higher than on Twitter (Source: Hootsuite) Instagram has become a powerful platform for marketers and its potential cannot be overlooked any longer.
16. Media brands are the most active whereas business services, financial services, and fast moving consumer goods have the lowest percentage of brands represented on Instagram. (Source: Simply Measured) Also, the increase in business activity on Instagram the brand posting frequency is becoming more normalized and standardized to highlight the increase in a more measurable approach. 41% of marketers have used Instagram video and 44% plan to use Instagram video (wyzowl.com).
17. 90% of Instagram users are younger than 35 (Source: ScienceDaily) Instagram has become the social media network for targeting millennials. 32% of teenagers consider Instagram to be the most important social network. Female internet users are more likely to use Instagram than men, at 38% vs. 26%.
18. Products were the top content types for the top 200 global brands in terms of engagement, at 60% in 2015 beating lifestyle category by over 20%. (Source: Hootsuite) This is great news for marketers since people who follow brands on Instagram are aware and accept the fact that they’re going to be exposed to products.
19. Posts tagged with another user (56%) or location (79%) have significantly higher engagement rates (Source: Simply Measured) So don’t forget to add ‘with whom’ and ‘where’ to your Instagram posts.
20. There are 1.5 billion logged-in Youtube monthly active users visiting the website at least once a month. “Logged-in” part is important as there may be a lot of people coming to YouTube who aren’t using Google Accounts to do so. (Source: Youtube official blog)
21. In 2015 YouTube posted the figure of 40 billion all-time views for branded content. (Source: ReelSEO) That means video marketing has gone from nice-to-have to must-have, one that will set the pace for the foreseeable future. 87% of marketers say they plan to use Youtube this year (wyzowl.com).
Bonus 22. More than half of YouTube views come from mobile devices, and the average mobile viewing session lasts more than 40 minutes. (Source: YouTube) As mobile captures consumers’ full attention, at home or on the go, brands now have the opportunity to reach people anywhere. Combined people spend over an hour on Youtube every day.
So the social media is BOOMING and now is the best time for such a ICO token coming to us on 28 March 2018. XAP, the APPICS coin functions as a reward for users of the platform. The utility of the token is based on contribution in form of "upvoting" and sharing of content. The more coins an account holds, the higher its influence on the platform. This means the more people buy this coin, the higher the influence and money will grow. On 28 March 2018 you will be able to buy tokens. Here is what they are saying on Telegram:
"❗ APPICS ICO INFORMATION ❗
Start Date: March 28, 2018
Round A Investment Minimum: $5000 (15% Bonus)
Round B Investment Minimum: $2500 (10% Bonus)
Round C Investment Minimum: No Limitation (10% Bonus)
Round D Investment Minimum: No Limitation (0% Bonus)
The APPICS ICO will run for 4 weeks, as each round is 1 week long.
The rounds also offer different percentages of discounts!
Investors will be able to use the following cryptocurrencies as payment methods: Bitcoin, Steem, SBD, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash.
IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT! Make sure to set up an Ethereum wallet where you own the private keys. This is mandatory in order to successfully participate in the ICO. We recommend www.MyEtherWallet.com ."
APPICS BOUNTY
Lastly, don’t forget that you can already get your hands on XAP tokens, before the ICO starts, by joining our bounty program. The bounty program on www.ico.appics.com allows you to earn tokens by posting about APPICS on social media.
Sources:
https://appics.com/#
https://ico.appics.com/customer/bounty
Telegram (APPICS)
https://web.facebook.com/appics.official/?ref=br_rs
GET YOUR MYETHERWALLET READY FOR 28 MARCH 2018 FOR THE ICO CROWDSALE OF THE XAP TOKEN. GET IN NOW WHILE THE PRICE WILL BE LOW BECAUSE THIS IS THE NEXT GENERATION SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AND IT'S PRICE WILL INCREASE IN THE FUTURE.
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