The Types Of Social Interactions [Infographic]

Social media has changed the way people communicates and think before taking any decision whether it is on education, online shopping, hospitals or buying properties. It has positive and negative effects on a business.

People believe more on online reviews to assess local business. Here are the do's and don'ts for social interactions.

Source : Ohio University Online MBA

Which Social Networks Should You Care About In 2017 [Infographic]

We’ve seen a big shift in favor of videos with the likes of Twitter and Instagram improving video features. No surprise here though, with the second highest number of monthly visitors, YouTube is a perfect example of how viewers are visual creatures!

So as you can see keeping up with the Joneses of social media can be as difficult as pleasing your mother in law, but we’ve compiled a list of the top highlights to keep you in the loop with our Social media in the news 2016 – 2017 Infographic.

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Social Media Trends in 2017 [Infographic]

It is safe to say that social media indeed is one the most indispensable tools in marketing products and services in today’s competitive market. And as we approach 2017, its popularity among marketers is expected to boost up, making other sales methods to be obsolete or inappropriate in today’s digital environment.

Today, more than 83 percent of marketers say they use social media platforms to increase exposure to their brands and that stat shows no signs of decreasing any time soon. Let's see how the trends would impact the web world.

Source: CJG Digital Marketing

How Google Works [Infographic]

Google's popularity has transformed companies around the world to keep the rank highly in its SERPs to lure prospective customers to their sites. Google is software. Human being don't monitor or edit Google's results. Where your website ranks is a result of a computer algorithm. In the key to getting better ranking for your website lies in your ability to help this computer algorithm decide you're the most relevant result for a particular search.

However, they often fail due to their inability to understand the Google Search Engine Algorithm. The infographic below highlights the basics of the Google Search Engine Algorithm. Google determines which search keywords are relevant to your website based on a number of factors. The most obvious factor is the content of your website. Within the content of your website Google gives a lot of weight to what you choose as your page title. Your page title is the information that appears in the browser tab when you visit a web page. If you want to get ranked for a specific keyword or phrase it's critical you include that keyword or phrase in your page. For example_ The title to this page is "How Google Works".

Google is every trying to improve the quality of their search results. So they're constantly tweaking the formula they use to determine which sites are relevant and which are not. The import things to remember from this article are to create plenty of keyword rich text on your website, create a highly relevant page title that includes your targeted keywords, and most importantly work hard to get as many high quality links back to your website. Here is another pictorial presentation on how does Google work.

Source : PPCBlog & Google

Both Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google as seasoned Silicon Valley business executives, but over the course of a decade they came to see the wisdom in Coach John Wooden's observation that 'it's what you learn after you know it all that counts'.  Click here to read How Google Works.

Growth Of Internet Usage And Its Effect on Human Brains [Infographic]

The growth of internet is incredible no doubt and its still growing day by day. Internet users got increased along with time and the number of websites as well. The current addiction that has the world’s population enslaved is the internet or the World Wide Web. However, instead of curing ourselves of this addiction, we are letting it spread far and wide. It is up for debate whether this addiction is actually ‘that harmful’ or not, but we do know for sure that it has affected our attention span greatly. Below is the statistics for that!

Social Media has also played a great role in expanding the categories of internet users with huge increment of internet users. Now they are not only using web as browsing media, but they are keen on using net on mobile with various apps also, which as a whole increased the head counts massively. Below is an infographic that presents facts proving the existence of our internet addiction and population statistics.

Source: utterweb

How To Make Money Online - 200+ Ways [Infographic]

Infographics are always self explanatory and don't need interpretation much. Affiliate marketing, blogging, writing and freelancing are some of the most popular ways to make money online but still there are some untapped ways which we can use to increase your earning and live a better life. Making money online is not hard, it just takes time to make a decent buck on it. The amount you end up with is entirely up to your dedication and will to succeed. Do you have what it takes to make money online? There’s only one way to find out.

Now if you are ready to make money from the internet, you will first have to decide on the general method you intend to use. The general methods include selling your art, handmade stuff, freelancing, affiliate marketing, email marketing, content revenue sharing, video marketing, blogging etc. For these things you have to find the right sites to give you the information and tools you need to make money from the internet, such as eBay, Elance, Sedo or Amazon. This infographic features information on both the general logistics and the internet tools by which you can develop a plan to make money online.

Source: Visually.

How Video Marketing Works [Infographic]

All of this data has a general thrust: video marketing is a strategy that is growing more potent with time, as Internet content becomes increasingly video-based, and case studies show that it is effective for businesses ranging wildly in size, market, and product type.

Here are 3 Video Marketing Tips:

1. Plan - Video should be part of your overall marketing plan, an engagement tactic that supports your goals. Producing great video is not enough – you have to USE it! Identify your goals – whether they are raising awareness or driving business – and establish your success metrics.

2. Produce - Who’s your target market and what’s your budget? Once you’ve answered those questions, find a video production company who can bring your vision to life. Think about highlighting satisfied customers or your unique services.

3. Promote - Put your social hat on and start sharing! Where do your customers hang out? Find them and spread the word. Think Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube etc.

