Android beat out Apple’s iOS in market share last month, according to the number of ad impressions seen by ad network Chitika. In December, Android grabbed the lead with a 51.6 percent share, leaving iOS in second place with 46.5 percent. Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin recently touted that 3.7 million Android devices were activated … Continued
Borrell Associates has released a new report about small businesses (SMB) and their adoption of social media. According to the report, as many as 64% of small businesses have social media presences, and the majority of them use Facebook. These numbers vary slightly from other recent studies, but as a whole, popular studies have found … Continued
Although Facebook still has a dominant grasp on the social media market, Google+ has shown some impressive progress in its relatively brief existence. Experian Hitwise reported 49 million US visits to Google+ in December, which is a dramatic 55% increase over the previous month of November. Hitwise also reported that Google+ has experienced growth in … Continued
2011 was a defining year for Fahrenheit Marketing. We launched national marketing campaigns, web and mobile apps and even moved into a new office. We look forward to 2012 and we’ve already got some exciting projects that will launch in the first few months of the year. This year one of our goals was to … Continued
Experian Hitwise recently released the top search terms of 2011 across the major search engines. Facebook once again tops the list and holds a total of 4 of the top 10 spots, just as it did in 2010. Although Facebook also held 4 top spots in 2010, the total volume of these terms increased 33% … Continued
A recent YouTube/Ipsos Study divided 2400 participants into three groups, and compared interaction between television and YouTube advertisements that played before the selected video. One group was shown TV ads, one group was shown ads on YouTube and the third group was shown a combination of the two. The group viewing both types of advertisements … Continued
Over the past year, we’ve written more than 100 blog posts. It takes a lot of hard work to constantly create new content, and we want to thank everyone that read our posts over the last year. We compiled a list of our top 10 blog posts based on the number of views and they … Continued
A new study by retail marketing firm RevTrax revealed the impact paid search has on offline sales. For every $1 in online revenue generated by paid search, $6 is generated in offline revenue. This fact has been easy for marketers to overlook, due to the difficulty of tracking online-to-offline transactions. For two years, RevTrax monitored … Continued
Online video views have exploded in popularity over the past few years, likely due to a variety of factors including increased internet speeds, and better mobile and tablet video technology. According to the Q3 Video Monetization Report by Free Wheel, this year alone online video views are up 97%. The number of video ad views … Continued
According to data released by communications firm ZenithOptimedia, Google now owns 44% of the global advertising market. This is up nearly 10% over the past five years, solidifying Google’s dominance in online advertising. Google has continued to gain market share at an impressive rate, largely due to acquisitions such as YouTube. Facebook is also gaining … Continued