Location, location, location: Which location-marketing tech is the best?

Location, location, location: Which location-marketing tech is the best?

6y Al Roberts

Location, location, location: Which location-marke...

Marketers have long talked about the promise of location-based marketing, but for years, employing it has been challenging. That is quickly changing, ...

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Amazon is changing the future of shopping by reshaping the customer experience

Amazon is changing the future of shopping by reshaping the customer experience

6y Al Roberts

Amazon is changing the future of shopping by resha...

When talking about the huge disruption that is taking place in retail markets today, Amazon is often singled out as the culprit. But Amazon's success ...

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Why AR is a better investment for brands than VR

Why AR is a better investment for brands than VR

6y Al Roberts

Why AR is a better investment for brands than VR

Companies large and small are increasingly exploring and experimenting with augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). Both are emerging technol...

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7 reasons not to believe the chatbot hype

7 reasons not to believe the chatbot hype

6y Al Roberts

7 reasons not to believe the chatbot hype

A growing number of companies are using chatbots to market themselves, acquire new customers and drive engagement and sales. But building and operatin...

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Influencing the customer journey is just as important as understanding it

Influencing the customer journey is just as important as understanding it

6y Al Roberts

Influencing the customer journey is just as import...

For years, marketers have scrutinized every aspect of the customer journey--but it is becoming increasingly apparent that just understanding it isn't ...

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What's in a name? The ad industry debates "programmatic" versus "automation"

What's in a name? The ad industry debates "programmatic" versus "automation"

6y Al Roberts

What's in a name? The ad industry debates "program...

According to eMarketer, four out of every five dollars spent on display advertising in the U.S. this year will transact programmatically. That amounts...

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Eight ways that brick-and-mortar retailers are succeeding with omnichannel

Eight ways that brick-and-mortar retailers are succeeding with omnichannel

6y Al Roberts

Eight ways that brick-and-mortar retailers are suc...

Retailers operating 'brick and mortar' physical stores are facing unprecedented challenges in the digital age. But some retailers are finding ways to ...

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How the whitelisting trend could impact the digital ad market

How the whitelisting trend could impact the digital ad market

6y Al Roberts

How the whitelisting trend could impact the digita...

Advertisers are more concerned than ever about brand safety, and one of the primary ways they're trying to keep their ads from appearing in unfriendly...

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How Toys 'R' Us capitalized on a timely sponsorship of a live giraffe cam

How Toys 'R' Us capitalized on a timely sponsorship of a live giraffe cam

6y Al Roberts

How Toys 'R' Us capitalized on a timely sponsorshi...

While digital platforms and their advertisers grapple with digital video challenges, one savvy retailer found a way to capitalize on what would become...

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What Facebook's big bet on AR means for brands

What Facebook's big bet on AR means for brands

6y Al Roberts

What Facebook's big bet on AR means for brands

For years now, brands have heard that augmented reality (AR) is one of the next big things, but there's a strong argument to be made that it hasn't qu...

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Seven ways advertisers can deal with brand safety concerns

Seven ways advertisers can deal with brand safety concerns

6y Al Roberts

Seven ways advertisers can deal with brand safety ...

For years, advertisers have tolerated a big elephant in the room: the fact that their digital ads aren't always appearing where they would want them t...

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Will Instagram crack the local commerce code?

Will Instagram crack the local commerce code?

7y Al Roberts

Will Instagram crack the local commerce code?

When Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, skeptics questioned whether the world's largest social network would ever recoup its investm...

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Waze and Dunkin' Donuts bring location-intelligent commerce to mobile navigation

Waze and Dunkin' Donuts bring location-intelligent commerce to mobile navigation

7y Al Roberts

Waze and Dunkin' Donuts bring location-intelligent...

Thanks to a newly-announced partnership with Dunkin' Donuts, Waze users will soon be able to order their favorite drink or food item as they hit the r...

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LinkedIn to offer retargeting, email targeting later this year

LinkedIn to offer retargeting, email targeting later this year

7y Al Roberts

LinkedIn to offer retargeting, email targeting lat...

B2B marketers will soon have a new best friend in LinkedIn, as the professional social network is set to launch a number of powerful new ad targeting ...

