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By 2012, 20% of all search engine queries will be via a mobile device

200 million Facebook users access the social network via their mobile

1. Ensure a Mobile Optimized Website

of all shares, 60% were of links to published content. Additionally, 36% of shares were of embedded content.

A measly 4%, which is made up of URLs for brands or corporate websites.

while email still leads the pack as the top sharing vehicle for content with 93% of internet users using it, it's not ahead in the race by much. Social networks trail slightly behind at 89%, and sharing through blogs is a close third at 82%.

Email: 91% use email marketing; among them 78% say such efforts are moderately (46%) or very (32%) effective. Websites: 95% have websites; among them 75% say their sites are moderately (38%) or very (37%) effective. Online advertising: 69% use digital ads; among them 60% say those efforts are moderately (39%) or very (21%) effective. Social media: 73% use at least one social channel for business; among them 54% say such efforts are moderately (37%) or very (17%) effective. Blogs: 43% have a blog; among them 47% say their efforts are moderately (33%) or very (14%) effective.

80% have increased slightly or substantially their use of social tools in the previous 12 months.  

Moreover, 81% of those currently using social media expect to increase their efforts in the coming year.

37% of the survey respondents provide a solution (mobile website, accessible website, native mobile device applications etc.) targeting and serving owners of mobile devices. They have implemented this solution within the last year in 68% of the cases. 57% of the survey respondents plan to implement a solution in the future, in less than a year in 69% of the cases.

89% of the survey respondents identify current students as a target audience for the mobile solution. 86% of the survey respondents planning a solution will target prospective students. 76% of the survey respondents with an existing solution want to serve faculty and staff.

81% of the existing or planned mobile solutions have the goal of supporting campus life by providing a calendar of events, bus schedules or maps among others. More than half of the surveyed institutions identify marketing and branding as a goal for their mobile web solution.

According to a new report from ForeSee Results, fewer than 1% of website visits came directly from a social media URL. Their report also says that 18% of site visitors reported being influenced by social media, which would mean that 17% of those folks visited the site in some way other than clicking on a social media link.

ForeSee’s initial results, after surveying nearly 300,000 consumers, is that people who were influenced by social media spend more and are more satisfied and loyal customers than those who aren’t influenced by social media.

52% used their smartphones to find a store location.48% used them to browse for products.40% compared prices with their smartphones.35% looked for discounts, deals, coupons or discount codes on their phones.34% checked product availability at retail stores or websites.

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1. 33% of companies have a mobile marketing strategy.

2. 62% of marketers plan to have a mobile marketing strategy within the next 12 months.

3. 82% of companies plan to increase mobile marketing investment over the next 12 months.

78% of Internet users conduct product research online.

In the past year, Web-based email usage dropped a staggering 59% among 12-17 year olds

78% of business people use their mobile device to check email. So that means pretty much everybody that can check email on a mobile device, does.

Thirty-one percent of moms sampled here proactively sought out brands they liked on Facebook and another 11% liked a brand after they saw that their friends had liked the it.

About two-thirds of moms (68%) don't mind having brands contact them through social media if they feel the content is relevant to them.

72% trust the content of a brand/product website, followed by third-party content on Facebook (68%) or articles (68%)

Shoppers who go online are willing to interact with retailers on social networks in order to find information on deals, contests, and products in general

42 percent of online shoppers follow a retail brand via a social network

The average such shopper follows six retailers. Fifty-eight percent are looking for news on deals, 49 percent want information on products, and 39 percent are after details of events and contests.