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Marketers Focus More Attention on Mobile Gaming

YoungUpstarts

In 2013, there were 909 million mobile gamers worldwide, nearly half of which resided in the Asia Pacific region, and 146 million of which came from North America. How Mobile Gaming Marketing Will Change. This year, we will continue to see larger brands who previously shied away from gaming, enter the market.

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[Interview] RIM Eyes Southeast Asia’s Developer Scene

YoungUpstarts

During the recent launch of Blackberry 7 OS in Singapore, Research In Motion (RIM) executives had shared that Southeast Asia was a potential hotbed of application developers with whom they were keen to work with. During the launch of Blackberry 7, RIM executives mentioned that Southeast Asia is a key market for developing applications.

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Ecommerce Trendwatching: How To Find, Follow, and Set Trends

ReadWriteStart

Keeping up with trends is the reality show of the e-commerce world, which is constantly developing, gaining a significant market share, and driving online sales. The story behind its substantial growth in the market is simple: people love to shop in the most convenient way possible, and a smartphone is a perfect way to do it.

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Facebook Advertising / Marketing: Best Metrics, ROI, Business Value

Occam's Razor

This audience is immensely attractive to Brands and Marketers around the world. Completely ignore the question of whether Facebook works (for many, many, many companies it is a very effective marketing channel). It is always so cool to run marketing campaigns in large homogenous markets (like Europe, Asia, or large chunks of the US).

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The state of COVID-19 testing

Version One Ventures

performed in a lab by a technician) and have been used widely in Asia. In any case, these tests can be good for showing the extent of viral spread in a community and providing useful public health information and guidance for our overwhelmed healthcare system. . Currently, these rapid tests are limited to professional use (i.e.

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Which Social Networks are for Entrepreneurs?

Startup Professionals Musings

This is the “old guard” of 60 million professionals, mostly populated by experienced executives and serious marketers. For example, Orkut is most popular in India and Asia, while Ryze is popular in Europe. Facebook has groups like “Facebook for Business,” and millions of Fan/Business Pages, so be there or be square.

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5 of the most famous (and effective) growth hacks of all time

The Next Web

Jon Yongfook is a serial entrepreneur based in Asia. Startups are a special breed of companies when it comes to marketing. Rely on cheaper forms of marketing : Blogging, email, viral tactics etc. Growth hacks are clever marketing tricks used by startups in order to get more users (often for free or very little cost).

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