Practically 8 in 10 consumers say posts on social networks influence their purchase decisions. 2/3 of consumers say they would be more inclined to shop at a brick and mortar store that offered mobile checkout facilities and more than half of consumers are now using their smartphones to check and compare prices.
Here are some great facts and trivia about social media that you may or may not be aware of from the folks at CashSherpa. Did you know more 18-34 year olds watch YouTube than any cable network? Or that the fastest growing demographic on Twitter are 55-64 year olds? Well you do
Unless we compare the size of baby from conception to birth, it's pretty hard to fathom the explosive growth that social media has experienced in just a little over 5 years. In 2008, Facebook had 130 million members, a very big number for the time. Today Facebook has over 1.2 billion members.In
Happy Birthday Facebook! Ten years ago today, in a dorm room at Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg started TheFacebook, since shortened to Facebook. At the time he told Harvard's paper, The Crimsom that he wanted The Facebook to be a fun experience: "I’m not going to sell anybody’s email address. At one point, I
