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JUNE 16, 2013

While many companies were still lamenting a basic website back in the nineties, Gary Schwartz was already imagining how content, voice and mobility would change how we connect to one another. For over a decade, Gary has been a leader in the mobile industry. He is CEO of Impact Mobile (offices in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, etc.),

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 7, 2012

million users in July 2012 (on Android/iPhone), up from from 5-6 million per month from March through June. Nielsen’s “Social Media Report 2012″ report revealed that 42% of the 25 million people who have downloaded the Foursquare app are using it at least once per month. Foursquare had 10.4

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Posted in Advertising Behavioral Targeting Communities Mobile Personalization Testing Web Design. So then I ask myself a simple but very important question: Are CMOS acting like mobile and social “agents” for Hispanic shoppers and giving them exactly what they want (i.e., According to the U.S. Think in experiences, not channels.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 5, 2013

They check in with their trusted third-party sources, and expect your message to be consistent from desktop to mobile to tablet and back again. Here are some ideas to help win at the Zero Moment of Truth: Mobile Optimization. Mobile tech and devices are crucial to this process. better than hybrid desktop/mobile ones.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

I was recently in New York City giving a presentation at the National Retail Federation 's Big Show 2012 event. I was part of the Shop.org First Look series and talked about the massive changes that retail will face as technology, Social Media and mobile collides at the retail level. Zero sum games.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

According to the Business Insider article: "Nomi's team gives retailers a snippet of code that lets wireless routers listen for nearby smart phone signals. Instead, Nomi will show retailers how many customers visit each day, the average time spent in the store, and new versus repeat visitors." internet retailer.

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MAY 21, 2013

Screens are mobile. I was familiar with the concept of three screens (television, computer and mobile), but four screens was something new. In the Newsweek article, Instagram Will Take Facebook Into the Mobile Age (April 16th, 2012), journalist Dan Lyons so appropriately wrote: "The Internet was all about websites.

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MARCH 28, 2013

It is the ability for a brand to deliver contextual and highly targeted marketing at the local retail level. We are building the next generation of location-based mobile apps that, for the first time, engage with users at the scale that personal interaction actually takes place. We may be inching ever-closer to this reality.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 22, 2013

Alix Hart , Brand Marketer at Best Buy , joins the Social Pros Podcast this week to discuss integrating social into all aspects of customer service and battling the “showroom” effect as a brick-and-mortar retailer. The company’s fluency in social media drove holiday sales in 2012. Please Support Our Sponsors.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

We need to forget about the idea of mobile marketing and start focusing on smart marketing. It''s not about three screens (TV, Web and mobile) or four screens (some people like to say that the tablet is the fourth screen). When mobile is less about where you are and much more about who you are. The context of the situation.

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JANUARY 3, 2012

While many article and columns look back at the year that was or posture on the year that will be, it's becoming abundantly clear that 2012 will - without question - be the "Year of More.". That may not happen this year, but you will see that consumers will be even more social in 2012. More social. Will this trend stop in the future?

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DECEMBER 1, 2012

It wasn't the mad hoards of people trampling one another for the latest electronic whiz-bang, and it wasn't the dreaded story of a major retailer's site going down, making them unable to capitalize on months of build-up, ad spends and hype (not to mention damage to the brand). retail research. even for the same product. black friday.

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Idaconcpts

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Gartner recently reported that smartphone sales in the fourth quarter of 2012 went up to 207.7 Recently, Instagram also launched a web app that displays the feed of photos uploaded via mobile app on desktops. Businesses, especially restaurants and cloth retailers who are not using FourSquare are missing out on a big opportunity.

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The Realtime Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Under Armour Women (@UAWomen) September 4, 2012. This time, women can enter by using the website or mobile app; both allow them to set goals and share their progress. Under Armour Women (@UAWomen) September 4, 2012. — Under Armour Women: youtu.be/4yUkong5zZg 4yUkong5zZg via @ youtube. Set a goal. VH1 and Nickelodeon.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

2012: Today. Comments Comments Related Stories How Social Media Changes Retail Storefronts Wondering If Mobile Technology Kills Creativity Tips and Tricks for Productive Telecommuting. For writers and readers, Goodreads is a blessing. I am ready to do the Tumblr thing. Thinking about Squiddo. Foursquare? Even if Facebook et al.

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JUNE 30, 2012

Think about this question another way: does the rise of the tablet make for a different shopping experience when compared to the desktop or mobile Web? Google also announced their tablet, Nexus 7 , at this year's Google I/O 2012 developer conference this past week. mobile device. connected devices. consumer sales journey.

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Social Media Marketing

FEBRUARY 25, 2012

While it's true that women make up the majority of users (some 70-80% as of the end of January 2012 ), as I wrote above, it's about universal human nature and how we connect with each other. He Said / She Said "But wait," I hear you saying, "isn't Pinterest for women?" Shame on you. What do you think? Are you there yet?

