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7 Mobile Marketing Stats That Will Blow Your Mind

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This same stat was less than 10% in 2002. Mobile users are shoppers, and we’ve got data to prove it. Many restaurants are doing the same thing by offering a free drink, appetizer or a coupon code to those that check in using Foursquare, Yelp or Facebook. of time to reach your potential customers.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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Friendster (2002) Launched in 2002, Friendster was originally going to be a dating site that would help set up people with friends in common. You may not remember Foursquare (or weren’t yet born during its heyday), but chances are, you’ve used the company’s tech. They earned virtual mayorships while they were at it.

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History Repeats – Facebook is the new AOL

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History Repeats: AOL, Facebook, and Castles of Data. In 2002, AOL had 25 million subscribers. In 2002, AOL’s market cap was $150 billion, enough to swallow Time-Warner. Open Graph and Data Mining. Facebook Places (foursquare). Open Graph and Data Mining. View more presentations from Jay Baer.

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Social Pros 20 – Katie Morse, Billboard

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Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft , Janrain , and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. Jill’s company, Argyle Social, providers of data driven social media marketing software. Just the raw data alone. Listen Now.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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Location, Location, Location The biggest story of the event was the widespread usage of presence services foursquare and Gowalla. foursquare has a very interesting new dashboard that shows business owners data about how and when people have checked-in. I’ll write about that soon.