Smartphones are starting to change the face of advertising. The next big step to this process is the iAd. This mobile advertising platform gives third party developers the freedom to directly embed advertisements into their own iPhone applications and it’s being launched today , July 1st.

Steve Jobs has put $60 million in for second half of 2010 from the likes of select brand names like Nissan, Sears, JCPenny, GEICO, Target, Best Buy, GE and Unilever, as well as longtime partners Disney and AT&T. Those brands represent 48% of mobile display ad spending the second half of the year.

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If your business is looking to take advantage of content marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) should always be involved.

Content and landing pages fit should be consistent with the keywords. Each additional keyword emphasizes the chance of the product being seen.

If you’re one of the many who are looking to optimize your company through social media, a link to your page should be included as well.

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According to the study entitled: Social Media in 2009 Inc. 500: New Tools and New Trends, social media use is growing fast within corporations in the United States.

Seventy-five percent of respondents claimed they were “very familiar with” social networking. As this study suggests, much social media growth is expected in the near future within businesses around the world.

The study also revealed how respondents think social media are here to stay giving you even more reason to stick with it and a representative … Continue Reading

Google just unveiled a Smartphone that will knock the socks off of your mobile internet.

Nexus One is Google’s smooth push for more consumer products.

It’s about as light as a Swiss army knife and uses a Qualcomm processor. The 3.7-inch, touch-screen display has deep contrasts with a color-changing track ball that changes color when you receive a message.

It has a built-in compass, a GPS, and a light sensor that helps consumers save power by adjusting to indoor and outdoor light. The camera has an LED flash accompanied by a one-click upload to YouTube. … Continue Reading

Want to strengthen your mobile marketing campaign? You’ve come to the right place. The following is a list of tips that will give you  better understanding of do’s and don’t in the work of mobile marketing.

1. What do you want to accomplish from mobile marketing?

Do you yearn for brand awareness or do you want to engage customers? Make your goal known before you take the first step.

2. Connect with a mobile application service provider.

Consult a successful provider as your reference. It’s always better to compare what you think is best to … Continue Reading

Weekly use of the internet is climbing and because of this, brands may benefit from increasing their online PR output in 2010.

According to Econsultancy’s Rebecca Lieb, citing figures from a recent study by Harris Poll, the average amount of time spent on the web has risen 13 hours since 1999.

Harris Poll also stated that “Hours online may have increased because of the recession.”

Statistics have also shown that individuals between 30 and 39 registered an average 18 hours on the internet a week, while 40 to 49-year-olds spent 17 hours surfing. Therefore,  focusing … Continue Reading

The end is in sight…of the recession, that is. Unfortunately, damage has already been done to the advertising industry. According to Ad Age, ad spending in 2009 experienced the sharpest percentage decline since the Great Depression when it dropped 14.7-percent the first nine months of 2009.

On the bright side, there are high hopes for digital advertising. Annual growth rate for online advertising is said to be steady over the next five years.

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If you don’t think mobile internet purchasing is catching on, think again. This graph from Morgan Stanley portrays the 50+ percent of paid mobile consumer usage. Smartphone users, as a majority, have been putting desktop usage to shame with app usage. Having a smartphone on hand makes it easy to buy into the digitized world while leaving desktop purchasing in the dust.

As more consumers buy using their mobile devices, mobile advertising will increase

Maybe mobile marketing will be turning a new leaf in 2010 and the new decade will be the ‘decade of … Continue Reading

According to emarketer.com, the three phases of a company’s social marketing are trial, transition, and strategic. The more comfortable a company is with social marketing, the faster they will begin to strategize.

This will be great for networking as well company workers. The 2010 Social Media Marketing Benchmark Report from MarketingSherpa states that sixty percent of social marketing dollars will go to employee salaries for social media activities such as generating content, and the monitoring social channels.

Social Marketing doesn’t have to be a complicated tragedy. Let Stream Companies plan your … Continue Reading

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To use, identify your phone’s capability for scanning a QR code (the square black box in the bottom right). Once you’ve done that, use your phone’s application to scan the code. You’re then connected to Stream Companies.

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