IBM completes its acquisition of Red Hat in ‘Chapter 2 of the cloud’
Industry Developments

IBM completes its acquisition of Red Hat in ‘Chapter 2 of the cloud’

5y Barry Levine

IBM completes its acquisition of Red Hat in ‘Chapt...

IBM's deal to acquire open-source software platform Red Hat, originally announced in October 2018, has been successfully negotiated and closed. They a...

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McKinsey's insights on personalization and martech: New report
Analytics

McKinsey's insights on personalization and martech: New report

5y Luke Richards

McKinsey's insights on personalization and martech...

In "The future of personalization—and how to get ready for it," McKinsey highlights what marketers should expect and prepare for around "ultra-persona...

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New report: SEO and Content Marketing jobs see salary boosts in 2019
Content

New report: SEO and Content Marketing jobs see salary boosts in 2019

5y Barry Levine

New report: SEO and Content Marketing jobs see sal...

Seven of 10 types of content marketing and SEO roles saw salary increases from 2018 to 2019, according to a new report by Conductor. SEO Manager, for ...

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Contentsquare buys Clicktale to create a global experience analytics provider
Analytics

Contentsquare buys Clicktale to create a global experience analytics provid...

5y Barry Levine

Contentsquare buys Clicktale to create a global ex...

The combined entity will be able to glean insights and benchmarks from about nine trillion interactions daily, says Contentsquare's CEO/founder. The c...

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Instagram introduces ads to the “Explore” feed
Industry Developments

Instagram introduces ads to the “Explore” feed

5y Jacqueline Dooley

Instagram introduces ads to the “Explore” feed

Instagram's Explore feature -- which is used by 50% of users each month -- will now include ads, giving brands a new way to reach its audience of near...

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Facebook’s Libra: Concerns, interests, benefits, and experts' reactions
Blockchain

Facebook’s Libra: Concerns, interests, benefits, and experts' reactions

5y Tereza Litsa

Facebook’s Libra: Concerns, interests, benefits, a...

Everything your business needs to know about Facebook's new cryptocurrency, Libra. Why are they interested in crypto, how can businesses benefit, what...

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Salesforce adds a CDP, Oracle ponders them and Adobe finds it has one
Analytics

Salesforce adds a CDP, Oracle ponders them and Adobe finds it has one

5y Barry Levine

Salesforce adds a CDP, Oracle ponders them and Ado...

Three of the biggest marketing clouds have made announcements about CDPs in the last week, which means major advancements for the previously more nich...

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Pinterest boosts shopping with new category for outside partners
Ecommerce

Pinterest boosts shopping with new category for outside partners

5y Barry Levine

Pinterest boosts shopping with new category for ou...

By expanding their shopping partners, Pinterest aims to "enable businesses of all sizes to bring their products to Pinterest and make them shoppable f...

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Five business intelligence trends marketers should not overlook
Analytics

Five business intelligence trends marketers should not overlook

5y Marc Cerniglio

Five business intelligence trends marketers should...

This next year doesn't simply revolve around having or acquiring data, but rather how marketers use and report on it to create effective change. Read ...

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AR, voice technology, and social media wellbeing in 2019: Mary Meeker part 2
AR & VR

AR, voice technology, and social media wellbeing in 2019: Mary Meeker part ...

5y Tereza Litsa

AR, voice technology, and social media wellbeing i...

With the rise of voice technology, the evolution of AR, and the growing balance between the positive and negative effects of social media, there's a l...

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Amazon’s famed recommendation service Personalize now available to every application
Emerging Technology

Amazon’s famed recommendation service Personalize now available to every ap...

5y Barry Levine

Amazon’s famed recommendation service Personalize ...

Amazon has one of the industry's best-known recommendation services, Personalize. On Monday, the company said it would be generally available to all a...

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BI platforms take center stage as Google buys Looker and Salesforce buys Tableau
Analytics

BI platforms take center stage as Google buys Looker and Salesforce buys Ta...

5y Barry Levine

BI platforms take center stage as Google buys Look...

Google and Salesforce have each acquired major platforms for unifying business intelligence (BI), demonstrating once again the value of data analytics...

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LinkedIn buys cross-device identity provider Drawbridge
Digital Advertising

LinkedIn buys cross-device identity provider Drawbridge

5y Barry Levine

LinkedIn buys cross-device identity provider Drawb...

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has announced they'll acquire Drawbridge, an identity management provider best known for its cross-device graph, which matche...

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Salesforce launches Blockchain platform for user-managed, authenticated document sharing
Blockchain

Salesforce launches Blockchain platform for user-managed, authenticated doc...

5y Barry Levine

Salesforce launches Blockchain platform for user-m...

On Wednesday, Salesforce announced what they call "the first use of a low-code blockchain platform for CRM," giving blockchain a big boost toward broa...

