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Mobile Marketing

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Study finds mobile experience key to engagement

Retailers and merchants who want to up the engagement factor with their customers should up their mobile experience. That's the word from a new WorldPay report in which researchers found that about one-third of US shoppers would pay more for products if the mobile experience were better. >>

Monday, March 12, 2018

Top 3 tips to create a data driven marketing strategy

Data shortfalls, data insufficiencies, data stacks. All of these can give marketers the wrong idea about the customer with whom they want to engage, and can give consumers the wrong idea about marketers. Here are three tips to create and improve data driven marketing strategies. >>

Wednesday, March 07, 2018

How marketers can ID data shortfalls

Data is key to engaging customers, but collecting the data is merely the starting point. From there, marketers must be ready to analyze and integrate data sets, have the right technology to put data to use, and then create systems in which data use is the first step. Then, come the data shortfalls - areas in which not enough data is collected or in which the data is used improperly. Here are four tips to identify and correct a data shortfall. >>

Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Survey: Consumers will share info for better experiences

In the ecommerce game, personal data will become a bigger buzzword. That is, according to Episerver, because more consumers are willing to give up their personal information in exchange for a better - i.e. more targeted - online shopping experience. >>

Monday, March 05, 2018

Top 6 data challenges facing marketers

Marketing is dynamic and hectic in nature - data volumes continue to multiply, customer preferences shift, and competition always keeps you on your toes. With all of these factors working at a fast pace, marketers must keep up by having a data driven marketing strategy in place. But executing and managing a strategy may not be a cake walk. Here are six challenges facing brands. >>

Friday, March 02, 2018

Despite data prevalence, merchants aren't connecting the customer dots

There is a wealth of data online, from ecommerce to social media and SEM. Still, many merchants are struggling to create an engaging and cohesive customer experience that uses this data. That's the word from the new Solving for CX report out from Verndale. >>

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Expert: Why SEM remains an important marketing approach

With the advent of mobile and social marketing mediums, many brands may have let search marketing take a back seat and a smaller portion of the advertising budget. That, according to one expert, is a mistake that should be corrected. >>

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

How to use global sporting events to engage

Global sporting events - like the Olympics, FIFA World Cup, and others - have the ability to unite people from different parts of the globe like no other events can. These events can also unite brands and customers - if the message and experience are seamless. Here are three tips to create a multi-platform, branded message during these events. >>

Monday, February 26, 2018

How to engage through email without annoying customers

With a majority of Americans checking email at least once per day, email can be a key part of the customer journey. But, if customers aren't engaged with marketing content, or feel they are being contacted to often, email lists can suffer. Customer data, according to one expert, is key to email engagement. But just which data aspects are the most important? >>

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Anatomy of a good push notification

Smartphones, tablets, smartwatches. All these offer the ability for brands to 'push' marketing messaging to engaged consumers. But, many are unsure how to approach push notifications as a marketing tool. Here are three tips. >>

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Experts believe cookies are dead, but what will replace them?

New data out from Viant indicates most executives believe the data-cookie is living on borrowed time. In fact most (64%) believe marketers will stop relying on probabilistic data points like cookies within the next two years. The question in, what might replace this measurement device? >>

Monday, February 19, 2018

How to update your social marketing creative processes

Social media is now a dominant part of every successful brand's ad mix. We talked to Adaptly president Sean O'Neal to see what marketers need to do to maximize their results. >>

Friday, February 16, 2018

Top 3 Problems Frictionless Media Companies Are Solving

Frictionless media companies are reinventing interfaces and using predictive technologies to simplify search, streamline discovery, improve recommendations, and expand access. These improvements are happening across a wide array of media - consider how Spotify and Netflix have changed music and video discovery and consumption respectively. Meanwhile, Alexa has revolutionized how we do searches, and Apple has changed its interface to keep us within one swipe away from the news we love. Here are three massive problems that are being solved in this space: >>

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Study finds not all native ads are equal in consumers' eyes

While it may seem simple to push more ad dollars into the 'native advertising space', the truth is that native is just as complex as the more traditional digital ad space. New data out from my6sense sheds light on which types of native ads are the most engaging from a consumer state of mind. >>

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Will Amazon's new moves cement them as a retail leader?

Amazon's latest moves - launching a business delivery service and delivering for Whole Foods - have many marketers and merchants wondering if there is a corner of the digital space the online behemoth won't touch. We asked a few experts what they thought of Amazon's latest announcements. >>