We are now officially living in a technology driven world. We have smart phones, tablets, and pdas giving us instant access to the internet, local shopping, games, and more. With new technology comes new lessons to be learned, goals to achieve, and practices. Something new you may have heard of are QR codes. These "Quick Response" codes are essentially "barcodes without the restriction of barcodes." QR codes can take you to a website, a product page, a game, movie and more with just the click of a button, or touch of a screen if you're using a touch screen device.
10 years ago when Internet Explorer 6 was first released it was a major milestone for Microsoft in the maturation of their browser which was competing with Netscape as their primary competition. A lot of things have changed on the Internet in last 10 years but IE 6 continues to hold it worldwide market share of roughly 12%. The results vary from country to country with the United States making up 7% market share for IE 6.
900,000 new blog posts appear everyday, enough to fill the New York Times for 19 years. 700,000 new members join Facebook each day with 45 millions updates recorded daily. The user volume of today's social media networks such as Digg, Facebook, and Twitter is staggering. There are more users than ever and they only grow each day. This is good for businesses for obvious reasons. Small businesses are able to get the word out about their business much easier than 30, 20, even 10 years ago. Social media has become an extremely powerful tool that, when utilized correctly, can boost your small business's web presence practically overnight. Here are a few insightful points regarding social media marketing.
When it comes to promoting and marketing a business, the internet is possibly the greatest tool available. Without a proper website for your business you may not see the results you expect or deserve.
Having a great website is important to everyone. How can we define what a great website is?
March 21, 2011 Category: Industry News • Marketing • Permalink