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Apps Market Worth $17.5 Billion By 2012 For Retail Commerce

According to the study, created by Chetan Sharma Consulting, mobile app downloads should jump from 7 billion in 2009 to almost 50 billion in 2012. By this time, the market will be worth 17.5 billion dollars, the study predicts, despite the expected lower price of mobile apps, which should drop from the current average of 2 dollars per app to 1.5 dollars in 2012.

How Do You Measure Success? - eMarketer

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Most US companies measure the success of their marketing programs by the number of new customers acquired and leads generated.
Corporate websites are still the best method to communicate, with social media and custom content and media: the social web is definitely good for your ROI.