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

Anderson's latest book, Makers - The New Industrial Revolution ( Crown Business , October 2012) tells the amazing story of how 3-D printing coupled with open source design and the entrepreneurial spirit is beginning to take hold. The 2012 edition of the Maker Fair held in San Mateo, California this past May hosted over 120,000 attendees.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

While many saw mobile email as a liberating force, many relish the day that getting email anywhere and everywhere was invented. On November 5th, 2012, Marketing Charts ran a news item titled, Clutter: 4 in 10 Say More Than Half Of Their New Emails Are From Marketers. mobile email. blue kangaroo. business column. collaboration.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Marketers have questions, this post has answers: 87 vital social media and online marketing statistics covering everything from how executives and large companies are using social media for marketing, customer service and recruiting to fresh stats on the leading social media platforms to search, email, content and mobile marketing trends.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Posted in Customer Experience eCommerce Mobile. The thick of the 2012 holiday season is here. And if you’re a retailer, hopefully you haven’t just primed your in-store and online offers, but your mobile presence as well. population are avid mobile Internet users, according to 2011 U.S.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

eReader 2012–2016 Forecast , new models of Kindle Fire are more than likely to disrupt the market once again. So even if nobody subscribes to your blog via Kindle, you’re getting free publicity and people searching for relevant keywords will surely be tempted to take a look at your blog after seeing it listed on the largest online retailer.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

According to data from a December 2012 study conducted by eConsultancy, nearly 70 percent of client-side marketers described their experience level with responsive design as “average” or better, and more than half of that group described their companies as “ahead of the curve” or “state of the art” when it came to the design technique.

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APRIL 3, 2012

Do you feel that it's still a fairly nascent part of the retail experience or do you think that it has matured to the point where it's not only a proven merchandising channel, but a critical function of how people buy? He thought to himself: "this is the what retail looks like in 2012." Is their experience adaptive?

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 15, 2012

Bloggers have an advantage that static and retail websites don’t. Before we get started, I just thought I would mention a few Google algorithm changes that you should know about when thinking about link building in 2012. There are tons of great link-building strategies that can be utilized to increase e backlinks.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 11, 2015

Pinterest drives 25% of all retail website referral traffic. Consumer brands are noticing: 36% of Fortune 500 companies had a presence in 2014, up from 9% in 2013 and just 2% in 2012. Pinterest accounts for 25% of all retail website referral traffic. ( 6: 17 Excellent Email and Mobile Marketing Stats and Facts. #7:

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Retailers are the biggest spenders on display ads, accounting for 21% of total spending. Consumer marketing is about mobile, B2B is about content. Asked what their organization’s “single most exciting opportunity” was for 2014, 22% of consumer marketers cited mobile, while just 10% of B2B marketers concurred.

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JULY 3, 2012

You can't click a trackpad without seeing some kind of chart that compares the growth of the Internet and mobile connectivity to traditional media channels. Flexing the Apple muscle ever more, the company was able to launch iPad 2 before PlayBook ever hit the retail shelves, making it seem more antiquated than it already was.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 13, 2012

In 2012, it doesn’t rank. In 2012, Susan G. Whether it be retail or others, to actually staff this team, so that they probably can never cover every issue, but to try to have the breadth to be able to have folks that could attack a mortgage issue versus a retail banking issue. In 2011, Susan G. Those are the stats.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

When people ask me if this is a bubble, I am quick to answer "no," based solely on this quote by Simon Khalaf of Flurry from March 2012: "In 1999, there were 38 million broadband Internet users worldwide. " Is it a bubble? Did it pop? Today, there are 1.2 billion people getting broadband Internet access on their phones."

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Idaconcpts

OCTOBER 11, 2012

iOS6, the latest operating system from Apple, has made its presence felt when it got unveiled at the WWDC 2012 in San Francisco. Passbook stores retail coupons for you to shop. It has loads of impressive features which are best suited for business professionals. It helps in check-in for a flight by scanning your device.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

We've seen a major fashion retailer take it from all sides, because they stopped carrying the fashion line of the U.S. In 2012, a major fast food chain came under fire, because one of their leaders took a position against same-sex marriage. mobile app. President's daughter. We have seen more than this. advertising agency.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and others are easily available through mobile, and 1.97 Retailers who actively use Instagram for engaging with their audience experience growth as high as 237 percent. has more than doubled since 2012. More than 2.3 billion users are active on different platforms and on an average spend 1.72

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 6, 2018

You might sell products through a major e-retailer such as Amazon or eBay. One post from 2012 gets search engine traffic every day, but its bounce rate is 91%. You might want people to call your business. And a high bounce rate might suggest that’s working. People are finding your site, and then picking up the phone to call you.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

How do marketers separate hype from reality in mobile? are now active on at least one social network, up from 67% in 2012 and just 8% in 2005. 70% of brands now have a presence on Google+, up from just 4% in the last quarter of 2012. 69% of brands now have a presence on Pinterest, up from 10% in the fourth quarter of 2012.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 2, 2014

78% of companies now say they have dedicated social media teams, up from 67% in 2012. ( Not a shock: retailers and restaurants are the most engaging industries on Twtitter. 10 Mobile Marketing Stats. 94% of CMOs plan to use mobile applications within the next 3-5 years. Over half of all mobile searches lead to a purchase.

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Sprout Social

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Saw great success after introducing social selling to promote its cloud-based suite of products in 2012. Just make sure your landing page is mobile friendly because people will be viewing it on their phone or tablet. Pinterest added several features to make it easier for online retailers to showcase their products.

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