Well worth watching, updated stats and insights into the world of doing business.
This hits the nail on the head: "The ROI of social media is that your business will still exist in 5 years" Be relevant, be social!

Amplify’d from socialnomics.net

34% of bloggers post opinions about products & brands

Do you like what they are saying about your brand? You better.

People care more about how their social graph ranks products and services  than how Google ranks them

78% of consumers trust peer recommendations

Only 14% trust advertisements

Only 18% of traditional TV campaigns generate a positive ROI Read more at socialnomics.net

For those starting out or thinking about blogging, you probably have a few ideas, but you also need to look into the future, 2 - 3 times a week blogging that 100 - 150 Blog posts per year... An all should be relevant to your audience? Phew, seems like a taunting task... You know how to eat an elephant? Right? Once bite at a time or one blog post at a time;-)

Amplify’d from socialmediatoday.com

Wisdom aside, in an attempt to give you a generous dose of inspiration, I thought that I’d purvey my own thoughts with regards to what makes a good blog that people will remember, re-post, retweet and, most importantly, return to again and again. Read more at socialmediatoday.com