However, while YouTube is still a starting point for many marketers, Facebook is gaining ground quickly, and a robust marketing strategy integrates both. Our research shows that:

• By 2018, 90% of content shared by Facebook users will be video
• At present, 59% of video shares occur on Facebook
• 90% of online marketers use both Facebook and YouTube for video marketing

Along with the 3 video marketing tips, here are the 127 facts and figures in the infographic below to help you make informed decisions for an effective video marketing strategy. Feel free to save, and share with experts and novices alike!

Source: onlinemarketinginstitute

Top Social Media Trends in 2017 [Infographic]

Social media has become the perfect environment for people to communicate with brands and companies, and ask questions in a convenient way. In today’s world, any digital marketing campaign must include running social media accounts. If you believe that people only use social media for private communication, then we have some bad news for you.

Industry leaders list Facebook and Instagram as the most popular social media platforms for brands, so here’s a list of current trends for each of these platforms and what they can do for you. Let's see in the following infographic about the trends in 2017.

Source: CJGDigitalMarketing

How to Use Google Plus for Marketing [Infographic]

It is Google who circulates your web page over Google search engine. And it is obvious that their own product will definitely help you in ranking on SERP. Your Google+ page allows customers to find your webpage on various Google platforms, including Maps and Search. You can say that you are getting all the advertisement for free. Google+ Hangouts is another awesome thing Google+ has to offer. The main benefits of Google+ on search results is seen in various surveys. If you keep being active and engaging in Google+ then it increases your visibility on Google+ and all other platforms.

You can leverage Google Plus by basic three ways - drive more traffic to your web page, marketing via making relationships with fans and followers, authorship with your picture beside your article. These things will help you in Google+ marketing. Here is an infographic which explains all the possible ways to leverage it.

Source : QuickSprout

The Art Of Deceptive Advertising [Infographic]

If you have seen on TV such ads like liquid chocolate flowing over cookies and this make you mouthwatering then hang on there. These are some of the common techniques used by advertising guys to make products more visually tempting in advertisements. There are some other tricks like using spray to make fruits and vegetables appear fresh also by replacing actual ice cream with mashed potato for a more solid appearance. 

Below is an inforgraphic which shows the disparity between ads and actual products. So don't be moved with the ads quickly because all the products shown in advertisement doesn't look same in real.

McDonald commented on how they take photos of their products and why they differ from the actual food sold in their restaurants.

Source : FinancesOnline.com

AWS vs Azure: An ongoing public cloud battle [Infographic]

The battle between Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services has been heated for months, and experts everywhere are placing bets on who’s going to win the race. In the end, choosing between Azure and AWS would depend on what you need and what they offer.

Which one is better? There is simply no blanket and definitive answer to that question. Both AWS and Azure have free offerings and trials, so give each one a test run to help you get a feel of what to pick! Let us find this in below infographic comparing various aspects.

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5 SEO Trends For 2017 [Infographic]

Digital marketing campaign uses SEO tactics and is still a very wise investment that website owners should undertake if they want to remain competitive in this competitive digital marketplace. The following infographic describes some of the most deserving SEO trends that marketers will be concentrating in 2014. Website owners must have a clear understanding of these future trends which will be useful in search engine optimization and keep their websites alive in web.

And as the year 2017 rapidly approaches and changes in customer’s search behaviors and Google’s algorithm updates continues to flock in, now is the perfect time for you to plan your winning strategy for your SEO success in 2017. In this infographic, we will explore the top trends and shifts that are likely to transpire in the SEO landscape this coming 2017.

Source: CJG Digital Marketing

Social Media Trends & Facts 2017 [Infographic]

Are you interested to know about social media facts, figures, its users and statistics in the year 2017 till date? Do you know the fact that more than 25% of marketers are investing in blogging and social media. To know more, here is an infographic prepared by Digital Insights that covers all latest Social Media facts, figures, numbers and statistics of 2017.

If you want a more in depth look at some of these trends, take a look at the infographic below produced by SocialSprout and get your company ready for the social media transition of 2017.

Source: sproutsocial

iPhone 8 Rumours & Gossips [Infographic]

There had been lots of rumors about the iPhone 5 release date. There are some reports which were saying that it might be released in September or in October while the iPhone 5 release date has been the most talked about subject in recent months. Anyway the new Apple CEO Tim Cook will officially announce the iPhone 8 during a special media event.

Hints about the iPhone 8 are rolling in thick and fast. Not long after the iPhone 7 was released there was plenty of hype around the new model because it will be the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. As of now we can ignore the date and lets see the below infographic which contains a lot of information on rumors with dates and a total guide map.

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Apple's Siri Is Next To Google In Mobile Search

Fivesight Research released a study on “US Consumer Search Preferences Smartphone & Desktop: Q1 2017,” that states that Siri is the most used mobile “search engine” of choice after Google. The study was based on a survey of 800 US adults split roughly evenly between iOS and Android users.

