How to use social media to grow your business

Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. If you don’t know who Cameron Dallas is, go ahead and Google him. We’ll wait.  Yeah, he’s kind of a big deal these days. The Vine and YouTube star/model has morphed his internet presence into a wildly lucrative…

How to Create and Analyze Instagram Stories for Business Accounts

Shares 643 Looking for ways to market your business with your Instagram business account? Are you aware of the unique advantages businesses have with Instagram Stories? In this article, you’ll discover how to create, use, and analyze Instagram stories using a business account. How to Create and Analyze Instagram Stories for Business Accounts by Kristi…

More than half this country apparently uses Facebook’s Messenger

Messenger sure is popular Down Under. Facebook revealed its first country-specific stats for the instant messaging platform, claiming 13 million Australians use Messenger each month.  SEE ALSO: Facebook’s data-saving Messenger Lite finally rolls out to the rest of the world That’s more than half the country’s population, and 80 percent of smartphone users, according to…

How to Create Consumer-Centric Content by @infobrandz

In the modern world, the future of brands lies in the hands of the online community. Their collective voice has grown so powerful that it can single-handedly build a brand that everyone else will trust or topple down an entire enterprise until it’s reduced to nothingness. I have seen such events unfold before my eyes.…

Amazon Q3 ad revenues surpass $1 billion, up roughly 2X from early 2016

Yesterday Amazon announced third-quarter earnings. The company reported sales growth of 34 percent to $43.7 billion. A year ago Amazon reported $32.7 billion in sales. For purposes of this post, the notworthy part is Amazon’s “other” revenue, which is basically advertising. Buried at the bottom of the Net Sales chart in the press release was this line item:…

Google searches now correspond to user location instead of domain

Google announced today that it is changing the way it labels country services on the mobile web, Google app for iOS and desktop Search and Maps. According to Google, one in five searches is now location-related. To make search results more relevant, Google says the country of service will no longer be indicated by the…