Revenue contribution from email marketing is the highest ever — up 18% to over 20% of overall revenue in 2017 as compared to 2016 — according to "The Return on Email Personalization," a new study released by market research firm The Relevancy Group in collaboration with OneSpot, a content personalization and intelligence platform. The survey of executive marketers examined how they are capitalizing on email as a meaningful component of their overall business, including the effectiveness of email personalization across industry sectors.
Posted Jun 22, 2017
Return Path released its Sender Score Benchmark Report. Using data from Sender Score and Return Path's Reputation Network, the new report analyzes a sample of more than 4 trillion email messages to investigate and measure the impact of reputation on inbox placement.
Posted Jun 22, 2017
Marketers are often dubious about the accuracy of advertising metrics when they put their trust in a major digital ad platform like Google, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, or Twitter. They want to be sure, of course, that they're being billed for the right clicks, ad impressions are correctly tallied, and calculation methods are verified by third parties.
Posted Jun 21, 2017
Bidalgo, a provider of ad automation software and services for app marketers, announced it has been named a Snapchat Licensed Ads Partner. Advertisers can now use Bidalgo's Artificial Intelligence-based SaaS platform and expert consulting services to optimize their Snapchat advertising campaigns as part of a multi-channel program.
Posted Jun 20, 2017
Integral Ad Science (IAS), the measurement and analytics company that serves the advertising industry, announced it has expanded its partnership with Facebook to address growing concerns around transparency and viewability in the digital advertising industry. Marketers can now access expanded measurement and reporting across Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook's Audience Network, adding to video measurement capabilities first introduced in 2016.
Posted Jun 15, 2017
Digital transformation has impacted nearly every part of the business world. Executives in all industries are leveraging emerging technologies to reshape their company's operations, business models, products, marketing, and goals for future growth. Some companies are progressing better than others in the pursuit, while many are only beginning to embark on the journey. But, many industries and departments are finding it difficult to navigate through the digital marketplace.
Posted Jun 15, 2017
New research highlights the key industry-specific factors that are commonly found in bank, insurance and other financial services websites that rank higher in Google searches. The study also reveals that financial services web pages that rank high on Google are 70% more likely to be shared or engaged with on LinkedIn (than other content that ranks highly). But financial content is less popular on Facebook.
Posted Jun 13, 2017
Marketers can be excused if they are facing cognitive dissonance about artificial intelligence (AI). They may be struggling to implement foundational marketing/technology tools, but they are expected to be ready for new AI applications that are way more complex.
Posted Jun 13, 2017
Providing great customer experiences requires blending information, design, and operations. In addition to being a purchaser, a customer is a collection of emotions, activities, and attitudes that come into play around purchasing decisions. In practice, this means the content-related parts of a business—websites, promotions, and physical stores—need to be integrated with the commerce parts—product catalogs, transactions, logistics, and fulfillment.
Posted Jun 12, 2017
In his role as Global CEO of Cision, a global media intelligence and communications solution provider, Kevin Akeroyd's vision is to provide integrated, data-driven solutions for professionals who work with earned media - the PR, IR, marketing, and social media teams whose job it is to target journalists and other influencers, in pursuit of positive coverage for their organizations. So it makes sense that he's tracking companies who are making it easier to understand who is doing what online.
Posted Jun 09, 2017
Pepperjam, a full service performance marketing company, launched its Dynamic Attribution Suite on the Pepperjam Network at IRCE 2017. This Built-for-You technology includes Code Suppression capabilities, in addition to Preferred Publisher, Exclusive Coupon, and In-Cart Attribution features.
Posted Jun 08, 2017
Janrain, a company that pioneered the Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) category, announced a new offering that allows global brands to provide their customers with fine-grained control and management of their data in order to comply with the future European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements, and similar consent requirements from other regulations such as the EU's Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
Posted Jun 08, 2017
SendGrid, a delivery platform for customer communication that drives engagement and growth, released a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of SendGrid called Elevate Your Email Marketing With A Customized Approach.
Posted Jun 06, 2017
Ask any top content marketing team what it wishes it had. The answer may be more leads, sales, clicks, likes, links, or reach, but it always comes back to content. Today's organizations and the marketing teams that support them are being forced to produce more content than ever. But when do we reach the tipping point?
Posted Jun 06, 2017
When Kevin Akeroyd took on the role of global CEO of Cision, a global media intelligence and communications solution provider, back in August 2016, he made one major assumption. Coming from a long career providing service solutions for CMOs, Akeroyd believed the integrated, data-centric solutions that marketing teams leverage for paid and owned media (i.e., advertising) would be just as critical for those whose job is to generate earned media, in the form of coverage by journalists and other influencers.
Posted Jun 02, 2017
Ingram Content Group and OptiQly, a marketing technology and services startup that provides actionable intelligence for online retail, announced their collaboration to provide publishers insights to make real-time business decisions. OptiQly provides predictive analytics for marketers to increase book discovery and sales at online retailers.
Posted Jun 01, 2017
Centro, a provider of enterprise-class software for digital advertising, announced the creation of a private marketplace (PMP) directory curated with 1,000+ deals from 150+ publishers. Available through Centro DSP, a top demand-side platform according to software ratings site G2 Crowd, the PMP library consists of deals from publishers such as Conde Nast, Wall Street Journal, and many more.
Posted Jun 01, 2017
Snap Inc. has selected Integral Ad Science (IAS), the analytics company that empowers the advertising industry to influence consumers, to review Snap brand safety protocols in effort to further reduce the risk of negative exposure for brands. IAS also joins the Snapchat Brand Safety Coalition, a group that will regularly convene to discuss Snap policies and approach, as well as industry best practices.
Posted Jun 01, 2017
When we consider the type of content that's being created and consumed in today's marketplace, who's really calling the shots? Is it the content creators, the agencies, or the brands? Or is it the silent partner--the audience?
Posted May 31, 2017
One of the best gauges you have for the success of your blog is the number of people interacting with your content (i.e., leaving comments and discussing your content on social media). It proves that your users aren't just visiting or browsing, but are actually interested in what you're saying. So what if nobody is responding to your blog? What can you do?
Posted May 31, 2017
The use of emojis—those little digital icons representing everything from sushi and sailboats to infinite variations on the smiley face—has become part of everyday life. Yet marketers have been hesitant to incorporate them into email campaigns, due to uncertainty about how their use may be perceived by both mailbox providers and subscribers.
Posted May 30, 2017
I contacted gen.video's CMO, Jason Katz, to ask him about the importance of influencer marketing this year. Here's what he had to say.
Posted May 30, 2017
In a digital marketing environment, experiences are becoming increasingly personalized. Consumer actions and interactions are constantly monitored, and the information gleaned from these interactions can be used to deliver content in different ways across multiple channels through various marketing automation and content tools. Using granular customer data, marketers can deliver micro-experiences to consumers.
Posted May 29, 2017
Outbrain, a discovery platform, launched Outbrain Programmatic Access (OPA), available on AppNexus, an independent advertising technology company. The service, available to customers worldwide, integrates programmatic demand partners into Outbrain's native ecosystem.
Posted May 25, 2017
xAd, a provider of location intelligence that drives sales, announced expanded partnerships with Media Rating Council (MRC) accredited organizations: DoubleVerify, Integral Ad Science (IAS), Pixalate, and Moat to foster trust and assuage growing concerns around viewability, ad fraud, and brand-safety in mobile advertising.
Posted May 25, 2017