Which Social and Mobile Platforms Are Older Teens Using?
Given all the fuss about teens leaving Facebook, GlobalWebIndex has taken a look at the most widely-used social platforms and mobile applications by 16-19-year-olds around the world. The global survey...
View ArticleMobile Payments Experience More Widespread, But Fewer See Rapid Changes Afoot
More smartphone owners this year claim to have some experience with a variety of mobile transaction types, according to results from a Harris Interactive survey. Some 46% say they have either used or...
View ArticleWhat’s on the CRM Buyer’s Wish List?
8 in 10 B2B marketers agree that CRM systems don’t always capture or provide the information needed when they’re trying to close a high-margin deal, says a recent study from Corporate Visions, while...
View ArticlePay-TV Subs in Q3: More Shifting Than Cutting
The Q3 pay-TV subscription figures have been rolling in, and it looks like the country’s top providers suffered a net contraction in overall subscribers, but one not as bad as might have been expected....
View ArticleHoliday 2013 Data Hub (Updated)
Thanksgiving is approaching and retailers are in full holiday mode. A slew of holiday-themed research has already been released, with many more studies no doubt on their way. This article, which will...
View ArticleSMBs Say They’re Spending Almost Half of Their Marketing Budgets on Digital
About one-third of SMBs report spending less than one-third of their marketing budgets on internet or mobile marketing, while about 1 in 8 allocate more than 90% to digital, according to results of a...
View ArticlePlanned Budget Increases Drive Marketers’ Optimism to New High
Global marketers are bullish regarding their budgets, finds Warc in its latest Global Marketing Index (GMI). This month, the budget component of the index recorded a value of 56.2, its highest value on...
View ArticleMobile Ads Seen Impacting CPG Purchase Decisions
Almost half of mobile users say they’ve tried a new CPG product or brand as the result of having seen a mobile ad, finds JiWire in its latest quarterly “Mobile Audience Insights Report” [pdf]. The...
View ArticleSmall Biz Saturday Participants Expect Boost in Awareness, Will Rely More on...
More than 3 in 4 small businesses who have participated in Small Business Saturday in the past plan to do so again this year, per results from a Constant Contact survey of 854 B2C small business...
View ArticleMobile Advertisers, On Board With Geo-Targeting Techniques, Add More Data to...
93% of national brand advertising campaigns employed geo-precise targeting (targeting areas that do not conform to standard geo-boundaries) in Q3, up from just 40% a year earlier, per the latest...
View ArticleSocial ROI? SMBs Most Enthusiastic About Facebook Ads
Recently, BIA/Kelsey released some data showing that 3 in 10 SMBs advertising on Twitter claim “excellent” or “extraordinary” ROI from their efforts. Now the researchers have released further data...
View ArticleTop 10 Broadcast TV Engagement, Week of Nov. 4-10, 2013
Source: Rentrak. Content in Rentrak updates is produced and/or compiled by Rentrak Corporation and its TV Essentials data collection and analytical service. The “Stickiness” Index is the average...
View ArticleTop 10 Cable TV Engagement, Week of Nov. 4-10, 2013
Source: Rentrak. Content in Rentrak updates is produced and/or compiled by Rentrak Corporation and its TV Essentials data collection and analytical service. The “Stickiness” Index is the average...
View ArticleMany Millennials Who Forgo Pay-TV Rely on OTA as Main Programming Source
Centris Marketing Science has released some new video viewing data containing two interesting results. Firstly, Millennials (18-34) who don’t subscribe to pay-TV – many of whom may fall into the...
View ArticleSocial Ads Continue to Outperform Networks and Exchanges in Delivering...
During Q3, social again beat portals, networks, and exchanges in user quality index – a measure that refers to a channel’s ability to reach a user that can be marketed to consistently – according to...
View Article2 in 3 Marketers Say Word-of-Mouth Marketing More Effective Than Traditional...
Some 64% of marketing executives believe that word-of-mouth (W-O-M) marketing is more effective than traditional marketing, says a new survey from the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) and...
View ArticleMajority of E-Commerce Execs Not Using Site Search Data For Other Marketing...
Almost 6 in 10 e-commerce executives from around the world say that they don’t use site search data such as keyword reports and most popular items to enhance their other marketing programs, finds SLI...
View ArticleSocial Shopping: Facebook and… Polyvore?
Move over Pinterest, there’s a new sheriff in town, according to [pdf] RichRelevance. Well, there’s a new site to play second fiddle to Facebook in the race to account for less than 1% of all shopping...
View ArticleTop 10 TV Programs on Twitter, Week of Nov. 18-24, 2013
Source: Nielsen More results (Tweets, Unique Authors, and Impressions) can be found in the attached spreadsheet. Activity metrics (Unique Authors and Tweets) are a measure of relevant Twitter activity...
View ArticleOctober Desktop Traffic Trends: Retail Sites Gain Momentum
An increasing number of Americans visited retail sites last month, likely shopping for Halloween and getting a head start on their holiday purchases, according to the latest data from comScore’s Media...
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