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Facebook and Google Rule Advertising, and 3 Other Takeaways From the IAB’s Latest Report

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Last week, Facebook announced that it had reached 1 billion mobile-only monthly users. Meanwhile, October was the first month when mobile and tablet devices accounted for more pageviews than desktops, according to analytics firm StatCounter. Mobile ad spend is booming. In just a year, spending on mobile advertising in the U.S.

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Report: 2012 London Olympics Will Spur Mobile Advertising in Europe

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According to a number of analysts, the cumulative mobile advertising revenues in Europe’s five largest economies (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the U.K.) On its way to this, as a new whitepaper from mobile ad optimization and advertising firm Smaato points out, Europe faces a number of unique challenges.

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Facebook’s Booming Ad Business Is Only Getting Bigger

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Every six months, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) publishes a revenue report on the state of the digital ad industry. In its most recent edition, social media revenue rose to $7 billion, a staggering 57 percent increase from the same period a year earlier. To no one’s surprise, Facebook drove the majority of that growth.

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102 Compelling Social Media and Online Marketing Stats and Facts for 2012 (and 2013)

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With 92% of companies now incorporating social media into their marketing efforts, it’s no longer sufficient to just “be there” on social networks. What do buyers really want from social media marketers? 25 Social Media Facts and Statistics. It’s not what you almost certainly think.).

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The 6 Most Important Social Media Trends of 2017

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In 2016, Facebook accounted for almost two-thirds of all social media ad spending. Expect that share to increase because, according to a recent BI Intelligence report , the network has added a million more advertisers to its already sizable roster in the last seven months. users will access the app only through mobile.

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47 Incredible Instagram Statistics

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The network was bought by Facebook on 9 April 2012, for $1 billion. Instagram introduced advertising for select brands in October 2013 , but didn’t open up advertising for all until September 2015. There are now over 1m advertisers on the platform. At the time, Instagram had only 30 million users.

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21 Vital Mobile Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2014

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Gone are the days when a mobile-enabled web presence was an afterthought. Nearly half of consumers say they won’t return to a website if it doesn’t load properly on their mobile devices. What do advertisers need to know about mobile access? How large is the mobile share of social network traffic?