Mikal E. Belicove

Tag: Pew Research Center

  • Is Your Facebook Business Page Ready for 31,170 Visitors?

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    We all know that Facebook users tend to pass along what interests them to their friends. But a new survey suggests that more than 30,000 other Facebook members may wind up seeing it, too. The average Facebook user in the survey from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project has 245 friends, and…

  • Where to Focus Your Business’s Ad Dollars in the New Year

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    The Internet is settling in and getting all comfortable in its new role as the reliable, go-to source for people looking for news and information about local businesses, especially restaurants and bars. Newspapers — in printed form on the doorstep or newsstand, or on newspaper websites — also register as good sources for information about…

  • Location-Based Check-Ins on the Rise with Consumers

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    Just when you thought American’s love affair with their mobile phones couldn’t get any closer. A recent study shows that an increasing number of mobile-device users — a.k.a. would-be customers — are taking advantage of geosocial and location-based check-in services such as Facebook Places, Gowalla and Foursquare. One in five smartphone users currently use location-based…