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What’s Your Mobile Marketing Strategy?

Small Business Mavericks

Amidst all the hype with social media, there’s a growing trend that sometimes gets lost in the shuffle: Mobile marketing. Before starting my own company in 2006, I worked for 16 years in the wireless industry for AT&T Wireless and Cingular, so I’ve watched mobile develop over the years with more than a casual passers-by interest.

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Life After the News Feed: Why Facebook is Shifting to Stories (And Why Your Business Should Too)

Buffer Social

The News Feed is one of Facebook’s marque innovations. Rolled out to users in 2006, it became the go-to place for people to connect with their friends, share updates about their day-to-day life and enjoy content from brands they followed. Not to mention, it also played a pivotal role in Facebook’s march to advertising dominance.

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Nine Social Media Marketing Stats You Can Use

Webbiquity SMM

Facebook was opened up to the public in 2006. Four channels were less trusted than social media ads: online banner ads, mobile phone ads, ads in podcasts and online pop-ups. Social media is part of the daily routine for digital natives, and is increasingly visual and mobile. MarketingSherpa ). WordStream ). Skyword ).

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10 Reasons Brands Fail to Convert Facebook Fans into Paying Customers

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Posted in Commerce Facebook Interactive Marketing Sales Social Media Social Networking Strategy. According to HubSpot, ninety three percent of adults on the Internet are on Facebook, yet only 1% of a brand’s Facebook fans will ever make their way to the company’s main website. It simply can’t be Facebook’s fault….

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A Social Media Status Quo Pt.1-Japan

Mindjumpers

Japan is one of the few countries that managed to actually keep its local social networks more popular than the media giant Facebook. The population is extremely mobile-centric, which has lead brands to focus their energy on engaging consumers through social media on mobile devices. Behavioural insights.

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The Social-Shake-Up: A New Breed of Marketer is Coming

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Well today’s marketers are growing up digital – they create aps, they place Facebook ads, they run some mobile ads and design augmented reality games – all before lunch! Like it or not, what Andrew McAfee predicted in 2006 in his book, Enterprise 2.0, I hope to see you there!

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Australia: Senior Citizens on Facebook over 55’s

Laurel Papworth

Facebook has seen a surge of 513% of Senior Citizens and over 55’s joining in the USA. Australia too has a massive increase in seniors in Facebook and social networks generally in the last year or two. Australian figures show that about one in five over the age of 55 is connecting through Facebook, with 550,000 logging in.

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