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  • Social Media Is Second Biggest Impact on Lead Generation for B2B Marketers

    Daily deal giant Groupon is seeing its stock drop for the 12th day, while social media platforms Twitter and Facebook are making new moves and showing promising click-through rates on ads, respectively. For B2B marketers, social media has surpassed PPC to become second biggest impact on lead generation, with SEO ranking number one. Delve into […]

  • 57% of Mobile App Users Would Consider Buying Holiday Gifts on a Mobile Device This Year

    If retailers haven’t already gotten the hint that a mobile app presence is important and potentially profitable, a survey from Apigee, an API company, is another kick in the right direction. Among the findings in the survey is that nearly 3 in 5 mobile app users say they’d consider purchasing holiday gifts this year on […]

  • China: 401% Growth in Active iOS and Android Devices

    The rate of adoption of iOS and Android devices surpasses anything we’ve seen from any computer technology ever, according to new data from Flurry. The mobile analytics company estimates that there were more than 640 million such mobile devices in use during July. “Compared to recent technologies, smart device adoption is being adopted 10X faster […]

  • Daily Internet Brief

    Google Is More Popular on Opera Than on Chrome According to Chitika, Google is the most popular search engine across all browsers, which comes to no one’s surprise. What’s more interesting is the finding that Google is used by 95.3 percent of Opera users, 90.5 percent of Chrome users, 85.5 percent of Safari users, 78.5 […]

  • Pinterest Beats Facebook and Twitter When It Comes to Boosting Email Click and Open Rates

    A report from Experian takes a look at how email is affected by social networks. While Facebook and Twitter are displayed or promoted in the most emails, Pinterest is the social network that boosts engagement with emails the most. According to the report, titled “Better Together; Email and Social,” Facebook is displayed or promoted in […]

  • 38% of Adults Think It’s Easier to Solve World Peace Than Remember Passwords

    Solving the conundrum of world peace is an easier task than remembering all of your passwords, according to nearly 4 in 10 respondents to a survey from Janrain, a social login, social sharing, social profile storage and single-sign-on-solutions company. This may lend some weight to the argument that websites should strongly consider using social logins […]

  • Daily Internet Brief

    Facebook Acquires Threadsy Facebook has acquired Threadsy, the company behind social analytics tool Swaylo. This acquisition could signal that Facebook is readying itself to offer something akin to what Swaylo is

  • Daily Internet Brief

    10% of Facebook Users Would Pay at Least $10 Per Year to Get Rid of Ads According to a survey of 1,059 U.S. adults, 89.7 percent of respondents said they would pay nothing to remove ads from their Facebook accounts, noting that they don’t mind the ads. Meanwhile, 4.5 percent said they would be willing […]

  • Welcome to DM Confidential!

    After a decade of publishing, and more than 500 editions of the Digital Moses email newsletter, it was time for a website overhaul. The new DM Confidential site and accompanying eletter have a completely new look and, more importantly, new products. With an emphasis on customer acquisition news and ideas, DM Confidential will continue to […]