Saturday, June 2, 2012

Ecommerce

UK: Click-and-collect service not provided by 44% of top 50 retailers

Retailers in the UK are missing out on sales opportunities because less than half provide consumers with a click-and-collect shopping option, according to a new report from the IVIS Group. >>

Social Marketing

Social, review sites key drivers of auto dealership selection

Social media and review sites are driving consumers' dealership choices, according to new research, but dealerships with in-house social media management aren't keeping pace. >>

Social Marketing

UK: S-commerce revenues to double in next 5 years

Barclays' new Social Media Commerce report forecasts that, by 2021, more than 4 in ten of the UK population will be influenced by or using social media to make a purchase. >>

Advertising

4 Questions with DoubleVerify's Oren Netzer

Recently DoubleVerify released the Trust Index. Among the findings - more businesses are verifying campaigns, ensuring their ads are seen by the right traffic. I recently chatted with DoubleVerify CEO Oren Netzer about the Trust Index. >>

Internet

SMBs: Keeps the stress from summer vacations

Summer vacations are right around the corner, but rather than the stress-free environment most people find many small business owners will only find more stress. But they don't have to. Here are our top three tips to put the fun in vacation - even for SMBs. >>

Blogs & Content

Answering app offers more detail to mobile consumers

A new app in the mobile space could help consumers answer questions from a different perspective. Called Kngine, the question and answer app delves a bit deeper into the answer pool that Apple's SIRI service by including images, text and graphs to help answer those questions. >>

Blogs & Content

New release makes finding, sharing content simpler

Publishers, a new app in the marketplace could push your content farther into the field. From Taptu, the online app makes it simple for readers to engage with content - and then share that content through their circles. >>

Advertising

R.I.P 468x60 banner ad format

In a blog post today, Google announced the death of a once-popular banner ad format and the release of a new report to help publishers determine what does, and doesn't, work in online advertising. >>

Mobile Marketing

iPhone users gobble up data

When technology research firm Analysys Mason analysed the data usage of smartphone users they found that Apple's iPhone owners were far more data-hungry than any other. >>

Mobile Marketing

Global mobile payment transactions rise 61.9% YoY

Near-field communication payments won't hit the mass market until 2015, says Gartner in a recent report, but global mobile payment transaction values are set to grow by 42% a year as the number of mobile payment users rise. >>

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