203293 Resource 168909 190240 170142 1210192990333 1215447114353 Controlled Mobile Social Networking Report

eMarketer's report on Mobile Social Networking addresses several of the key issues involved in mobile social networking.

Ryan Moss&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Research Analyst</span><br /><br />In 2007 over 82 million people worldwide used mobile devices to participate in a social network and according to predictions by eMarketer, that number is expected to steadily increase to 800 million people by 2012. The rapidly growing audience is just one reason why mobile social networking is attractive to interactive marketers. Additionally, it &quot;creates a unique context in which to promote their goods and services&quot; and is a platform for sharing those messages among friends and colleagues.<br /><br /><br />&nbsp;<img vspace="0" hspace="0" border="0" src="http://www.emarketer.com/images/chart_gifs/094001-095000/094335.gif" alt="Worldwide Mobile Social Network Users 2007-2012 eMarketer" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</div> 9 application/xml false Marketing Mobile Mobile Social Networking Online Marketing Social Networks Link to full report from eMarketer http://www.emarketer.com/Report.aspx?code=emarketer_2000489 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.15) Gecko/20080623 Firefox/2.0.0.15 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 kvera 70.21.126.116 false true false false true 177522 false false true false false false true 168909 blog blogsite/EyeTraffic/web