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Twitter Users Still Flock to the Website, Which Stinks – PCWorld

Nonetheless, in the last 30 days, 78 percent of unique users visited Twitter through its Web site, and 14 percent accessed the mobile version. No native or third-party apps came close.

Posted on 5 September 2010 | 9:25 am by www.pcworld.com

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Posted on 5 September 2010 | 8:59 am by artisanalpencilsharpening.com

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Posted on 1 September 2010 | 8:30 pm by mysql.com

At the Wheel of the Revenue Engine: Am I Old School? — It’s All About Revenue

Two sales VPs square off on their blogs.

Posted on 30 August 2010 | 2:09 pm by blog.eloqua.com

Internet may phase out printed Oxford Dictionary – Yahoo! News

LONDON – It weighs in at more than 130 pounds, but the authoritative guide to the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, may eventually slim down to nothing. Oxford University Press, the publisher, said Sunday so many people prefer to look up words using its online product that it’s uncertain whether the 126-year-old dictionary’s next edition will be printed on paper at all.

Posted on 29 August 2010 | 3:59 pm by news.yahoo.com

The Government’s New Right to Track Your Every Move With GPS – TIME

Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn’t violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway — and no reasonable expectation that the government isn’t tracking your movements.

Posted on 29 August 2010 | 8:33 am by www.time.com

Google: 1 million Gmail calls during first day | Deep Tech – CNET News

The power of Google email write large.  Watch our Skype!   

… there are somewhat more than 300 million people in the United States. If the average person makes 10 calls per day–research in 2008 put the number at 208 calls per month–that means about one out of every 3,000 calls in the U.S. went through the service on its first day.

Posted on 29 August 2010 | 8:28 am by news.cnet.com

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Vital statistics for every B2B marketer « Earnest about B2B

Vital statistics for every B2B marketerMARCH 16, 2010by earnestagencyUse and abuse at your leisure… where possible we’ve tried to accurately cite the source and provide a link to the site where we came across the research.
B2B companies are ahead of their B2C rivals when it comes to social media adoption81% of B2B companies maintain company-related accounts or profiles on social media sites versus 67% of B2C75% of B2Bers participate in microblogging (eg. Twitter) versus 49% of B2CersSource: Business.com – 2009 B2B Social Media Benchmarking Study (http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007404)
And the FTSE 100 are just plain running scared of TwitterJust 16 of the FTSE 100 companies are using Twitter, despite the fact that 20% of Tweets contain a reference to a product or brandSource: Virgin Media Business (http://ow.ly/1gDTf)
But CIOs could well be the biggest blocker to social media adoption54% of CIOs prohibit use of social networking sites, such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, while at workSource: Robert Half Technology (http://rht.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=131&item=790)
Use of social media by B2B companies is validated by B2B buyer perspectives93% of business buyers believe all companies should have a presence in social media85% believe companies should not just present information via social media, but use it to interact and become more engaged with themSource: Cone Inc – Social Media in business (http://ow.ly/1dLqJ)
And that’s because the B2B buying process is fundamentally changing9 out of 10 buyers say that when they’re ready to buy, they’ll find youSource: DemandGen Report
Over 70% of purchases are restricted to established vendors or are heavily dependent on Word of Mouth recommendationsSource: Buyersphere ebook, Enquiro (http://ow.ly/YbQm)
More than 8 out of 10 IT decision-makers said word of mouth recommendations are the most important source when making buying decisionsSource: Forrester Research, How to take B2B relationships from Indifferent to Engaged: Jan 2009
59% of B2B buyers engaged with pe

Posted on 9 August 2010 | 8:11 am by ht.ly