Why Mobile Commerce Will Be Even Bigger Than You Think – Thinks Out Loud Episode 76

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Why Mobile Commerce Will Be Even Bigger Than You Think Headlines and Show Notes

• Mobile Users Relying More on Devices to Aid Shopping Decisions
• Worldwide Smartphone Usage to Grow 25% in 2014 – eMarketer
• Smartphones the No. 2 Device for Following World Cup – eMarketer
• FORECAST: Mobile Will Grow Faster Than Any Other Ad Medium In The U.S. – Business Insider
• Future of E-commerce: Mary Meeker’s 2014 Trends
• Warning: OTA’s Want to Own Your Guest Every Step of the Way (Travel Tuesday)
• 6 luxury marketing trends to watch
• Thinks Out Loud Episode 30: The Rise of AGFAM (Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft) and Everywhere Shopping
• Exclusive: Google Will Soon Introduce ‘Nearby’ To Let Other ‘People, Places, And Things’ Know When You’re Around
• American Express Is Rewarding Points for Uber Rides – Skift
• Facebook and Amazon set sights on PayPal’s mobile payments leadership
• Cornell study finds electronic payments set to expand in U.S. restaurants
• Quartz Daily Brief Alibaba’s US launch
• Alibaba debuts 11 Main commerce site in the United States – Newsday
• Payment Hardware Companies Are Under Serious Threat From Mobile Card Reader Startups – Business Insider
• What Google Won’t Tell You About Search Engine Marketing
• What’s Wrong With Mobile and E-commerce Best Practices? – Thinks Out Loud Episode 75

You might also enjoy my slides from the “Digital Marketing Directions – Exploit the Trends that Shape Travel Marketing” presentation for further examples of companies following — and breaking — best practices to great effect:

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Technical details: Recorded using an Audio-Technica AT2035 studio condenser microphone through a Mackie Onyx Blackjack USB recording interface into Logic Express 9 for the Mac.

Running time: 16m 22s

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