Occam's Razor

JANUARY 2, 2013

Multi-channel attribution was the flavor of the month for every month in 2012. And just as in 2012 magic pills will be scarce, FUD will be plentiful, and vendors will promise the moon. Conversions > Multi-Channel Funnels > Assisted Conversions. Mobile Devices Report. Mobile is all the rage.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 15, 2012

It takes little money – comparatively – to try a new advertising medium, or improve your website, or build a mobile app, or try just about anything else. The data was collected in the first part of 2012, between January and May for the Barometer and between January and February for the Enumeration.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 13, 2019

By 2014, almost half of B2B buyers were millennials , nearly double the number from 2012. Even for major retailers, like uniform supplier Cintas, their online buying portal is a dated, non-mobile-friendly microsite on a separate domain (www6.cintasvip.com): Now, however, more new business flows through search and other channels.

B2B 130

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Eric Lazar is VP of Mobile CRM for ePrize , focused on educating brands on how best to capture the mobile user, drive revenue, and build relationships that start on mobile. Nomophobia: the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. However, what’s rarely discussed about this continually evolving channel is why.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

By Richard MacManus / May 10, 2012 05:30 AM / View Comments. SAY Medias Alex Schleifer is the lead designer for ReadWriteWebs re-design (currently in process) and his quote above captures why mobile websites are enjoying a renaissance. Previously, mobile websites were minimalist and often painful to use. ReadWriteWeb.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 4, 2017

When we established Ready4S back in 2012, the tech startup scene looked completely different than it does today. Reputation will be as important as ever in 2018—only now, it’s more about your brand identity spread through digital channels. Build a solid online image. He is also interested in digital marketing and tech startups.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 14, 2013

I must have been channeling someone else for a moment there. Which of the following customer service channels do 46% of your customers expect you to provide? By 2014, the mobile internet is predicted to overtake desktop internet usage. Which of the following was true of mobile usage in 2012? Wait, what?

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Singapore-based mobile marketplace Carousell wants more users in Southeast Asia to start buying and selling items through their mobile phones on its platform — and it has linked up with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten to do so. The app launched in August 2012 and is available as a free download on both iOS and Android platforms. ?

Asia 120

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 27, 2013

Mobile marketing is here, and it''s here to stay. Interestingly, I both hate and love mobile marketing. Here''s what I hate about it, and particularly, my frustrations with mobile phones: 1. I''ve seen too many cases of mobile phones being used to entertain children so their parents can converse amongst themselves.

Mobile 90

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

The hottest startups may not have been in enterprise and business-to-business channels (through companies like Parse, StackMob were acquired and Dropbox is growing like gangbusters), but the big business startup market performed well this year. The home automation platform lets users control their homes from a mobile device.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2013

With analysts expecting total trade volumes from traditional export channels in 2013 to remain flat, local SMEs are likely to be forced to find new sources of business growth elsewhere especially when faced with rising business costs. buying off a mobile device) being jewellery, fashion, cameras, mobile phones and sports equipment.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. And to engage effectively with them, we need to reach them through all those various channels. In 2012, finally, we will see the first major crop of Indian entrepreneurs playing on the global stage.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 7, 2017

Stat that matters : According to a 2016 Vendasta study about online reputation , 61% of consumers are more likely to contact a local business if they have a mobile optimized site. Post consistently to social media channels. You can see more about that Yelp and Apple partnership here from Forbes back in 2012 when it was announced.

Small Business 167

Small Business Software Review Social Media Balance Sheet 167

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 13, 2011

5 Trends That Will Shape Small Business in 2012 This content from: Duct Tape Marketing. Here are my predictions for 2012. Mobile powers local. Last year, I predicted that mobile would finally land for small business. We’ve talked about mobile as a marketing channel for years, but it seemed it wasn’t happening.

Small Business 66

Small Business Social Bookmarking Social Media Social Network 66

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Meanwhile, small business owners consistently rate email marketing as one of the top three performing channels , and unlike SEO, it’s not a black box and isn’t subject to algorithmic fluctuations. And an email address is essential to unlock lookalike audiences as an additional paid acquisition channel. About the Author.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

What types of things might happen in 2012, as opposed to needing another 3-5 years to come to fruition. That aside, here are ten areas I think you'll see some interesting things happening in 2012. Mobile Payment Disappointment. What areas are going to change? What areas need to be disrupted? Reader beware.). Open Government.

Technology 116

Technology Valuation Community Restful 116

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

These days, I’m hearing more and more that Location-Based Services (LBS) are entering the mainstream for mobile users, but I’m not sure why. So far, it’s been just another mobile phone app that tells people where their friends are ( Foursquare and Facebook Glancee ). Branded entertainment. Understand the competition.

B2B 206

B2B Angel Investor Mobile Forecast 206

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 9, 2012

What are the value propositions, benefits and the messaging (bait), the pricing structure and channels (tackle), and length of sales cycle (how likely a fish will snap your line)? Copyright © 2012 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Will you need a big net (full-page ads in the WSJ) to catch lots of small sardines?

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The past year has seen exciting growth for online and mobile commerce in Asia , and that trend looks set to continue all the way through 2012 into 2013. But the numbers, however phenomenal, hide the fact that many traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have struggled to incorporate online and mobile retail into their business.

