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Mobile commerce: what it is and why you should care

Sprout Social

Mobile commerce has long been touted as the future of ecommerce itself. Mobile transactions are poised to make up more than 10% of all retail sales in the United States by 2025. The concept of mobile shopping is pretty universal, right? What is mobile commerce? What are some examples of mobile commerce?

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Why Your Mobile Strategy Doesn’t Start With the Phone

Convince & Convert

It’s a bit of an exaggeration to say that a mobile strategy isn’t about the phone, but at the very least, it shouldn’t start with the phone. Mobility can involve technology, but at the heart of a mobile strategy lies the mobile human. tweet this ).

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How to Target Specific Mobile Devices on Facebook and Instagram

Jon Loomer

If you scroll down the list of options that populate when you enter a keyword, you may notice some other options that appear, which are not related to device ownership: Notice how Facebook refers to this as an “Interest,” not as a “Behavior.” For what sort of campaigns might you utilize device targeting?

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Mobile Positioning: A Business Must

Webbiquity SMM

Mobile access to the web has surpassed browser usage. Consider these 2012 statistics: • Twitter estimates 55% of users access the site through a mobile device. • Click-through rates on search result ads are higher on mobile, according to a Marin Software study. What Can A Mobile Strategy Do For Me? Still not convinced?

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Mobile Visits Account for 40% of All Traffic for Publishers

Adam Sherk

Mobile is an important and growing traffic source for all publishers, but just how much traffic does it represent? I was curious where things currently stand so I pulled mobile traffic figures from SimilarWeb for a variety of well-known brands. The highest figure was 70% and the lowest was 25%: Average Mobile Traffic Number of Sites.

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Mobile Advertising Segmentation – Tablets & Smartphones

Small Business Mavericks

Cynthia Boris at Marketing Pilgrim reveals some interesting tidbits about tablets and smartphones regarding mobile advertising click-throughs. Tablets have a slight edge on books and reference materials. That said, people never go far without their mobile phones. But does it really matter in terms of mobile advertising?

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Realtime Olympics: 60% of London 2012 Visits Came Via Mobile; Facebook Was 2nd Highest Traffic Source

The Realtime Report

A new compilation of stats from the 2012 Olympic Games reveals that 60% of visits to the official London 2012 Games website and apps came from mobile devices. com) during the Games came from search; Facebook was the top referring traffic source after search. million tweets for 204 teams on desktop and mobile. Want more details?

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