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What Does The Shift Toward Mobile Apps Mean For Holiday Search Commerce?

by Laurie Sullivan@lauriesullivan, September 20, 2016   Mobile apps close far more deals than other online shopping services and convert three times more shoppers than the mobile Web, according to a recent report. Consumer behavior is forcing this shift, which could have search marketers rethinking paid search and shopping campaigns this holiday season. For the … Continue reading What Does The Shift Toward Mobile Apps Mean For Holiday Search Commerce?

Advertising’s Walking Dead, Or: Toward a New Marketing Stack

by Josh Engroff, Op-Ed Contributor, August 12, 2016 The big new thing often starts out being dismissed as a toy. Facebook, Snapchat, virtual reality, bots, emoji, messaging — what marketer took them seriously at the beginning? What marketer dares to ignore them now? Digital life has already turned on that imperceptible pivot where the future … Continue reading Advertising’s Walking Dead, Or: Toward a New Marketing Stack

3 doable steps toward always-on, always-relevant marketing

Columnist Jordan Elkind says if you want to stay relevant, you need to strive towards always-on, one-to-one marketing to better understand your customers. Jordan Elkind on July 1, 2016 The traditional marketing campaign is a topic long debated by industry experts and novices alike. For every article declaring that the campaign is dead, there’s another … Continue reading 3 doable steps toward always-on, always-relevant marketing

Use Context Sensitive Help to Lead Your Business Toward Success

by Sameer Bhatia May 17, 2016May 17, 2016 Creating richer learning environments is a fundamental driver for success. Although many companies may be already deploying knowledge management strategies and facilitating collaboration (including CRM) through specific collaboration tools such as Wikis, FAQs, intranets and so on, there might be essential elements being left out that make … Continue reading Use Context Sensitive Help to Lead Your Business Toward Success

Marketing Tech Evolves Beyond Automation — And Toward Intuition

Increasingly smart platforms are providing tools that make marketing as much about anticipating demand as generating it. Barry Levine on December 23, 2015 Marketing technology these days is increasingly focused on the future, as marketing moves away from its traditional role of generating demand and more toward a new role of anticipating demand. Instead of a focus on … Continue reading Marketing Tech Evolves Beyond Automation — And Toward Intuition

“Good Will Toward Men”: The Strategy That’s Not Just for Christmas

by Jonathan Bright December 21, 2015 Follow @SoutherlyCommsDecember 21, 2015 The pressure of a positive image directly affecting the bottom line is driving this digital economy Normally for the Christmas-themed article I’d wonder how I’m supposed to make the link between content marketing and Christmas. Something, something, mince pie. How do you write a Yule … Continue reading “Good Will Toward Men”: The Strategy That’s Not Just for Christmas

6 Steps Toward More Creative Thinking: Change Is Good!

Sharon LewisAugust 28, 2015 Creative thinking means: Change. Innovate. Transform. Reengineer. Imagine. Think Outside the Box. Every day we are asked to consider how we can approach our personal and professional lives in a manner that will deliver greater impact. As the summer season comes to a close and the seasonal associations with school days … Continue reading 6 Steps Toward More Creative Thinking: Change Is Good!

Top Insurers Racing Toward Digital Marketing Failure

Jim BilelloJune 26, 2015 In the past two months, I’ve now encountered a blizzard of ignorance and arrogance on the part of several of the top three or six insurance companies’ corporate headquarters. I am a Certified Google Agency Partner and personally hold advanced certification in AdWords as well as over 1,000 hours of experience … Continue reading Top Insurers Racing Toward Digital Marketing Failure