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Why Mobile Search Is Important

The Social Media Incubator

One emerging trend in online marketing is mobile search. With more people buying smartphones and using them to find businesses online, mobile search is poised to be a high growth marketing opportunity for many businesses all around the globe. For one thing, mobile search is highly local. Foursquare. Skype call.

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7 Mobile Marketing Stats That Will Blow Your Mind

Convince & Convert

Mobile marketing is the future. Any marketer, or marketing firm worth their weight in invoices knows that the key to future success is adapting to and optimizing for the mobile market. Mobile users are shoppers, and we’ve got data to prove it. By 2014 mobile is predicted to overtake desktop Internet usage.

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Relevant Social Content is Visual, Spatial and Mobile

Firebelly

Foursquare, Google Places and other geo-location based sharing apps aren’t really new, but they continue to pick up speed as it becomes easier to quickly identify where you are in a spatial environment and share your location with others. I also looked for the deals on dining, attractions, gas prices and traffic all along the route.

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4 Ways To Tap Into Local Markets

Harp Interactive

Coordinates on the page boost your visibility and enhance usefulness as people are able to copy them directly into their GPS devices and get them on mobile phones via Apps. Foursquare allows for check-ins. Geotagging: Allows businesses to embed geographical location information within websites, images, videos and other digital media.

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Social Networking Stats: Facebook To Acquire WhatsApp, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Foursquare: 40 million users. Mobile messaging service WhatsApp is being acquired by Facebook to the tune of $19 billion in cash and stock — Facebook’s biggest acquisition to date. It can boast some impressive stats, but is WhatsApp worth the hefty price tag? Tumblr: 172 million blogs. via Tumblr. via Instagram.

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Marketing Beyond Traditional Means

Freelance Social Media

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Marketing Beyond Traditional Means by Justin on July 8, 2010 My post last week talked about Topeka Subways new Foursquare campaign. However we were introduced to foursquare last month and it seemed very new and exciting. Thanks again.

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10 Areas Where Small Businesses Lack an Online Competitive Edge

Kikolani

High/identical price of Products/services compared to big names in industry. If your product or brand does not offer a unique and specific benefit over the alternatives, there is no reason it should be priced the same or higher. This often means your prices must be lower, even if the product is in some ways superior.