Archive for December, 2011

Google+’s 700M Android Activations Versus Facebook’s 300M Mobile Users

Friday, December 30th, 2011

If Google+ stands a decent chance of rivaling Facebook for social network dominance, it will likely be via Android.

But Facebook has its own mobile creds by which to compete. Google+ now has 62 million users and is on track to reach 400 million by the end of 2012, according to Paul Allen, founder of Ancestry.com [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingvox/rss/~4/7a1BDWUG2iQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Google+ Growth Points to Serious Facebook Competition ; SocNet Demand Is Big Enough for Both

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Google+ now has 62 million users and is on track to reach 400 million by the end of 2012, according to Paul Allen, founder of Ancestry.com and unofficial tracker of all things Google+.

Allen says that as of Dec. 27, there are about 625,000 new users are joining Google+ each day—and the growth will only [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingvox/rss/~4/aixrG7H9QBU" height="1" width="1"/>

Integrated Campaigns Increasingly Include QR Code Element

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

At one time, an integrated ad campaign was some combination of online, TV, print and perhaps DOOH. The growing popularity of QR codes, however, is causing many marketers to rethink that formula to include this mobile element.

One example is the new Vicks Behind Ear Thermometer, which is focusing heavily on the mobile channel, but also [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingvox/rss/~4/HOur4EcfEnY" height="1" width="1"/>