British small businesses are now generating online revenues in excess of £36bn a year, according to new independent research However, this only makes up 2.4% of small business turnover, where larger enterprises attribute up to 18.7% of their turnover to online channels.

LinkedIn has begun trading on the New York Stock Exchange, representing the first US-based social media firm to go public.

As media becomes more fragmented, the marketing department of today is becoming tomorrow’s social media newsroom Albert Pusch, head of marketing at FACT-Finder – it looks at the issue of brand journalism and how online retailers can use e-branding to promote their ecommerce offering.

Last week, Mothercare announced that it plans to reduce its high street presence over the next two years. Sri Sharma, managing director at Net Media Planet argues why the baby care market needs to focus on growing up online if the sector is to thrive not look to enter new markets.

There has been an 81% growth in email activity on mobile, with viewership also increasing on tablets such as the iPad, according to new research.

Social media tool ScanMe has launched this week, an application that creates a unique, permanent, QR barcode for a user through their Facebook account.

Playboy is launching a new online site ‘i.Playboy.com’ giving subscribers access to every page of its magazine since its first issue 57 years ago.

eBay Advertising is launching ad placements on its UK daily and weekly deals newsletter which reaches millions of eBay shoppers, with the RAC the first to sign up to the new format.

A growing number of the UK population are using social media to express their opinions about brands and companies, according to a new poll.

Social media agency eModeration has launched a ‘Facebook VIP’ service, to help celebrities and VIPs manage their official Facebook pages.