Study by MH Group Communications and Forum Strategies & Communications examines social media presence of global luxury automobile companies; finds German automakers dominate while Japanese and American brands are largely absent.

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8. Community Index Hand-raisers who have willingly identified themselves as followers or friends of the brand © MH Group Communications / Forum Strategies The index is a numerical calculation with a base of zero x .01 and reflects total Facebook friends, Twitter followers, YouTube channel subscribers and Flickr group members in the study period, with a growth-trend factor applied of 10% to fast-growing communities. Index period: 8/1/09 – 8/31-09 9/15/09

9. Conversation Index The volume of all commentary about the brands from both outside and within their communities © MH Group Communications / Forum Strategies The index is a numerical calculation with a base of zero x .01 and reflects total Facebook comments, Twitter Tweets, YouTube video posts and Flickr photo posts during the study period, with a growth-trend factor applied of 10% to rapidly growing conversations. Index period: 8/1/09 – 8/31-09 9/15/09

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