Google has been the most used mobile search engine since years. This year it holds an 84 percent aggregate share among respondents. Among Android users, Google’s search share was 90 percent. Among iPhone owners Google had a 78 percent share. After Google, however, Siri was named by more respondents as their “primary search engine” than Bing or Yahoo. (However, this doesn’t reflect query volume, just identification as the primary engine of choice.)

Fivesight Research provided a comparative study given below, that reveals that Siri had a larger share of mobile search than Bing or Yahoo.

Siri was the primary search engine of 13 percent of iPhone owners. This finding is significant because it suggests the long-term, potentially disruptive impact of voice and virtual assistants on traditional “query in a box” results. It’s important to point out, however, that these responses reflect self-reported data and many not line up one-to-one with behavior.

Siri was also the most widely adopted virtual personal assistant among the available choices, used by a higher number of iOS users than “Google Now” was by Android users. Google Assistant wasn’t one of the available choices on the survey.

A very large percentage of respondents (72 percent) said they were using virtual assistants to “supplement” more traditional mobile search.

The survey also found that Chrome was the dominant mobile browser, with a 48 percent share, followed by Safari, with 37 percent. Roughly 14 percent of iPhone owners used Chrome as their primary browser. However, Android owners reported a higher level of non-Google browser use, with 11 percent choosing a Microsoft browser and another 10 percent using “other.”

Social Media Ranking 2016-2017 [Infographic]

Companies need to communicate socially with other companies in the B2B as well as with their customers and prospects today. From Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Pinterest to Xing, here’s an illustrated look at the social media landscape. The infographic shows the list of current social networks, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Pinterest, to Xing.

Social Media is big – its user volume is bigger than some of the most populated countries in the world. Facebook has 1.55 Billion Monthly Active Users. If FB was a country it will outrank China, India and will be the most populated country in the world.

Source: thewebsitegroup

Social Media Image Sizes Guide 2017 [Infographic]

The need for strong social media presence has soared in 2016 and will only increase in prominence in 2017. This is why you really need to keep up to speed with your business / brand / personal profiles, and to optimize them with the right images to represent you!

“2017 Social Media Image Sizes Guide” below explains to you what the best image sizes are for each social network and the image types to use. Every major social media platform is listed on here so you’re up-to-date with social media platform optimization.

Source: ConstantContact

How Does A Mobile App Development Process Work [Infographic]

As we already know that mobile application development is considered as a progressing business today and businesses are opting for their mobile apps made, so that they could bring more ease to their customers and can connect with them on a continuous basis. But what businesses fail to realize here is the importance of timeline in a mobile app development process. Being a mobile app agency, we often come across clients that come to us with a unique idea of a complex app and wants it done within few weeks only.

Mobile apps developers are keen on making different types of apps depending on the demand from people and also based on the requirements or needs. Here is a nice infographic which show the scenes behind the mobile apps development timeline.

Courtesy of: Branex

Social Media Comparison [Infographic]

Social media platforms have been popular since few years now. It would be nice to come up with an infographic that breaks down each of the most popular social outlets demonstrating advantages of each and how they can be best utilized. Let us see how to best leverage each platform with this social media comparison infographic.

Pinterest

• 70 million users
• Social site that is all about discovery
• Largest opportunities are in decor, crafts/diy, cooking, health, and fashion
• Users are 20% male and 80% female

Twitter

• 289 million active users
• Micro blogging social site that limits posts to 140 characters
• Largest penetration in the US but spreading slowly and steadily
• 9,100 tweets happen every second

Facebook

• 1.5 billion monthly active users
• Mobile is Facebook’s cash cow – 1.31 monthly active mobile users
• Mobile ad revenue makes up 76% of all ad revenue ($2.9 billion in Q2 of 2015)
• Users share 1 million links every 20 minutes

Instagram

• 300 million active users
• Social sharing site all around pictures and now 15 second videos
• Many brands are participating through the use of hashtags and posting pictures consumers can relate to
• Most followed brand Nike

Google+

• 300 million active users
• Social network built by Google that allows for brands and users to build circles
• Not as many brands active but the ones that are tend to be a good fit with a great following
• Hangouts and Photos have been separated from Google+ but posts remain as ‘streams’

LinkedIn

• 380 million users worldwide
• Business oriented social networking site
• Brands that are participating are corporate brands giving potential and current associates a place to network and connect
• 79% of users are 35 or older

Comparison Among Google’s Pixel & Pixel XL and Apple's iPhone 7 & 7 Plus [Infographic]

While both the iPhone 7/ 7 Plus and the Pixel/ Pixel XL offer incredible top-of-the-line features that have never been integrated in phones before, each has a number of strengths and weaknesses that users should evaluate before deciding which is the best fit product.

Apple and Google stand as the industry leaders in smartphones. Apple is the top smartphone manufacturer with a 43.9% market share, and Google’s Android is the top software platform with a 52.7% market share. At a standstill, both Apple and Google have released new products this year, the iPhone 7 & 7 Plus and the Pixel & Pixel XL, to vie for industry domination. We’ve created an infographic to compare the features, size, camera, etc. of the iPhone 7/ 7Plus and the Pixel/ Pixel XL.

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