Here’s an Email Marketing Checklist
Email remains an important channel in reaching consumers through the Internet. Its popularity is certainly above Facebook’s. But a busy digital marketer could miss some points when rolling out his or her email campaign. Worry not as we have a checklist below to make sure you don’t miss a thing in your email campaign. Besides […]
The Facebook Obsession [INFOGRAPHIC]
In 2010, Facebook overtook Google as the most highly visited page on the web – nothing too surprising. With 600 million members and growing, more than 10,000 applications to be utilized, Facebook has changed the way people use the web and connect with one another. Here’s a confession: Even though I do chose to remain […]
A Year-by-Year Look at Holiday E-commerce
Inspired by the record online spending that occurred during the final weeks of 2010, e-commerce solutions provider Volusion has taken a closer look at each of the holiday shopping seasons of the past decade. A link to Volusion’s comprehensive infographic can be found here, but below are some of the most interesting conclusions: Not only […]
The Numbers Behind Groupon’s Meteoric Rise [INFOGRAPHIC]
Without question, 2010 was Groupon’s year to rise and shine. While it might not have reached Facebook-like ubiquity or become a household name in middle America, this startup certainly made huge waves in the past 12 months.…
Social Video Advertising in 2010
Try recalling last year’s social video ads. What came to your mind first? Probably the famous Evian Roller Babies ad or Cadbury’s Eyebrow dance. Interestingly, the number of viral social video ads somehow skyrocketed this year. Some of the more memorable ones are Old Spice’s The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, Nike’s Write the […]
The WikiLeaks Story… So Far [INFOGRAPHIC]
Besides Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, Julian Assange is another ‘Person of the Year‘ frequently named by our readers. In fact, he is readers’ choice for Time’s magazine Person of the Year 2010. 2010 has been an exploding year for Assange and WikiLeaks. Almost every day we are hearing news about WikiLeaks. From whistleblowing, boycotts from […]
Facebook in 2010 [INFOGRAPHIC]
It has been an incredible year for Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. The Facebook head was recently named as TIME’s Person of the Year and received admiration for his generous donations to good causes. His Facebook Empire has also grown at break neck speed. To celebrate a great year for Facebook, Flowtown has captured the social […]
Most Viral Brands of 2010 [INFOGRAPHIC]
Evian’s Roller Babies viral ad snatched the limelight last year and was one the most talked about brand in 2009. This year, FIFA took over the throne, all thanks to Shakira’s Waka Waka music video. Waka Waka is also the most watched World Cup video on the web of all time. Second spot goes to […]
2010 is a Meaningful Year for Twitter
Twitter wraps up this year with several trend reports and thoughts. In a heartfelt blog post, Twitter thanks its users for the magnificent past 12 months. In 2010, more than 25 billion tweets were sent and more than 100 million users joined the micro-blogging service. To support growing demands, the Twitter team has grown from […]
HOW TO: Create a Location-based Marketing Campaign
Location-based marketing is one of the major trends in the digital advertising world. Instead of increasing web traffic and hoping that customers will visit and make purchase, location-based marketing directly helps your business increase foot traffic, bringing consumers closer to your physical point of sales. However, with so many different location technologies like Gowalla, Foursquare, […]
Mobile Usage in Japan, United States and Europe [INFOGRAPHIC]
In terms of mobile usage, Japanese is the most connected group as compared to Americans and Europeans. That is the conclusion drawn from the infographic created by Metagrafic powered with comScore data. ‘Connection’ here is defined as the proportion of the mobile users who use connected media (users who have browsed, accessed applications or downloaded […]
State of Cloud Computing [INFOGRAPHIC]
Today, everything seems to be moving into the cloud. In 2005, investment in cloud computing was about $26 million. But in 2009, the investment grew to $370 million, more than 10 times of what was invested in 2005. What is most impressive is Gartner’s prediction that investment will soar to a whopping $148 billion by 2013. […]
More Bloggers Becoming Self-Employed [INFOGRAPHIC]
Is blogging still hot? Sure is. In today’s age of user-generated content, we no longer need to rely on media for information. Anyone with internet access has the opportunity to create their own blog, publish their thoughts to communicate to the rest of the world, establish themselves as a thought leader in their field, and […]
Yahoo 2010 Year In Review [INFOGRAPHIC]
Yahoo has compiled its 2010 data and visualized them nicely into an infographic. Remember Abby’s Lemonade? 8-year-old Abby Enck runs lemonade stands during the summer and turn it into a charitable franchises that help sick kids. Her 6-year-old brother, Cameron, who was born with Cerebral Palsy has inspired her to go the extra mile. Under […]
The Power of WordPress [INFOGRAPHIC]
WordPress has come a long way. Founded in 2003, it has grown to become the world’s favorite content-system-management (CMS) tool. According to TechKing’s infographic, 55.3% of the top 1 million websites in the world are managed through WordPress. Joomla, the runner-up, only owns 10.8% of the market share. In absolute numbers, there are over 27 […]