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Amazon Exceeds Analyst Predictions, Posts its Highest Q4 Profits Ever

Buoyed by strong holiday sales and the robust performance of its cloud computing division, Amazon exceeded previous expectations set by analysts for its fourth quarter performance. The eCommerce giant posted a staggering $60.5 billion in revenue, surpassing Wall Street estimates which projected its revenues for the period to only reach $59.83 billion. For the fourth […]

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People becoming less inhibited about using voice search in public

Alexander Supertramp / Shutterstock.com People are less inhibited about using voice search and talking to their phones in public than they were just a year ago. That’s according to a new consumer survey from Stone Temple Consulting, which is a follow-up to a similar survey published last year by the firm. The chart below compares

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Google Home gains ground on Amazon Echo, now 44M total devices sold

According to new survey-based data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), Google Home has gained some ground on Amazon’s Alexa device universe. The firm says that Google Home accounted for about 40 percent of the units sold in the US during the holiday period. CIRP’s analysis argues that the current smart speaker market share in the US breaks

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Apple says HomePod is finally coming on February 9, but can it compete?

Having missed the holiday shopping cycle, Apple is finally releasing its HomePod smart speaker on February 9. It will initially be available in the US, the UK and Australia and later “this spring” in France and Germany. With its higher price ($349) and late entrance, Apple is definitely an underdog versus Amazon and Google. There’s

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Small Business Retailers: Here’s How to Turn Your Retail Pain Point into Retail Opportunities

Stuck between a rock and a hard place! Have you ever heard that saying before? I think a lot of local business owners—especially retailers—must have that feeling right now. I say this because about 90% of all retail sales are still happening inside brick-and-mortar locations, yet the pressure of e-commerce is unrelenting. As you can

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Adobe, NRF, Salesforce, Amazon point to another record season

The 2017 holiday season was another record-breaker in online sales. Adobe reported $108.2 billion in online sales generated between November and December of last year, an increase of 14.7 percent year over year. Adobe’s final numbers were nearly a billion dollars more than what the company had predicted back in November, when it forecast online

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Smart speaker ownership steals time from smartphones, TV, radio

In a follow-up to mid-2017 research on US smart speaker ownership, NPR and Edison Research have released new findings indicating that nearly 40 million Americans now own the devices. That number is roughly double what it was in July 2017 and shows the impact of 2017 holiday sales on the market. The new survey was

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Facebook Algorithm Changes: Time To Diversify Your Digital Marketing Channels

Worried that your traffic and sales will take a nosedive because Mark Zuckerberg announced changes to Facebook’s algorithms specifically limiting feed to family and friends? Having watched Facebook since it was only open to students, I can tell you that Facebook regularly makes this type of change. (BTW, so does Google!) While this news gave

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Contributes $33 Million to ‘Dreamers’ Scholarships

Multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos certainly knows how to spend his money where it counts. Along with wife MacKenzie, the Amazon CEO—who was recently declared the world’s richest man—gave away $33 million on Friday to help fund the scholarships for Dreamers, immigrant youths who arrived in the US without proper documentation. Mr. Bezos’ donation will go directly to

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How a High School Dropout Built the Blockchain Site Blockgeeks

Home Podcast How a High School Dropout Built the Blockchain Site Blockgeeks [podcast] Join Our Exclusive Network Subscribe now to our newsletter and get exclusive articles and deals ready to increase the ROI of your company! This post originally appeared on Growth Everywhere, a marketing and business growth blog. Hey everyone! In today’s episode I

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