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What would a digital advertising disruptor look like?
Digital Advertising

What would a digital advertising disruptor look like?

5y Mike Monroe

What would a digital advertising disruptor look li...

Facebook and Google currently dominate the digital advertising market — but that status quo won’t last forever. A new disruptor likely isn’t far from ...

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Salesforce launches Datorama Marketplace for creating apps with marketing intelligence
Analytics

Salesforce launches Datorama Marketplace for creating apps with marketing i...

5y Barry Levine

Salesforce launches Datorama Marketplace for creat...

On Thursday, the CRM giant launched Datorama Marketplace to help developers create custom and specialized apps that employ the marketing intelligence ...

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The rise of podcast advertising: 32% of Americans are tuning in
Digital Advertising

The rise of podcast advertising: 32% of Americans are tuning in

5y Emily Alford

The rise of podcast advertising: 32% of Americans ...

Research shows that about 144 million people in the US are listening to podcasts in 2019. And podcast advertising earns 4.4x better recall than other ...

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Adobe adds SMB-friendly features to its Magento commerce platform
Industry Developments

Adobe adds SMB-friendly features to its Magento commerce platform

5y Barry Levine

Adobe adds SMB-friendly features to its Magento co...

Updates to Adobe's Magento commerce platform announced this week will aid SMBs by integrating with Amazon Sales, Google Shopping ads and Merchant Acco...

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Kenshoo + Fospha breakfast: On Amazon, customer data, and ecommerce
Analytics

Kenshoo + Fospha breakfast: On Amazon, customer data, and ecommerce

5y Charlie Braithwaite

Kenshoo + Fospha breakfast: On Amazon, customer da...

Senior marketers from a broad range of industries gathered together at London's The Gherkin to explore these issues and what marketers can do to strat...

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Internet growth + usage stats 2019: Time online, devices, users
Industry Developments

Internet growth + usage stats 2019: Time online, devices, users

5y Jeannie Dougherty

Internet growth + usage stats 2019: Time online, d...

Internet users now make up 57% of the global population. On average, people spend 6 hours and 42 minutes online each day. By 2021, a projected 73% of ...

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The podcast content debate: Paywalls, distribution, and exclusivity
Content

The podcast content debate: Paywalls, distribution, and exclusivity

5y Sam Balter

The podcast content debate: Paywalls, distribution...

Luminary launched their subscription-based app, the BBC pulled their podcasts from Google's app, and Sirius XM announced some of their talk shows will...

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Survey: Gender gap in martech and operations in 2019
Disruptive MarTech

Survey: Gender gap in martech and operations in 2019

5y Luke Richards

Survey: Gender gap in martech and operations in 20...

Low wage martech positions are more likely to see women filling the role. But when wages surpass the $125k mark, these positions can see around twice ...

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Salesforce announces new Einstein features for devs to build custom AI and ML
AI & Automation

Salesforce announces new Einstein features for devs to build custom AI and ...

5y Kimberly Collins

Salesforce announces new Einstein features for dev...

Today, Salesforce announced new features within their AI-powered Einstein Platform Services, including automatic language translation and prediction b...

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What AI has in store for marketers in 2019: Impact across 3 specific industries
Industry Developments

What AI has in store for marketers in 2019: Impact across 3 specific indust...

5y Sean Brady

What AI has in store for marketers in 2019: Impact...

Three ways marketers can expect to see AI continue to be used to drive customer engagement in 2019, across travel, retail, and media & entertainme...

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IBM sells Watson Marketing and commerce portfolio to Centerbridge, focuses on cloud, AI, supply chain
Industry Developments

IBM sells Watson Marketing and commerce portfolio to Centerbridge, focuses ...

5y Kimberly Collins

IBM sells Watson Marketing and commerce portfolio ...

IBM will sell their marketing and commerce portfolios for an undisclosed amount later this year, in a move away from martech and toward the cloud. Rea...

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Data: Martech budgets grow more than 30% in 2019
Disruptive MarTech

Data: Martech budgets grow more than 30% in 2019

5y Luke Richards

Data: Martech budgets grow more than 30% in 2019

On average, marketing technology now accounts for almost one-third of marketing budgets. This proportion has grown more than 30% in the past year. Rea...

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Adobe CMO Ann Lewnes: "Eight years ago, we moved 70% of our marketing budget to digital. People thought we were crazy."
Digital Marketing

Adobe CMO Ann Lewnes: "Eight years ago, we moved 70% of our marketing budge...

5y Kimberly Collins

Adobe CMO Ann Lewnes: "Eight years ago, we moved 7...

Adobe CMO speaking on their transformation to subscription-based products and experience first, building a culture of testing, and trends for the futu...

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