Hi, Welcome Welcome back August 09, 2024 Costco deploys new tech to curb membership sharing Sharing your Costco membership is about to get a lot harder. BY Sarah Bregel Costco memberships are not meant to be shared. Still, that doesn’t stop nonmembers from sneaking in with cards that aren’t theirs and stocking up on their paper … Continue reading Costco deploys new tech to curb membership sharing
Echo AI’s technology is helping Centerfield turn a jumble of unstructured verbiage into actionable customer data. Kim Davis on August 9, 2024 “Echo AI came onto our radar screen because we were looking for AI-driven consumer insight platforms that can help marketing, sales and customer service teams optimize and become more efficient. What we’ve … Continue reading How Centerfield is sifting insights from millions of phone calls
Nicolás Maduro bans X in Venezuela for 10 days amid Elon Musk dispute The country’s president claimed Musk was inciting hatred following disputed election results. kris holt Fri, Aug 9, 2024 ASSOCIATED PRESS Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro has blocked X in the country for 10 days after claiming that the platform’s owner … Continue reading Nicolás Maduro bans X in Venezuela for 10 days amid Elon Musk dispute
Cities worldwide are rebranding through digital transformation, offering marketers insights into modernization and innovative storytelling. Shama Hyder on August 9, 2024 As the CEO of a marketing and PR agency, I’ve observed a fascinating trend in recent years: Major cities around the world are undergoing digital transformations, not unlike the shifts we’ve seen in … Continue reading Urban digital transformation: Insights for marketers from global smart cities
TikTok will make it easier to identify movies and TV shows that users are clipping Hub pages will tell you the synopsis and help you find out where something is streaming. kris holt Updated Fri, Aug 9, 2024 TikTok One of the more annoying aspects of TikTok (and Instagram and X) culture … Continue reading TikTok will make it easier to identify movies and TV shows that users are clipping
August 09, 2024 How I wrote a book in 15 minutes a day Every first novel started as an unpublished writer’s wild idea. Here’s how to make yours a reality. BY Julia Dahl The first time I tried to write a novel I was 23. I had all the time in the world. I was a … Continue reading How I wrote a book in 15 minutes a day
Cookies or no cookies, first-party data is your competitive edge. Find out how to build a robust data strategy for the future. Sam Shennan on August 8, 2024 Data is not a new topic, but it is being revitalized since Google’s announcement that cookie deprecation is no longer in the pipeline. You might think … Continue reading Why first-party data still reigns even with Google keeping third-party cookies
Google Local Services Ads Get Automated by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 9, 2024 Google made changes to its Local Services Ads (LSA) this week. One feature will automatically select profile photos to display in advertisements, and the other aims to improve ad budgets by setting monthly maximums ad spend limit for certain account. … Continue reading Google Local Services Ads Get Automated
August 09, 2024 7 must-have gadgets for your desk to make you more productive Time is money. Spend a little to save a lot with a macro pad, a smart notebook, and other efficiency boosters. BY Doug Aamoth Whether you’re working from home, in a traditional office, or part of a hybrid experiment, your desk serves … Continue reading 7 must-have gadgets for your desk to make you more productive
Consumers are really, really not impressed with AI, consistently preferring products that don’t mention AI over those that do. Constantine von Hoffman on August 8, 2024 Does your consumer product have AI? Do yourself a favor and don’t tell anyone. A study of 1,000 people found products described as having AI were consistently less … Continue reading AI-powered martech news and releases: August 8
