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Mobile Social Growth

Mobile Technologies Help To Help Drive Social Media in 2012

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mobile market share by country
According to comScore, Smartphone usage in the United States grew 55% to over 98 million subscribers in 2011. Tablet, e-reader and other hand-held and connected devices also soared in terms of popularity – along with the use of social media. These always-connected devices were rapidly adopted and the use of this type of internet-on-the-go is ushering in a shift from the desktop to mobile platforms on the go. As availability, affordability and finally, capability of these mobile devices improve and adoption becomes more widespread, the internet will no longer be confined to the home, instead – we’ll find it …

Social Media Is Knocking At The Door, Are You Going to Answer?

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Social Media is knocking at the door - are you going to answer?
Every morning we wake up there are significant changes across the social media landscape. 3 years from now, 40% of social media brands and technology companies will no longer exist and many software services and corporations will merge. Moore’s Law, as it applies to hardware, also applies to software and Internet technologies. Every 18 months, companies will become twice as fast, twice as agile and more productive—at half the cost. Facebook is now starting to monetize their platform and will surpass AOL and Microsoft combined by the end of 2011. The growth of social commerce by 2015 will be a …

Brickfish Hosts Erik Qualman at the House of Blues Chicago

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Erik Qualman signs his new book at the House of Blues

Brickfish hosted Erik Qualman, best-selling author of Socialnomics, at the House of Blues on January 05, 2012.

The special, invitation-only book signing event kicked things off at 5pm, with over 300 registered attendees streaming in to music, waiting to hear the author speak and sign copies of his new book Digital Leader: 5 Simple Keys to Success and Influence. The first 100 guests entering the door were given a free copy to boot! Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres awaited the eager crowd courtesy of Brickfish. Qualman arrived promptly and immediately began signing copies and intermingling with attendees. The packed …

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