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Pinterest leads Facebook in retail customer aquisition

Sherrilynne Starkie

Sixty-nine per cent of online consumers who visit Pinterest found an item they’ve purchased, or want to purchase, compared to just forty per cent of online consumers who visit Facebook and found the same, according to the latest study in the Bizrate Insights Image Sharing and Shopping Series. PLEASE LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE.

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Top five: holiday retail trends to the fore

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s top five social media must-know news stories feature important retail trends for the run up to the holidays. Google My Business, Snapchat, blended retail, Facebook and Google Assistant all feature. Retailers that blend online and in person shopping experiences will be this holiday season’s sales winners.

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Facebook Pages are getting mobile friendly

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facebook has just announced that business pages are getting a whole lot more mobile friendly thanks to new features and functions designed with hand-held devices in mind. There are 45 million businesses using Facebook pages to reach more than 1.5 Related Posts: Measuring the impact of Facebook video content. billion people.

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Top Five Social Media News: Instagram native scheduling is here!

Sherrilynne Starkie

Pinterest improves organic reach for retailers. Pinterest has launched a personalized “ shopping hub” that displays at the top of users’ feeds with product recommendations pulled from retailers’ organic ProductPins and Catalog feeds. This lets retailers expand their organic reach. Will Facebook soon be reading our minds?

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Top Five: social networks push new shopping features

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week's top five must-know social media news come from LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Google and Pinterest. Facebook introduces new shopping features. Facebook's new store sales optimization brings the power of machine learning to help retailers show ads to the people who are most likely to make an in store purchase.

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February 24: this week in social media

Sherrilynne Starkie

Pinterest leads Facebook in retail sales acquisition. Facebook advertising facts. PLEASE LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE. View more lists from Sherrilynne Starkie. Related posts: Study shows social media drives sales. Click here to start to receive my newsletter. Related articles. Social media demographics. Pinterest for Business.

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Top five: New features tools and services from the ‘Big Three’ (plus Pinterest)

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week we have new innovations from Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Pinterest. Here are some of the innovations and new features introduced by Twitter, Facebook, LinkIn and Pinterest this week. This is big news for retailers and lifestyle brands wishing to boost instore sales. More Facebook Stories coming to your newsfeed.

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