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Twitter has become increasingly important for savvy marketers word wide. As more and more users join the social network, which has an estimated 200 million active users to date, businesses have embraced communicating with their consumers in 140 

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Social media marketing: ads are out, conversation is in – globalnews.ca

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Article: Mobile Sales Soar in the UK

Research finds that one-fifth of UK online sales were made on mobile in Q1 2013. That’s up from 15% in Q4 2012. As more consumers get comfortable with the idea of buying via mobile, the convenience offered by the devices, along with the deals shoppers find on mobile, are convincing more to buy. [...]

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