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Social Media Gets More Visitors for Longer Periods of Time

Social media and social networking are not a new trend anymore, but a rather constant part of our lives. Businesses and marketers cannot ignore social media as a way to get in touch with customers. Social media networks are useful not only for disseminating messages, but also for engaging clients and providing customer care. The Nielsen's Social Media Report 2012 shows that social media comes of age. The report’s findings are useful to marketers as they point out the growing number of people browsing the Internet, their habits and the importance of mobile nowadays, as well as sales generated by social networks.

3 Tips To Target International Markets

Shopping PR: Who Pays $1.1 Million for Mystery Shopper Reviews?

There's one thing Sheepy doesn't get: mystery shoppers. Mobee just got caught in the sheepworks.

5 Things To Know Before You Start a Marketing Plan

CEOs Lost Their Trust in Marketers

There seems to be an ongoing battle between marketers and CEOs. Marketers always try to show that their jobs add value to businesses. But somewhere along the line things have changed, and marketers seem to be unable to convince CEOs of their activities’ benefits for organizations. Meanwhile CEOs say they have lost their trust in marketers, as a new study shows.

All That's News About Media Outreach: Muck Rack Tested

Media outreach, the double edged sword that slices PRs and journalists to shreds at times, any communicator out there can surely use good tools for helping out. While everybody knows about Peter Shankman's (now Vocus') HARO ingenuity, but have you heard of Muck Rack?

Should You Pay to Play? Evaluating Facebook's Latest Changes

Private Facebook users are given a 'Promote' button next to the ones for 'Share' and 'Like,' where they're given the option to pay $7 to make sure that a post reaches a higher percentage of their friends by bumping it up in news feeds and making it stick around longer. What does this mean for business, and how can you take advantage of this new Facebook advertising channel?

Consumers Shifting to Shopping on Thanksgiving Day

Shopping habits change, slowly but surely. If Thanksgiving was a day dedicated to family, food and football, now it is a day filled with all that plus an healthy dose of shopping, and a new survey among retailers shows that people will have enough shops open to enjoy it. Moreover, online sales during Thanksgiving could surpass those from Black Friday, Chad White, research director at Responsys predicts.

Pinterest Rolls Out Block and Report User Features

When using any social network (and not only, for that matter, in the online environment), you might want to block a user. On Pinterest, you didn't have this option until now. But it was a heavily requested option, the third most popular feature request on the site (as mentioned here, and no longer on the official list as it already is a rolled out option). With the block option, the social network has also announced a ‘report user’ feature and more granular email settings.

Beevolve Study Sheds Light on Twitter Usage across the World

There are millions and millions of accounts on Twitter. Is anyone wondering what would an average user of this microblogging social network “look” like? What are their preferences? How many followers does they have and how many people do they follow? Well, a new comprehensive study from Beevolve of Twitter users worldwide has just been released and it offers quite interesting insights.