From the category archives:

Facebook

Facebook Commerce growsAnother great stat from TechCrunch this week noting 50% Of e-commerce site visitors are logged in to Facebook. Money quote:

“A Facebook spokesperson confirmed that ecommerce sites are increasingly adding social features. She shared with us a new statistic: 88% of Internet Retailer Top 200 retail sites are integrated with Facebook.

Sociable Labs’ founder and CEO Nisan Gabbay explained that the target age market for an ecommerce site has surprisingly little influence on the percentage of visitors that were logged in to Facebook. Those aimed at college students were closer to 60%, but even those with middle aged saw at least 40% of visitors logged in.”

At the risk of repeating a broken record, e-commerce is now everywhere. “Shopping behavior” and “purchase funnels” intersect with ordinary, everyday activities on a regular basis. And the integration will only deepen over time. Stay tuned.


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I’ve been asking all week whether you’re still talking about the mobile web including looking at whether you need an app for customer reviews. And, I’m not the only one. Here’s this week’s round-up of the best social, local, mobile write-ups on the web:

Finally, I’ve shared a couple of videos this week to demonstrate the power of the local, social, mobile web. But it’s possible little can illustrate it as effectively as Social Revolution’s 2011 presentation, which I’ve got right here:

Have a great weekend, Big Thinkers. We’ll catch you back here on Monday.


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TechCrunch points to a kind of funny video for a parody app, one that lets you review anything:

What makes it even funnier, is that an app kind of like that exists already, called Oink.

But that’s not why this story’s important. Because your customers aren’t waiting for an app to tell people what they think of your products and services. They’ve got Twitter and Facebook and Tumblr and Foursquare to say nothing of Yelp, TripAdvisor and AngiesList.

If you’re worried that apps like Oink or the mythical Jotly will expose your flaws, don’t be. Worry about the ways customers do that already. Customers talk about your products and services all the time. And they don’t need an app for that.


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Killer Facebook Ads: Master Cutting-Edge Facebook Advertising Techniques by Marty Weintraub (Book Review of the Week-ish)

November 10, 2011 Book Reviews

Marty Weintraub’s new book Killer Facebook Ads looks at advertising techniques for Facebook’s Ads platform. Thinks reviews the book.

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2 Big Reasons Why Social Media Marketing Works

November 9, 2011 E-commerce

Social commerce and social marketing matter more than ever. My guest post for Tab Juice explores why social media marketing works

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Social commerce is hiding in plain sight

October 26, 2011 E-commerce

Social commerce is all around us, every day. Top e-commerce sites, like Amazon, Overstock.com, Walmart and others incorporate social into their merchandising. Do you?

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