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Google Still Dominates Search
There are several different ways to measure market share for search engines and here’s another view and another data point that indicates Google, while losing some share to Bing, is still the number one search engine choice by a wide margin. The point here is that if you’re trying to help your retailers choose the […]
Read More about Google Still Dominates SearchWhite Pages Gone, Who Cares?
AT&T in Madison, Wisconsin decided to publish a Yellow Pages only directory and offered a White Pages supplement if a homeowner was interested. Only about 2% of the over 600,000 homeowners asked for the White Pages supplement. Here’s the full article. The scary part is that there are still a lot of markets out there […]
Read More about White Pages Gone, Who Cares?Here’s another report about how important the Internet is to selling your products through a local retailer. As a company that provides online ad builders for major brands we continually emphasis the need to expand from allowing local retailers to build and place traditional media to include digital and this study helps to make our […]
Read More about Over 50% of Offline Sales Influenced by Online InformationFacebook Finally Shows a Little Weakness
Facebook added “only” 320,800 new users in June, which is way off the 7.8 million new users they added in May. Finally, Facebook’s never ending growth is showing a little sign of weakness. Here are a few other statistics about Facebook from an article on MarketingCharts.com A marketer’s challenge is to decide how much effort […]
Read More about Facebook Finally Shows a Little WeaknessSave your money on buying in-store kiosks and build out a mobile site instead. First, let’s look at the trend of online research that leads to a retail sale. Ok, this is for all products so if you’re selling anything that’s defined as a considered purchase the percentages are even higher. Most studies conclude that […]
Read More about Showroom Products Speak for Themselves via Mobile and QR BarcodesFor those of you who are running ad builders for your local retailers this study will help you focus your efforts. This doesn’t surprise us as we work with retailers through our ad builders on a regular basis. What we always talk to our clients about is that the real power and control is in […]
Read More about JPEG and GIF Banner Ads Account for About 60% of Online ImpressionsBuilding a Social Media Plan for Your Company
While we don’t think that social media is quite ready for spending a lot of time, money and effort on right now we do think it’s worth watching and even experimenting with for your brand. Here’s a study that will give a practical checklist for what you should be thinking about right now. Of the […]
Read More about Building a Social Media Plan for Your CompanyAdvertisers Learn To Do Without Print
Here’s another in a long list of reports that tells us advertisers are moving ad dollars from print to other media as the recovery slowly moves forward. This chart is from Alan Mutter of Reflections of a Newsosaur It’s not so much that this is happening it is much more about the reason it is […]
Read More about Advertisers Learn To Do Without Print2010 Online Advertising Revenue Growth Pegged at 12.4%
There has been a lot written lately about the growth of online advertising revenue and here’s another chart that adds to the storyline that the golden days of online advertising are upon us. The web has been around for a long time so why are so many experts predicting such a rapid growth now? According […]
Read More about 2010 Online Advertising Revenue Growth Pegged at 12.4%Will Social Replace Search?…NO
Lots of different ideas around about how powerful Social will become and what it may morph into. Let’s put to rest any idea that it’s going to replace Search, at least for now. This research was conducted by PowerReviews and the e-tailing group and it tells us that online shoppers don’t think too much of […]
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