Social discovery app Stack receives £1m investment
Content

Social discovery app Stack receives £1m investment

8y Graham Charlton

Social discovery app Stack receives £1m investment

Social content discovery app Stack has this week received a £1m investment from Blenheim Chalcot.  We’ve been asking Oliver Cooper, co-founder a...

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How SK-II blends ecommerce and social for improved brand perception
Acquisition

How SK-II blends ecommerce and social for improved brand perception

8y Sophie Loras

How SK-II blends ecommerce and social for improved...

China is a world leader when it comes to social commerce. Here, JD.com's Joey Bian outlines how cosmetic giant SK-II blended data from two of China's ...

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Why data science can make applications smarter
Analytics

Why data science can make applications smarter

8y Janet Bastiman

Why data science can make applications smarter

Computer scientists are continually looking to make applications smarter: not just doing things better, but doing new things. But how do you make an a...

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What's so great about digital marketing anyway?
Asia

What's so great about digital marketing anyway?

8y Sophie Loras

What's so great about digital marketing anyway?

Do you work in digital marketing and do you love it? Are you new to the industry and feeling overwhelmed by it? Either way, all this constant change m...

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M-commerce: has the mobile web finally won?
Ecommerce

M-commerce: has the mobile web finally won?

8y Andy Favell

M-commerce: has the mobile web finally won?

More smartphone users make purchases using a mobile browser than a mobile app, according to studies by ComScore and Forrester. Read More...

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How brands like KFC use innovative O2O strategies in China
Asia

How brands like KFC use innovative O2O strategies in China

8y Elisa Harca

How brands like KFC use innovative O2O strategies ...

Smart brands in China are implementing sophisticated and innovative online and offline strategies to capitalize on the Chinese consumer's mobile-first...

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Quality counts for in-app purchasers
Acquisition

Quality counts for in-app purchasers

8y Sophie Loras

Quality counts for in-app purchasers

Only a fraction of users spend money on in-app purchases, but those who do, spend up big, according to a report from AppsFlyer. The State of In-App Sp...

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Apple strikes back at the Worldwide Developers Conference
Conference Coverage

Apple strikes back at the Worldwide Developers Conference

8y Mike O'Brien

Apple strikes back at the Worldwide Developers Con...

During the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced that Siri will, in fact, become open to third-party developers, in addition to desktop use...

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Stats of the week: All about mobile apps
Ad Industry Metrics

Stats of the week: All about mobile apps

8y Mike O'Brien

Stats of the week: All about mobile apps

What do 11, 15, -42 and 1 (and 5) have in common? They're all big numbers from the past week in digital for Pandora, Apple, Facebook, and Chick-fil-A....

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Mary Meeker report puts China (and WeChat) on the global stage
Asia

Mary Meeker report puts China (and WeChat) on the global stage

8y Sophie Loras

Mary Meeker report puts China (and WeChat) on the ...

This week, venture capitalist Mary Meeker released her annual Internet Trends report, and China was a key focus. Read More...

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Is audio platform Anchor the next big thing for social media?
Disruptive MarTech

Is audio platform Anchor the next big thing for social media?

8y Ben Jacobson

Is audio platform Anchor the next big thing for so...

There are big-name social apps for creating, sharing and discussing nearly every form of media. The spoken word, however, had been sorely under-repres...

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Vodafone's top three tips to improve your mobile marketing
Conference Coverage

Vodafone's top three tips to improve your mobile marketing

8y Mike O'Brien

Vodafone's top three tips to improve your mobile m...

While marketers realize the importance of mobile, many of them have yet to catch up with consumer expectations , or realize how SEO and mobile impact ...

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Five fantastic 'phygital' campaigns from this spring
Strategies

Five fantastic 'phygital' campaigns from this spring

8y Mike O'Brien

Five fantastic 'phygital' campaigns from this spri...

We're always talking about the growing convergence of the physical and digital worlds. Here are five brands with great phygital campaigns all over the...

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The Digital Download: From AI to alleged algorithms
Media

The Digital Download: From AI to alleged algorithms

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: From AI to alleged algorithm...

