Social Users Love TV & Sports

According to this report, social conversations about TV have exploded in the last year, “from 10 million in June 2011 to over 81 million by June 2012.” Sporting events are huge drivers of these conversations. From an analytics perspective, the … Continue reading

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Mobile Budgets on Rise

According to this report, mobile marketing budgets will be on the rise for 2013 and may exceed $5 billion by 2015, up from an estimated $2.6 billion this year. The upward trend is not surprising, given that “Our entire lives … Continue reading

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Has Twitter Figured Out Mobile Advertising?

Twitter’s mobile advertising business has solidified to the point that it now represents more than half of its revenue, according to this report. That’s quite a feat given that Twitter only launched mobile ads a few months ago. Clients cited … Continue reading

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Mobile Advertising: “Appy” Days Are Here

On the mobile front, in-app ads appear to be gaining traction over display ads thanks to expanding smartphone usage. New research outlines the trend advertisers will spend $2.9 billion on in-app advertising this year, while consumers will spend $26.1 billion … Continue reading

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