Mobile video has historically been held back by a single factor: bandwidth. But 4G LTE is changing that, and mobile video is already more popular on the faster wireless networks. 

Mobile video is quickly becoming a mass consumer phenomenon, much as digital photos were earlier in the smartphone adoption cycle.

 While the youngest generations are still significantly more likely to use social network sites, the fastest growth has come from internet users 74 and older: social network site usage for this oldest cohort has quadrupled since 2008, from 4% to 16%. 

 Surprise! Google login is used by more people than Facebook Connect, according to data from Janrain Engage, a site that puts login widgets on websites.

When we saw this chart we almost didn't believe it.

There is SO MUCH MORE insight, but - The most interesting thing about this stat is that even those that considered the experience unprofitable said that they upsold 25% of the people and the people that considered it a profitable experiences up sold 50%.

We at BusinessBridge will be introducing a needed solutions tool for the Service Industry to take advantage of this remarkably growing concept the really isn't new - just digitized!

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 To judge how hot the “social coupon” space is now, try this unscientific experiment. Look up an online article on one of the category leaders—Say, Groupon or LivingSocial.com —and see how many new start-up social coupon sites are link-spammed in the comments section. (My personal best was mentions of seven other sites, some of which won’t launch until January 2011.)

She spends more time doing home related stuff at work than work related stuff at home. There is a Fascinating Chart breakdown of how much time she spends on various activities during a day. She's a powerful moving market you BETTER know how to reach - on her time!

 Who would have thought that nearly 40% of online searchers make a purchase after being influenced by an offline channel? You would expect some influence, yes, but that significant?

 The report showed that more than 123 million Americans visited newspaper sites in May, representing 57 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience, as the New York Times Brand led the category with more than 32 million visitors and 719 million pages viewed during the month.

About 45% of consumers don't have a specific business in mind when conducting a local search online, according to a study released Monday from 15miles, the local, mobile and social marketing arm of TMP Directional Marketing.

 While people 65 and older still make up less than 10 percent of the active Internet universe, their numbers are on the rise. In the last five years, the number of seniors actively using the Internet has increased by more than 55 percent, from 11.3 million active users in November 2004 to 17.5 million in November 2009. Among people 65+, the growth of women in the last five years has outpaced the growth of men by 6 percentage points.

 “Customers are issuing a very clear warning to marketers: give [us] relevant communications that reflect my history and connections to you, or we will go elsewhere with our business.”

As the economy turns around, customer-centric organizations will be best equipped to take advantage of growing consumer confidence, as they will have the best understanding of the needs and wants of their audience.

R U Sh#*@&in me... Check out this great post on the Amex OPEN Forum to learn why you should be less concerned with owning the #1 spot on Google than owning spots 2-10. It's almost too obvious to work.

 Then Google® put us all out of our misery and let the local search cat out of the bag…it’s 20%.

 Fundamental changes in buyer behavior suggests that, at a minimum, you should be reevaluating your print Yellow Pages advertising.