Posts by derickson
Changes In Small Businesses Social Media Marketing Spending In 2013 [CHART]
Nearly three out of five small businesses said they will spend more on social advertising, promoted postings and sponsored tweets.
Read MoreWebsite Homepage Information Small Businesses Lack, June 2012 & February 2013 [CHART]
More than 60% of small businesses lacked an address on their homepage, and nearly 50% did not provide a contact number.
Read MoreChanges In Small Business Online & Mobile Marketing Spending In 2013 [CHART]
Nearly 70% of small businesses said they had a website, which they primarily used to inform customers about products and services.
Read MoreConsumer Attitudes Toward Interacting With Companies Online By Generation, December 2012 [TABLE]
Roughly 40% of consumers under 55 (and 54% of consumers over 55) agreed that “companies that listen online are intruding on customers.”
Read MoreAmericans Who Expect Companies To Listen To Them Online By Generation, December 2012 [CHART]
Millennials between 18 to 24 years old were least likely to be aware of companies listening in, although still over three in five knew this went on.
Read MoreWomen Who Abandon Social Media, March 2013 [TABLE]
Among the 86% of North American women surveyed online who have a social media account, 38% are dubbed Defectors, who have stopped (16%) and/or decreased (28%) using at least one social network.
Read MoreThe Politics Of Pirates & Cyberspace [VIDEO]
Jean-Phillippe Vergne, coauthor of The Pirate Organization, explains how the edge of capitalism is driven by outlaws by pointing out the parallels between the age of pirates and our current cyberspace economy.
Read MoreImportance Of Buying American By Product Category & Gender, March 2013 [CHART]
Women were 11% more likely to consider Buying American important when purchasing major appliances (79% vs. 71%).
Read MoreMinneapolis/St. Paul Experience 5th-Biggest Rise In Telecommuting Nationwide
The Twin Cities has experienced the fifth-biggest rise among metro areas nationwide in the number of workers based at least partly at home.
Read MoreAgency Perceptions Of Client Online Marketing Talent Gaps, March 2013 [CHART]
80% of agencies and production companies pointed to user experience (UX) as a major (45%) or minor (35%) talent gap among clients.
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