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About me: I am a Marketing & Sales professional and Growth Hacker for technology startups (SaaS). Dominik Suter

Monday, September 8, 2014

Facebook Powers More Than Half Of All Social Logins


Social Login AKA Social Sign-in is a convenient and fast way to sign in on to websites and applications without the lengthy sign-up procedures of filling out annoying, multiple question forms and setting up yet another password.


Among desktop users, facebook is the absolute market leader, powering more than 51 percent of all social logins in North America. Google+ is the second most popular service with 31 percent in North America.

Trailing facebook and Google+ are Yahoo with 15 percent and Twitter with 3 percent.

Among Mobile users, facebook has a larger lead, with 62 percent of logins, followed by Google+ with 26 percent, Twitter with 6 percent and Yahoo with 4 percent.

Overall, the North American market mirrors the rest of the world’s stats, where facebook leads with 53 percent, followed by Google at 28 percent and Yahoo at 13 percent.

The exception is APAC, where Google+ is far behind local services such as QQ and Sina.

If your company has not implemented social login on it’s website yet, what are you waiting for?

Check out Social Login VIDEO:
VIDEO: Social Login


SeatID’s Technology enables Social Proof by leveraging easy opt-in of future clients on your website (Social Login) AND visibility into which of their friends and social circles have previously purchased from your company. Rolling out your Social proof with SeatID will remove obstacles standing between your brand and future clients, leading to improved engagement, conversions and more sales.

Implementation is easy and takes only a few hours.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Where social proof can come in to save the day?

Planning a family vacation isn't easy nor it is cheap. There are typically 3 to 5 big ticket items a delicate balancing act is needed to keep in-check. I’ll focus on the travel, hotel, meals-food, car rental & attractions.
I am avoiding gifts and souvenirs, that’s my wife’s department, thanks G_d for that.

So Selecting an Airline is usually pretty straight forward, options are limited to a handful, which are similar in features and comfort and ultimately selection will be based on the combination of price, itinerary (is a night flight a good idea with little ones?) and availability. The airline is often a local company, sometimes even your nations official carrier.

I would dare to say the same will be the case with car rentals, especially if you are planning on renting from the top brands, which again, a handful are available, all well known.

When it comes to hotels, meals-food and attraction, it is a different ball game. We are typically faced with a large variety of options, making selection more challenging, as selections vary a lot between the different companies-vendors and price difference is only the beginning.

So between safety, cleanliness, quality, and a gazillion more factors we probably cannot possibly examine being thousands of miles away, from where we are planning to spend our vacation at.

We need help. This is where social proof can come in to save the day.
Most websites have one form or another of social proof. Some offer ratings, reviews, others a combination of both. Problem is its too easy for companies to ‘manufacture’ and buy fake reviews and ratings, even post their own under false identities. With such a variety in options and websites, companies-vendors, how can consumers identify where they can place their trust?

This is where SeatID’s Social Proof comes into play. As the next generation of social proof solutions, it combines social login technology with the ability for consumers to see someone they know, or at least someone from their social circles, has already made a purchase from this company-vendor. This knowledge, acting as their personal risk gauge, provides them with an elevated sense of comfort and removes or significantly reduces the risk associated with dealing with a company-vendor they never dealt with; No one wants to be the 1st to try a product/ service, or in other words: a guinea pig, right?!

Now picture this, your company is one of a number in consideration by a future client that happens to be thousands of miles away. If you can eliminate the risk associated with her/ him buying from you for the first time, by providing social proof from SeatID, how would that impact your bottom line? By simply informing this future client, while she/ he is on your website, ready to buy:
Whom of her/ his friends already bought from you?
Whom of her/ his friends already trusts your brand?
-By doing that, you effectively removed the risk associated with buying from you for the first time.

At SeatID we do exactly that. SeatID’s Technology enables Social Proof by leveraging easy opt-in of future clients on your website (Social Login) AND visibility into which of their friends and social circles have previously purchased from your company. Rolling out your Social proofwith SeatID will remove obstacles standing between your brand and future clients, leading to improved engagement, conversions and more sales.
Implementation is easy and takes only a few hours.


Photo by: Brains onFire