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Twitter introduces pre-roll ads for Periscope

Twitter introduces pre-roll ads for Periscope

7y Al Roberts

Twitter introduces pre-roll ads for Periscope

Users almost universally dislike pre-roll video ads, but in an effort to bolster its advertising revenue, Twitter this week announced that it will exp...

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Is Facebook Messenger a viable alternative to SMS, email and push notifications?

Is Facebook Messenger a viable alternative to SMS, email and push notifications?

7y Al Roberts

Is Facebook Messenger a viable alternative to SMS,...

Many companies use SMS, email and push notifications to deliver updates to customers and stakeholders, and such notifications are especially important...

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What companies can learn from the We-Vibe lawsuit about the Internet of Things

What companies can learn from the We-Vibe lawsuit about the Internet of Things

7y Al Roberts

What companies can learn from the We-Vibe lawsuit ...

A class action lawsuit against an internet-connected pleasure device highlights the potential pitfalls a growing number of companies will face as they...

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Despite the hype, most marketers not investing in hot new technologies

Despite the hype, most marketers not investing in hot new technologies

7y Al Roberts

Despite the hype, most marketers not investing in ...

According to a survey conducted as part of OnBrand Magazine's State of Branding Report 2017, marketers are well aware of the new technologies that are...

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Has advertising arrived on Google Home?

Has advertising arrived on Google Home?

7y Al Roberts

Has advertising arrived on Google Home?

Google sparked a small firestorm last week as reports surfaced that its intelligent assistant device Google Home delivered an unsolicited advertisemen...

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Foursquare's Pilgrim SDK could lead to an explosion of location-aware apps

Foursquare's Pilgrim SDK could lead to an explosion of location-aware apps

7y Al Roberts

Foursquare's Pilgrim SDK could lead to an explosio...

Two weeks ago, Foursquare announced what could be the most important component of its data business: the Pilgrim SDK. So what does it do, and what doe...

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Target is the top retail digital marketer, so why is it struggling?

Target is the top retail digital marketer, so why is it struggling?

7y Al Roberts

Target is the top retail digital marketer, so why ...

According to Internet Retailer's newly released The Best Digital Marketers in E-Commerce report, Target is the most effective marketer in online retai...

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Facebook Advanced Measurement will let advertisers compare Facebook ad performance

Facebook Advanced Measurement will let advertisers compare Facebook ad performance

7y Al Roberts

Facebook Advanced Measurement will let advertisers...

Previously available exclusively to some of its biggest ad clients, Facebook will soon make Advanced Measurement available to all advertisers through ...

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As investors bet on Snap, some Snapchat influencers bet on other platforms

As investors bet on Snap, some Snapchat influencers bet on other platforms

7y Al Roberts

As investors bet on Snap, some Snapchat influencer...

Last Thursday, Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, went public. And in spite of questions about Snap's growth, finances and competition, investors w...

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YouTube is "on pace to eclipse TV" thanks to savvy algorithm use

YouTube is "on pace to eclipse TV" thanks to savvy algorithm use

7y Al Roberts

YouTube is "on pace to eclipse TV" thanks to savvy...

The rise of YouTube and digital video generally has a lot to do with the rise of the internet and the abundance of digital video content. But YouTube'...

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Starbucks' brand suffers following politically-infused announcement

Starbucks' brand suffers following politically-infused announcement

7y Al Roberts

Starbucks' brand suffers following politically-inf...

In January, following U.S. President Donald Trump's temporary immigration ban, Starbucks announced that it would hire 10,000 refugees over the next fi...

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Google's Jigsaw aims to increase the quality of online conversations

Google's Jigsaw aims to increase the quality of online conversations

7y Al Roberts

Google's Jigsaw aims to increase the quality of on...

Jigsaw, a technology incubator that is a part of Google, and Google’s Counter Abuse Technology team want to rid the web of bad comments. Read More...

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President Trump is a savvy domain name buyer

President Trump is a savvy domain name buyer

7y Al Roberts

President Trump is a savvy domain name buyer

President Trump's digital savvy isn't limited to social media. As it turns out, the Trump Organization owns thousands of domain names, possibly even m...

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