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- Advertising Technology
Bridging the Traditional-Digital Advertising Divide
Media consumption habits have changed dramatically over the past five years, and advertising campaigns are evolving to keep pace. Today, ad dollars are being reallocated from offline channels like TV, print, and radio to digital and programmatic ad buying. However, many brands are uncertain of reallocating tried-and-true methods for their media plans to digital. TV is expected to still account…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
3 Unique Industry Digital Marketing Tips
There’s no question that digital marketing is a powerful beast — and one helluva fickle beast at that. As much as we’d all like to assume that digital marketing is basically the same no matter what, it’s most definitely not, and the reasons are pretty obvious. As a business, you can opt to devote certain percentages of your time and…
- Content Marketing
Wipster: Video Review and Approval Platform
We’ve been working with our friends at 12 Stars Media (long-time fans and friends!) on a client’s video. It’s a sophisticated video, involving intros, outros, b-roll, customer footage, and interviews all wrapped up in just over 2 minutes. They sent over a link where we can access the video via Wipster, a video review and approval platform. It’s a very…
- Social Media & Influencer Marketing
The Best Way to Manage Multiple Twitter Accounts
Please tell me you’re still cheering on Twitter… I love the platform and probably always will. That said, I have struggled for months with the default Twitter desktop application for the Mac. My system would slow down to crawl, and Twitter would eventually become unresponsive. I’m only guessing that the developers and QA folks testing the app don’t have many…
- Content Marketing
Authority: The Missing Element of Most Content Strategies
There’s not a week that goes by on Martech Zone that we aren’t curating and sharing other people’s facts, opinions, quotes, and even their content by way of infographics and other publications. We are not a curation site for other people’s content, though. Sharing other people’s ideas doesn’t make you an authority, it recognizes and strengthens the author’s authority. But……
- E-commerce and Retail
ROBO: How Today’s Shoppers Research Online and Buy Offline
The phenomenon known as Research Online, Buy Offline (ROBO) has emerged as a significant force shaping consumer behavior. While e-commerce continues to grow, it’s crucial to recognize that 90% of consumer purchases still occur in physical retail outlets. This statistic underscores the enduring importance of brick-and-mortar stores, even as online influences play an increasingly pivotal role in the shopping journey.…
- Content Marketing
The Impact of Going Global with Your Mobile App
With 7,000 languages in the world and growth internationally for mobile applications, you’re most likely selling yourself short if you go to market with an app that doesn’t support localization… er localisation. Interestingly enough, Mobile apps that support English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese, can reach half the globe It’s important to note that 72% of app users are not native…
- Advertising Technology
How Are Advertisers Capitalizing on March Madness?
In 2015, there were 11.3 million average total viewers of the NCAA’s March Madness, along with a record 80.7 million live video stream viewers. The most watched game attracted 28.3 million total viewers. If you don’t think it’s a big deal, you should try working in downtown Indianapolis this month (where our offices are)! We’ll be working from home most…
- