Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 29, 2011

52% of Americans have a profile on Facebook, Linkedin, MySpace or elsewhere. I have read that African-Americans use the mobile Web at a much higher rate than the population at-large, and given the propensity of Twitter users to participate via mobile device, I wonder if that’s part of the correlation?

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2011

52% of Americans have a profile on Facebook, Linkedin, MySpace or elsewhere. I have read that African-Americans use the mobile Web at a much higher rate than the population at-large, and given the propensity of Twitter users to participate via mobile device, I wonder if that’s part of the correlation?

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Twist Image

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Amazon in talks to buy TI mobile chip arm: paper - Reuters. "Rumour has it that Amazon wants to buy the mobile chip maker Texas Instruments ; the chips already power the Kindle Fire tablet, and speculation is that Amazon wants to move into the mobile phone space, to compete not just against the iPad but also the iPhone.

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Mindjumpers

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The population is extremely mobile-centric, which has lead brands to focus their energy on engaging consumers through social media on mobile devices. However the networks slow reaction to become smartphone compatible was rather late and eventually resulted in a loss of users similar to Myspace. Behavioural insights.

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Small Business Mavericks

AUGUST 12, 2011

Remember MySpace? Twitter slowly declines into a niche social media tool aimed at the mobile market. Rupert Murdoch gets cocky and offers an ungodly sum for Twitter, buys it, then destroys it and resells it for a loss. It got me to thinking. Is Twitter old hat? Is it on the way out? We’ve seen stranger things.

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Sprout Social

MAY 24, 2022

Ten-cent text messages, AIM chat rooms with your best friends and glittery MySpace pages with bulletin boards are just a few nostalgic elements from the early days of social media. Gartner predicts 80% of customer service organizations will abandon native mobile apps in favor of messaging for a better customer experience by 2025.

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Social Media Marketing

APRIL 8, 2011

Use of emails and phones has become a mobile endeavor that is no longer tied to the home- or office landline and stationary computer. Instead, it takes place while on the go, in transit, at the moment of opting to make a buying decision and also when actively pursuing business opportunities. What Awaits Us in the Near Future?

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Firebelly

JUNE 15, 2010

Buy a frosty and Wendys will donate 50 cents to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Theyll donate an additional 50 cents every time you help spread the word about Fathers Day Frosty Weekend on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare or FrostyCard.com.

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Convince & Convert

OCTOBER 20, 2015

But here’s why even a Jack Attack might not save the company from eventual MySpace-ization : Facebook is slowly strangling Twitter at every turn. Facebook buys Instagram, which becomes far larger. Twitter launches a one-click buy button. Twitter buys Periscope and builds it into a popular service.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

And the more intricate your external efforts become, the more social, mobile, and interactive your website must become. Here are three examples of brands that appear to be taking this message to heart: Fandango.com Best-known as a portal for buying movie tickets online, the site is actually quite diverse in terms of its content offerings.

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Firebelly

MARCH 23, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Social Media Marketing Madness [Cartoon] | Main | Motorola Backflip Commercial And Social News » March 23, 2010 Hook A Facebook Fan Up: Theyre Looking For Discounts In last weeks post Facebook Fans Mean Business (And Are More Likely To Buy) I shared information from a new report that revealed (..)

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Firebelly

MARCH 19, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Facebook Fans Mean Business (And Are More Likely to Buy) | Main | Hook A Facebook Fan Up: Theyre Looking For Discounts » March 19, 2010 Social Media Marketing Madness [Cartoon] It has been uber busy in the Firebelly office this week.

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Firebelly

MARCH 5, 2010

You have to focus on Universal Search, Real-Time Search, Social Media and the Mobile Web. Women Use Social Mobile More Than Men By Tiphereth Gloria Nielsen posted these mobile social stats from December 2009 about the gender differences when accessing social networks via mobile devices. Where do you start? points from 22.5

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MySpace last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. But back to MySpace.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Buy electronics now. Wait to buy clothing. Deals range from slashed prices to free shipping. Tips for safe online shopping: Make sure your browser is fully upgraded to make sure you are not a target for a hacker to steal your info during a purchase. Verify Secure Connections through your browser.

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Firebelly

JULY 22, 2010

I followed closely behind - buying my tires at another store a mile down the road. " A look of fear washed over Todd's face as a tiny smile washed over mine. I loved that this woman felt empowered by her online network! She turned and walked out the door. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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Firebelly

MARCH 16, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 2 Social SEO Stories You Need To Read This Week | Main | Facebook Fans Mean Business (And Are More Likely to Buy) » March 16, 2010 Firebelly Marketings Upcoming Speaking Engagements I wanted let everyone know about some speaking engagements that Duncan Alney and I have coming up over the (..)

