Meeting consumers on their turf: the value of social media in search marketing
Search

Meeting consumers on their turf: the value of social media in search market...

8y Dave Lloyd

Meeting consumers on their turf: the value of soci...

Understanding the reciprocative relationship between search and content marketing will help brands effectively target and engage with consumers across...

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Five ways to optimize customer loyalty in a changing landscape
Analytics

Five ways to optimize customer loyalty in a changing landscape

8y Stephen Hay

Five ways to optimize customer loyalty in a changi...

Earning and retaining customer loyalty for brands is a more complex endeavor than it used to be. Use these tips to gain consumers' devotion and fortif...

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Mercedes-Benz and Myer share their secrets for winning holiday content
Media

Mercedes-Benz and Myer share their secrets for winning holiday content

8y Tessa Wegert

Mercedes-Benz and Myer share their secrets for win...

The success of Mercedes-Benz's and Myer's 2015 holiday marketing campaigns exemplifies the benefits of using online video ads in conjunction with cros...

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How top email marketers defend value by ensuring trust
Email

How top email marketers defend value by ensuring trust

8y Scott Roth

How top email marketers defend value by ensuring t...

Email programs able to successfully engage with consumers are vulnerable to exploitation by cyber criminals, so brands must go above and beyond to ens...

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Harnessing the Force: marketing lessons from 'Star Wars'
Asia

Harnessing the Force: marketing lessons from 'Star Wars'

8y Mandeep Grover

Harnessing the Force: marketing lessons from 'Star...

As the seventh installment of the Star Wars franchise debuts next week, what can marketers learn from its marketing strategy? Here are four takeaways ...

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10 mobile marketing themes to look out for in 2016
Media

10 mobile marketing themes to look out for in 2016

8y Michael Della Penna

10 mobile marketing themes to look out for in 2016

The digital landscape of 2015 was defined by a mobile-first approach to commerce and content consumption. As we enter 2016, marketers can expect the d...

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Wake up brands! Why content is everything
Marketing

Wake up brands! Why content is everything

8y Benjamin Spiegel

Wake up brands! Why content is everything

Though marketers are aware that "content is king," brands that underestimate the value of consumer insights will fail to create and publish anything o...

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10 ways the presidential candidates are winning on Twitter
Social

10 ways the presidential candidates are winning on Twitter

8y Bob Cargill

10 ways the presidential candidates are winning on...

To increase engagement on social channels, brands can observe and analyze effective Twitter strategies being utilized by U.S. presidential candidates ...

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Lessons learned from Cyber Weekend
Ecommerce

Lessons learned from Cyber Weekend

8y Tessa Wegert

Lessons learned from Cyber Weekend

With Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday now behind us, what can marketers and retailers predict based on consumers' behavior duri...

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Being 'social' helped brands win on Cyber Monday
Ecommerce

Being 'social' helped brands win on Cyber Monday

8y Mike O'Brien

Being 'social' helped brands win on Cyber Monday

Social media isn't known for being the best driver of ROI, but it's still played a big role in the success of Cyber Monday - the biggest online shoppi...

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Content marketing and SEO: the questions B2B marketers should ask
Search

Content marketing and SEO: the questions B2B marketers should ask

8y Som Puangladda

Content marketing and SEO: the questions B2B marke...

It's critical that B2B companies align content marketing and SEO strategies, because fostering this interdependent relationship helps drive brand narr...

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Digital video from a buyer's perspective
Media

Digital video from a buyer's perspective

8y Larry Allen

Digital video from a buyer's perspective

Differing perspectives can influence how a campaign is executed and what technologies are used. This can be even more confusing when it comes to digit...

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Tweets of the Week: AMAs and Adele keep brands rocking, while also saying thanks
Asia

Tweets of the Week: AMAs and Adele keep brands rocking, while also saying t...

8y Sophie Loras

Tweets of the Week: AMAs and Adele keep brands roc...

Between "The American Music Awards," "Dancing With the Stars", and the launch of Adele's record-breaking album "25," Twitter was awash with singing an...

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Getting it right with social when everything we know is wrong
Social

Getting it right with social when everything we know is wrong

8y Chris Copeland

Getting it right with social when everything we kn...

