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10 Awesome Social Media Facts You Need To Know NOW

Brandanew

46% people check social media for reviews and details while making a purchase. If it were a country, the Republic of Facebook will only be behind China and close to India. Close to 20 million Facebook users are mobile only. So, if there ever was an advertisement for mobile marketing, this is it!

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Microsoft's $100K India Startup Challenge Grant

ReadWriteStart

I will be traveling in India in April, and doing live roundtables in three cities: Chennai (April 9) , Mumbai (April 16) , and Pune (April 17). Next Jigar Doshi, also from Chennai, India, pitched 3gSimplified , in effect, a comparative shopping solution for mobile plans, which are apparently quite complex in the Indian market.

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Smartphones – The Crucial Thread In The Fashion Retail Marketing Mix?

YoungUpstarts

But just how can mobiles achieve this? My company, Planet Retail , conducted a comprehensive consumer research into e-commerce in 10 key countries, covering mature and emerging markets including China, Japan, India and the USA. Why such heavy mobile access in China? Mobiles are also being used to provide real-time feedback.

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What in the World ?!?

thebarefootvc

”, almost exactly 2 years ago to this day at Bloomberg LP’s headquarters in NYC as part of Social Media Week. At the time I noted that this created opportunity for other platforms to become more globally dominant, particularly as countries in the emerging markets leapfrogged wireline networks to ever faster mobile networks.

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8 Interesting Ways Mission-Driven Organizations Are Using AI

Board Effect

Social Media Content Creation AI can help generate engaging, relevant content for social media channels within seconds. ARMMAN , a nonprofit based in India, built an AI-based predictive model that evaluated the risk of expectant mothers who were likely to drop out of telehealth outreach programs.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world. Applications such as Xtify , Local Response , and Placecast provided turnkey mobile solutions for retailers to target consumers.

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Clubhouse put a big bullseye on social audio

VC Cafe

The social media giants are racing to introduce their own social audio experiences. Riffr calls itself a social micro podcasting app. Started in 2016 by an agency called Mobile-Sphere , and seems to have no outside funding. Clubhouse attracts competition from every direction. The platforms. Bootstrapped.

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