Social Media

Small and mid-sized businesses are increasingly relying on social media marketing. Nearly half of SMBs (44%) surveyed in the United States utilize social media to market to customers. Facebook is the leading social media [...]


Social Media

66% of online adults in the United States use social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Staying in touch with family and friends is their primary motivation to use social media tools. 91% of [...]


Marketing

The number of internet users is growing. 76% of adults in the United States go online in a typical day, compared to 66% in August 2006 and 50% in August 2000. Internet users increasingly go online [...]


Mobile

Consumers are increasingly scanning 2D barcodes, including QR codes. 5% of adults with a mobile phone in the United States now scan QR codes with their smartphone. A year ago, only 1% of adults [...]


Facebook

Facebook is the leading internet domain in page views. In september 2011, Facebook.com generated 11% of all the page views in the United States, followed by Craigslist.org (5%), Google.com (5%), Yahoo.com (4%) and Youtube.com [...]


Marketing

Most people want news with no political views. The majority of people in the US (63%) say they prefer news sources with no particular political point of view, while 29% say they prefer news [...]


Social Media

Groupon’s web traffic – like its stock price – has been on a steadily decline over the past several months. In June 2011, Groupon.com’s traffic peaked at 33.7 million unique visitors and 66.3 million [...]


Facebook

Facebook users are confused with privacy settings. 68% of Facebook users claim they don’t understand Facebook privacy controls. Social network users expect simpler private sharing options. 61% of Facebook users state they would share [...]


Social Media

Most Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) are currently using social media marketing. 81% of SMBs report being present on social media, up from 73% in spring. Social media use is on the rise. Among [...]


iOS

The portable games market is growing. In 2011, the portable games market is estimated to generate $3.3 billion in the US, up from $2.7 billion in 2009. The portable games market grew by 22% [...]


Mobile

Small Businesses increasingly use the internet to connect with their current or prospective customers. 97% of companies report using e-mail to connect with their customers. Facebook is the second most used internet way of [...]


Social Media

Most business use social media. 81% of small businesses report using social media marketing, up from 73% in spring 2011. While Facebook is the top social media platform for small businesses, Twitter comes second [...]


Google Plus

Most of the referral traffic to Google+ comes from Google properties. Indeed, 45.62% of the referral traffic comes from Google’s search engine, while Gmail comes second with a 16.17% share. Among the top ten [...]


Advertising

Facebook is winning the battle for display advertisement. Facebook accounts for 15% of money spent on display ads in the United states, beating Yahoo and Google sites which account for 10% each. Facebook displays more [...]


Twitter

Twitter users seem to show little interest for updates from brands. Only 21% of Twitter users follow a brand, compared to 75% of users who do not follow any brand, and 4% who do not [...]