Google's I/O conference commences today, but that's not all that happened this week. Facebook, Apple and Line - and maybe Snapchat? - had updates, as ...

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Be a dragon, not a unicorn, says Mondelez's Bough
Mobile

Be a dragon, not a unicorn, says Mondelez's Bough

8y Mike O'Brien

Be a dragon, not a unicorn, says Mondelez's Bough

Mondelez executive B. Bonin Bough equates being a dragon with fearlessness. Right now that means Oreo embracing messaging apps as brands begin to test...

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Six ways to grow your app downloads and success
Mobile

Six ways to grow your app downloads and success

8y Michael Della Penna

Six ways to grow your app downloads and success

Media websites are in crisis. A rash of stories over the last few months covering budget cuts and layoffs across some of today’s largest outlets...

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Why ranking tools need to evolve to keep up with search
Search

Why ranking tools need to evolve to keep up with search

8y Benjamin Spiegel

Why ranking tools need to evolve to keep up with s...

The way consumers search online has changed dramatically, but the ranking tools have yet to adapt to the search behavior of today’s consumer. Read Mor...

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Why fighting mobile click fraud is a waste of time
Mobile

Why fighting mobile click fraud is a waste of time

8y Paul Muller

Why fighting mobile click fraud is a waste of time

Fraud prevention is heating up in mobile. But trying to fight fraudulent clicks from mobile apps is a losing battle. Instead, try these three tips. Re...

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Stop chasing shiny new tools, says Dunkin' Brands
Media

Stop chasing shiny new tools, says Dunkin' Brands

8y Emily Alford

Stop chasing shiny new tools, says Dunkin' Brands

The 65-year-old Dunkin' Brands has long used traditional marketing, but still fully embraces digital. They key to balance? Not just chasing shiny and ...

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What can chatbots do for ecommerce?
Chatbots

What can chatbots do for ecommerce?

8y Mike O'Brien

What can chatbots do for ecommerce?

Despite the ways in which they can be manipulated for evil, bots are a hot topic in digital marketing at the moment. How can they enhance ecommerce? R...

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Cause marketing can be a mutually beneficial strategy
Strategies

Cause marketing can be a mutually beneficial strategy

8y Tessa Wegert

Cause marketing can be a mutually beneficial strat...

People are more likely to support brands that share their values, so cause marketing can help the world and the brand's bottom line - as long as it's ...

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What personalization means for the travel industry
Data insights

What personalization means for the travel industry

8y Mike O'Brien

What personalization means for the travel industry

All signs point to personalized marketing being the way to go. That's particularly relevant in the travel industry, where people aren't typically bran...

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Everything you need to know about building apps for connected cars
Disruptive MarTech

Everything you need to know about building apps for connected cars

8y Andy Favell

Everything you need to know about building apps fo...

The infotainment systems in modern vehicles not only sync with the driver’s smartphone for hands-free calls, but also allow use of apps installed on t...

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Ignore the futurist hype, connected cars offer valuable opportunities for marketing your brand today
Media

Ignore the futurist hype, connected cars offer valuable opportunities for m...

8y Andy Favell

Ignore the futurist hype, connected cars offer val...

Get in a modern car, perform a voice search on the car’s infotainment system or via a synced smartphone app, does your brand come up in the search res...

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The Digital Download: Apple gets current, Google and billboards get futuristic
Media

The Digital Download: Apple gets current, Google and billboards get futuris...

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Apple gets current, Google a...

Here are five of the biggest deals from the world of digital marketing this week, such as the enhanced targeting from LinkedIn and... billboards? Read...

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Why Facebook's botched Free Basics in India doesn't really matter
Asia

Why Facebook's botched Free Basics in India doesn't really matter

8y Rahul Chadha

Why Facebook's botched Free Basics in India doesn'...

Facebook's failed Free Basics in India won't have any real impact. As the social network continues to grow, it can expect to dominate this market in t...

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Six things you should be measuring on your app
Mobile

Six things you should be measuring on your app

8y Mike O'Brien

Six things you should be measuring on your app

When it comes to your app, what should you be measuring? Here are six places to start. We’ve recently touted native apps and hybrid apps. Social...

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