With over 80% of internet users now owning a smartphone, more and more searches are being conducted via mobile devices. In fact, according to a study commissioned by Google, 42% of B2B researchers now use mobile for the purchase process. Suffice it to say, if you have a poor search marketing strategy for mobile then you might as well shut down shop and ferry your prospects to your competitors' doors.
Posted May 24, 2017
On the heels of its Appy Award win for best Sports App, Built.io-a technology provider with solutions that enable organizations to accelerate their digital transformation-announced the general availability of its Digital Fan Experience Platform, which it says allows the world's most successful sports franchises to reinvent how they connect with their fans.
Posted May 23, 2017
Here's a worrisome thought for marketers that can keep you up at night: Gen Z—a key demographic born between the mid-1990s and early 2000s—comprises 27% of the global population, commands $44 billion in purchasing power, and represents the first true generation of digital natives. But your efforts to reach them via digital ads could fail miserably, new research suggests.
Posted May 19, 2017
When considering technology as a marketer, maintaining a full scope of relevant options and channels that can be utilized is important. Here are items to consider in advancing your content marketing with the use of technology and to emphasize the most important aspect—your customer.
Posted May 18, 2017
Brainshark, Inc. and Seismic announced a strategic partnership to help organizations improve sales team effectiveness with an end-to-end sales enablement solution.
Posted May 16, 2017
Innovid Releases 2017 Global Video Benchmarks Study to Establish Industry Standards for Video Marketing and Measurement
Posted May 16, 2017
Outbrain, a discovery platform, begins the rollout of Outbrain Lookalike Audiences to help marketers reach new customers and engage with new people who are likely to be interested in their business because they "look similar" to existing customers or converters.
Posted May 16, 2017
If you thought that Russian meddling ended with the election, you'd be mistaken. While many marketing industry observers accurately described 2016 as "the year when ad fraud came out of the shadows," the year ended with a unceremonious thud when a company called White Ops launched a study claiming that a sophisticated Russian bot operation—dubbed Methbot—is ringing up as much as $5 million per day in fraudulent online advertising.
Posted May 16, 2017
Despite its long history, Mezzetta had not spent much time thinking about marketing. For much of its existence, the company had been focused on manufacturing and sales. But after hiring two new marketing employees, Mezzetta was ready to bring its products to a wider audience. With such a small team, content creation proved to be one of the biggest marketing challenges. Mezzetta needed help creating enough content to get its products in front of the masses—and so it decided working with influencers may be the best bet.
Posted May 15, 2017
LiveWorld, Inc., the social customer experience company, announced the expansion of messaging platforms supported through its comprehensive conversation management software. The SaaS platform enables brands to engage and converse 1-on-1 with new audiences, manage all their social media and messaging channels worldwide, and deliver more impactful conversational marketing campaigns.
Posted May 11, 2017
Aprimo, a provider of marketing operations tools, announced the launch of its next-generation campaign management solution, Aprimo Campaign. The solution lets mid to large-sized organizations, marketing service providers, and agencies connect to and manage their customer and prospect databases using the cloud, and extract key customer insights to perform smarter marketing.
Posted May 11, 2017
Following a comprehensive strategic review, IP Network will be transformed into a single point of contact for advertisers wishing to communicate outside their home territory and are keen to benefit from local expertise. As part of the strategic repositioning, IP Network will change its name to RTL AdConnect as of May 4, 2017.
Posted May 09, 2017
Tapjoy, the "Maximum Impact Platform" for mobile advertisers and app developers, announced a partnership with Moat, a SaaS analytics and measurement company focused on delivering products for marketers and publishers. The partnership provides Moat's independent viewability and attention measurement for video ads on Tapjoy's in-app inventory.
Posted May 09, 2017
In an increasingly competitive and fragmented age for electronic content providers, publishers might want to consider seeking revenue solutions less in the real world than in the virtual world. Rolling out virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) content is a good start—but especially for those digital content players that lack the resources to provide such immersive digital consumables today, hosting and creating short-form VR and AR ads may prove to be a more winning strategy in the near future.
Posted May 08, 2017
LivePerson, Inc., a provider of cloud mobile and online business messaging solutions, has launched an enterprise bot management platform. Designed to run multiple bots at scale in the digital, marketing, and care operations of large brands, LiveEngage for Bots is an extension of its LiveEngage platform, and allows these brands to deploy, manage, and measure bots in one place, directly alongside human workers.
Posted May 04, 2017
During its annual customer experience conference C3, Clarabridge, Inc., a provider of Customer Experience Management (CEM) solutions, announced CX Revolution—a vision to empower brands with the necessary tools to integrate data-driven customer experience into the fabric of every business. Driving a CX Revolution ensures a universal focus on customer experience across all levels of the organization.
Posted May 04, 2017
engage:BDR, a cross screen video advertising company, announced the launch of IconicReach, one of the first influencer advertising platforms created by an established advertising technology company. IconicReach says it is a one-stop shop for those brands looking for a place to discover and manage an array of influencer partners. The goal is to yield high engagement and authenticity, and for influencers to seamlessly connect to numerous potential partners in one place.
Posted May 04, 2017
Chatmeter, a search marketing and review management company, revealed new research proving the trustworthiness of online reviews and the impact they have on consumers' trust in a brand. These company also introduced Chatmeter Pulse.
Posted May 02, 2017
Pepperjam, a full service performance marketing company, revealed insights and contradictions around marketers' challenges and priorities. Conducted at Adobe Summit 2017, Pepperjam polled 400 senior marketers and decision makers to identify what issues are top of mind and affecting budget spend. The results reveal a notable tension among technology investments and expectations, and channel strategy and objectives.
Posted May 02, 2017
Seismic, an enterprise-grade sales enablement solution, announced it will join Marketo's LaunchPoint ecosystem, the a robust community of partner technologies. The integration is meant to improve lead scoring and advanced campaigns for marketers while simultaneously bolstering the automatic creation of hyper-personalized sales content, further proving marketing teams' contributions to the bottom line at large enterprises.
Posted May 02, 2017
There are many content marketing tools that rely on data or science-backed logic to help you enhance customer retention. This is a list of five such tools that function across different channels and what you can use them to create.
Posted Apr 28, 2017
With personalization becoming a more widely adopted marketing strategy, organizations are realizing a range of benefits - from deeper customer relationships to improved conversion rates. What's more, 9 out of 10 marketers (88%) say their customers expect an experience, across digital properties, that's personalized to them.
Posted Apr 25, 2017
Reflektion, a unified engagement platform for brands, announced findings of new research and a consumer survey commissioned with Internet Retailer. Based on results from the top 100 North American online retailers as ranked by their web sales and a national survey of more than 500 consumers - Digital Personalization: The Missed Opportunity - found that fewer than half of retailers are successfully using even the most basic personalization techniques, while even less are using advanced techniques to customize shopping experience.
Posted Apr 25, 2017