This morning an email was sent out by a Facebook sales representative which outlined some exciting new developments in the platform’s Promotions sector. Before, if a business wanted to run a contest or promotion of any sort on their Fan Page, they had to spend a minimum of $10,000 on advertising or use an approved App. And you couldn’t more...
Last week, I published some stats about internet usage around the world, highlighting that North America has the largest proportion of internet users around the world. While this is an impressive stat on its own, it doesn’t reveal too much about the extent of social media use. Luckily, today’s eMarketer report published some impressive more...
Social media has given celebrities an excellent way to leverage what’s being said about them. Even more so than companies or brands, celebrities generate a lot of conversation, some of which may be unflattering or just plain untrue. So, just as many companies have used social media to reach out and engage with their clients directly, many celebrities more...
A new study from Ketchum and Fedex has revealed compelling statistics about the state of social media. The ”2010 Social Media Benchmarking Study” investigated how 62 participants from a variety of industries in the U.S. viewed social media. Although companies were at different stages of social media adaptation, 100% of them were using social more...
When concentrating and following up on different social media news, campaigns, tools and trends, it’s easy to overlook what’s happening online in the greater scheme of things. I recently watched this impressive video about internet usage stats in the UK and immediately got curious about similar stats elsewhere in the world. I figured more...
Twitter never really drifts far from the social media spotlight, they are always in the news announcing novel features, company initiatives, or some other equally interesting updates. But lately, there have been several intriguing announcements with concerning Twitter, so I thought I’d summarize them here and keep you update on what’s more...
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has become the backbone of many online marketing initiatives. SEO implies having your website organized in a way that makes it easy for search engines to find it and display it. This can greatly increase the visibility and traffic of a website, indeed, 75% of users will click on a link displayed in the natural results more...
Want to learn more about social media? Not sure if your business is ready to benefit from it? Fred Fox, a Social Media Advisor here at Agile Dudes has put together a great presentation called “Demystifying Social Media”. It’s full of interesting statistics and case studies, outlining both the pros and cons of investing in social more...
What do shoppers want? When you walk into a store you want to get a deal on whatever you’re about to purchase. You want to feel like you’ve made a good decision and you’ve gotten a good value for your dollar, don’t you? Me too! And shopping is such a pleasure after all. For those of us who like to idle away an afternoon at the more...
Being an avid fan of Google’s internet browser, Chrome, I was immediatly intrigued when I learned that Glen Murphy, the UI Designer for Chrome was working on a side project. The side project is DropMocks, a beautiful and unbelievably simple way to share images. All you need to do to share pictures is just drag the photos from your desktop into more...
