Nov 16! E2.0 Keynote on the Three Headed Mobile Monster! #ibmsocialbiz #socbiz #ibm
Catch it livestreaming on Wed November 16th !!! Click on Wed!
http://www.informationweek.com/thebrainyard/e2-santa-clara-2011
And would love your thoughts!
Sandy
SoMo: Leading Black Friday (or Thursday!) #socbiz #ibmsocialbiz #ibm
From our latest IBM Retail study, this Black Friday will be very SoMo focused!
Starting on Black Friday (or Thursday), an unprecedented 15 percent of people in the U.S. will log onto a retailer’s web site through a mobile device.
IBM reports that in October nearly 11 percent of people used a mobile device to log onto a retailer’s site, up from 4.2 percent in October 2010. Additionally, mobile sales continue to increase, reaching a high of 9.6 percent in October 2011, up from 3.4 percent in October 2010.
One of the new trends expected to take place is among Android users. And for the first time, the growing number of Android users will demonstrate similar levels of mobile shopping as iPhone users. These October 2011 numbers show iPhone accounting for 4 percent of mobile traffic and Android 3.5 percent. The iPad will also play a big role in holiday shopping this season. In October, iPad conversion rates reached 6.8 percent as compared to the overall mobile device conversion rate of 3.6 percent.
IBM also says that mobile shoppers will display a laser focus on buying this season that surpasses that of other online shoppers with a 44.2 percent bounce rate on mobile devices versus online shopping rates of 37.3 percent.
Social influence, mainly from Facebook, will also play an increased role in the buying process this holiday season. According to October conversion rates, 9.2 percent of consumers that visited a retail site from a social media site made a purchase. This compares to 5.5 percent of all direct online shopping last year.
All signs point to this holiday season being a big one for SoMo!!!