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Firebelly

JANUARY 7, 2010

Many companies now include Facebook and/or Twitter URLs in their ads, but Temper-Pedics latest Ask Me commercial is the first one that I have seen that tells people to ask their friends on Facebook and Twitter about their product before making a decision to buy. Thats a bold and brave move in my opinion.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

It is rewritten from the ground up with a fast and powerful new core, Tweetie 2 offers the most polished mobile Twitter experience around. It is available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, now! Tweetie 2 is so far ahead of every other iPhone Twitter app, it's astounding. It's fast, it's got full offline powers.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 29, 2010

After Facebook’s failed attempt to buy Twitter, Facebook has embarked on a policy of “If you cant buy them, destroy them” and has slowly but surely copied the features offered by Twitter. However, we believe that one of the major reasons for this decline is Facebook’s gradual Twitterfication.

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Mobile social networks will reach 223 million people around the world. Google buys social search startup Aardvark By Bobbie Johnson Google has acquired search startup Aardvark in its latest attempt to improve its standing in the growing social search market. billion worldwide in 2010 and $1.3 billion in the US.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 27, 2010

In my Social Search: Tempur-Pedic "Ask Me" Commercial post a few weeks back I shared Tempur-Pedics commercial in which they suggest viewers ask their friends on Facebook and Twitter what they think of their mattresses before buying. Now another commercial has caught my eye. This one is from Dentyne.

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 28, 2009

And believe me, no one buys that you're thinner since yesterday. Perhaps, you can thank Oprah and Ashton Kutchner for that - I personally will not thank Ashton for anything and find him as substantial and interesting as a baked potato chip, but thats another story. If we've seen one photo of you on twitter, that is probably good.

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Laurel Papworth

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

This number of Australians creating content will eventually reach the same sort of penetration that email and mobile phones have today. Telstra mobilized “mum and dad” investors with content about how industry regulation in Australia was affecting the value of their shares.14 Forrester Ladder 2006. Speaking 2009 (1). Speaking 2008 (0).

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

As mobile browsers become more powerful, Google and its partners decided to do things their own way. I believe the mobile Web will eventually win, and that apps are here as a transitionary measure until we can sort out browsers that are good enough to emulate the Web experience on mobile.”

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

The only effective feedback mechanism was the free market: people choose to buy something else, if the option existed. Anyone can visit online meeting places like Digg and Reddit and promote the voices and opinions of others, and anyone can mobilize a group of people around a common cause on Facebook or elsewhere. It really worries me!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

buy a link » SUBSCRIBE TO CIO. MySpace Opens Up Data Portability Initiative. Best BlackBerry Shortcuts: Aflacs Mobile Guru Shares Tips. Mobile Security. Business Mobility And The Agile Organization. Demonstrating the Business Value of Mobile Device Management. Network Monitoring. Disaster Recovery.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Brightkite: Email and SMS – mobile web is definitely the wave of the future. Making sure your site is not only accessible on mobile phones but can interact with them is extremely important. Reply Dennis June 29, 2008 at 11:58 pm I hear Google made an offer to buy Plutter Kite for $6.4B! Thank you for that! Answers Yahoo!

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Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

is Crucial to your Content Marketing Strategy 6 Lessons Learned From the Demise of MySpace Driving Sales with Relevancy and Utility [link] Innovate AZ 3 Ways Infomercials Can Inspire Your Social Media: I know, I know. I'd buy a book from him. Heck, I'd even buy a lithium powered weed whacker from him if he endorsed it.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

link] marionguthrie I read a forecast about the huge growth in mobile advertising in just 5 years, by 2015. [link] by @Jenn_ex (A little Dr. Seuss reference is always nice) [link] Brian Bergen RT @jaybaer: Would You Try It With a Fox?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Tom Webster theorizes this may be due to Twitter’s functional similarity to text messaging, as several studies have shown Black Americans use the mobile Web at rates roughly double that to non-Hispanic Whites. johnheaney The other important takeaway was the proportion of Twitter users (85%) who access the web from mobile devices.

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SocialFish

DECEMBER 23, 2019

With the rise to fame of Myspace , venture funding poured rapidly into the social media space, resulting in the growth of giants like Facebook as well as several other networking platforms. Capable mobile phones were also becoming a thing, and the mobile sector got some venture capital love as well. Mocospace Games.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Unlike your blog, which is on an island, the Pitch is mobile and travels around to all the places you need it to – email, social networks, search engines, etc., That’s where the Pitch™ comes in. It enables a brand to share their story in it’s entirety and with context. Why Am I sharing This?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Isolate Mobile Users The same way that a wallet chain indicate the owner loves Kings of Leon, mobile Internet use is a definitive marker for Mass Influentials. online population access the Internet from a mobile device. The next time you send an email, I would absolutely run a report showing opens and clicks by mobile device.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

We’ve gone from MySpace and a era of anonymous accounts and comments attributed to “SexyBear1984″ to using our real names on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere as we build personal brands. . We’ve gone from MySpace… [link] [link] Dorothy Dalton RT @BengtWendel: The next online gold rush? JF : Hyper-targeting.

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