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Singapore Asia Curation Mobile 217

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 24, 2013

Billion was spent online in 2012. You’re a crazy person if you have a product to sell and you don’t look at the World Wide Web as one of your top priority distribution channels. In my case, 2012 was the first year I finally took the leap and made a purchase I had been hesitant to do before… I bought shoes online.

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Up and Running

JULY 21, 2014

If you own a brick-and-mortar business, or are thinking of setting one up, you’ve likely seen plenty of reports that imply the future of shopping is online and that it is also ‘mobile’. Of those orders, more than half were placed on a mobile device. In 2012 they spent $59.6 What is omni-channel retail? increase in sales.

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Channel Mobile Oregon eCommerce 106

Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 20, 2011

3 Mobile Form Factors: If you follow the mobile space you have no doubt paid attention to the rise of the super-size smart phone with 4.3″ SoLoMo: Social Local Mobile is on for 2012. ″ and larger displays.

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searchengineland.com

MAY 30, 2012

Mobile Search. May 30, 2012 at 1:06pm ET by Conrad Saam. SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 30, 2012 Google Sending 51% Less Traffic To Facebook Pages Since "Search Plus Your World" Launch; Bing Drops, Too Peter Carl Fabergé Google Egg Logo Google Says Knowledge Graph Has Led To More Searches SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 29, 2012.

SEO 54

SEO SEM Social Media Search 54

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012).

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Mobile Email Social Media Global 339

Agile VC

AUGUST 22, 2011

It encompasses not just a technical infrastructure but also a user experience framework, usually some form of a selling channel, and a defined large-scale developer ecosystem. Microsoft has two massive platforms in Windows and Xbox, and has been thrashing about for a decade trying to build one in mobile. Google of course has Android.

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

iPhone & iPad #distribution #ormaybemarketing # 19 hours ago @davemcclure Idea 2: Partner with someone with an established distribution channel, ie. Farmville & neighbors #distribution # 19 hours ago Copywrite © 2012 MikeLee.org. startupcto

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. © 2012 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Tech: Blogs.

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 1, 2011

I’m starting to believe that we’re finally going to see mobile move to the big kids marketing table toward the end of this year. Sure, all of our screens are becoming connected and the mobile phone is at the epicenter of it all. But I think social is going to force marketers hands and make them take mobile seriously.

Mobile 31

Mobile Marketing Forecast Campaign 31

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. View More in Mobile ›. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. © 2007-2012, Xconomy, Inc. FDA Clears New Genentech Breast Cancer Drug, in Combo With Herceptin. View More in San Francisco ›. View More in Seattle ›. View More in Cleantech ›.

San Diego 40

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 15, 2014

Six secular trends will shape the future of ecommerce in the coming decade: mobile becoming a dominant channel, emergence of one click services, rise of the sharing economy, deep personalization, instant delivery and Asia becoming a major market. mobile internet), so this underestimates the actual penetration.

eCommerce 75

eCommerce North America Asia Mobile 75

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2016

There’s increasingly an omni-channel approach to purchasing. Mobile Commerce (m-commerce). Advancements in device technologies and mobile networks are sparking the use of mobile devices by shoppers at every point on the path to purchase. Omni-Channel Retailing. It’s all just shopping. Social Commerce.

Small Business 100

Small Business Asia Channel Technical Review 100

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

And so I think a lot of people did give up on it because they really weren't building any audience or didn't see any point in it, uh, no, necessarily, but then obviously once it became much more mainstream, probably around 2012, 13 is when it really probably took off again. I just use two channels. So, so what's been your history.

CPA 93

CPA Technical Review Hosting Audio 93

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 7, 2013

Which of the following customer service channels do 46% of your customers expect you to provide? . By 2014, the mobile internet is predicted to overtake desktop internet usage. Which of the following was true of mobile usage in 2012? a) 37% of consumers bought something via mobile social media. a) Email support.

Small Business 81

Small Business Social Media Startup Video 81

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 28, 2022

But then obviously once it became much more mainstream, probably around 2012, 13 is when it really probably took off again. SM seven B into a cloud lifter, which lifts the gain into a two mixer mixer channel. That, or it's actually a four mixer channel. I just used two channels that was probably a hundred dollars.

Audio 50

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Her second venture, RealLead (mobile marketing for real estate) sold in early 2012. The Hangout will also stream live on Ecopreneurist’s YouTube Channel. She is a graduate of Drexel University’s LeBow School of Business. Hangout Details: When: Tuesday, Feb 19, 4 PM EST. Where: on Google Plus.

Cofounder 68

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 16, 2017

As graduation season comes to a close, I like to reflect on Michael Lewis’ Princeton Baccalaureate speech from 2012. 15 Must Watch YouTube Channels for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners [link] @rosskimbarovsky #branding #content pic.twitter.com/uGreXw9hvM. — Ross Kimbarovsky (@rosskimbarovsky) June 12, 2017.

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www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 23, 2012

This post is part of our ReadWriteStart channel, which is dedicated to helping savvy entrepreneurs start and grow new businesses with resources, tips, insight and analysis. The channel is sponsored by TriNet. By Tim Devaney and Tom Stein / April 23, 2012 09:30 AM / View Comments. mobile web. mobile web. developers.

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