Though still relatively new to the marketing sphere, social media has undergone many incarnations. As a communication tool, what is its true branding ...

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One profile to serve them all: how a unified customer view drives mar-tech bliss
Data insights

One profile to serve them all: how a unified customer view drives mar-tech ...

8y Pelin Thorogood

One profile to serve them all: how a unified custo...

In anticipation of Black Friday, we explain the advantages of a universal consumer profile; improving B2C interactions via personalization and enhanci...

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How brands promoted themselves in the lead up to Alibaba's Singles Day
Asia

How brands promoted themselves in the lead up to Alibaba's Singles Day

8y Elisa Harca

How brands promoted themselves in the lead up to A...

Thousands of brands participate in Alibaba's e-commerce shopping holiday, Singles Day. Here is how ASOS, Xiaomi, and Zalora have found ways to stand o...

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Traveling at the speed of culture: can marketing automation keep up?
Automation

Traveling at the speed of culture: can marketing automation keep up?

8y Stephanie Miller

Traveling at the speed of culture: can marketing a...

For successful brand campaigns that emerge based on real-time reactions to culturally relevant events, marketing automation capitalizes on these momen...

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3 takeaways from Social Media Week Chicago
Social

3 takeaways from Social Media Week Chicago

8y Mike O'Brien

3 takeaways from Social Media Week Chicago

Relevance as a quantifiable concept and brands themselves being influencers were a couple of eye-openers I picked up from spending a day at Social Med...

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Building brand advocates in a connected world
Community Management

Building brand advocates in a connected world

8y Dave Evans

Building brand advocates in a connected world

To create brand advocates and ultimately increase conversion efficiency, connect and engage with audiences by leveraging social media platforms such a...

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Content studio helps Marriott corner the market on travel entertainment
Marketing

Content studio helps Marriott corner the market on travel entertainment

8y Mike O'Brien

Content studio helps Marriott corner the market on...

Marriott has ramped up its content marketing since becoming the first hotel brand to launch its own content studio. A year later, the chain is filming...

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How can you solve your mobile marketing problem?
Media

How can you solve your mobile marketing problem?

8y Dave Hendricks

How can you solve your mobile marketing problem?

What is the most effective channel and the best strategy to reach consumers in today's market? According to research, email newsletters tailored for m...

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How to use Pinterest Group Boards to drive traffic and increase engagement
Asia

How to use Pinterest Group Boards to drive traffic and increase engagement

8y Navneet Kaushal

How to use Pinterest Group Boards to drive traffic...

Here's how you can effectively use Group Boards on Pinterest and leverage the social platform as a marketing channel, to increase engagement and drive...

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Why have QR codes taken off in China?
Asia

Why have QR codes taken off in China?

8y Sophie Loras

Why have QR codes taken off in China?

In China, brands are using QR codes for everything – from digital campaigns, to branding, to content marketing and O2O e-commerce strategies. And it's...

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Starbucks shows the power of silence during the red cup controversy
Social

Starbucks shows the power of silence during the red cup controversy

8y Mike O'Brien

Starbucks shows the power of silence during the re...

Starbucks' plain red holiday cup has been oddly polarizing. But rather than defend itself against the controversy, the brand came out ahead by letting...

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Welcome to the new era of B2B video
Media

Welcome to the new era of B2B video

8y Tessa Wegert

Welcome to the new era of B2B video

Contrary to popular belief, the creative execution of video content for B2B marketing has recently improved greatly. Here are some examples that even ...

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4 E.A.S.Y opportunities you must master before 2016
Marketing

4 E.A.S.Y opportunities you must master before 2016

8y Jeanniey Mullen

4 E.A.S.Y opportunities you must master before 201...

Creating consumer-centric experiences and solutions can be "easy" and will help separate the winners from the losers in 2016. Read More...

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Outstream video: the secret weapon for retailers
Media

Outstream video: the secret weapon for retailers

8y Eric Wheeler

Outstream video: the secret weapon for retailers

A fiscally conservative alternative to pre-roll ads, here's why retailers should consider using outstream video to showcase brand content during the h...

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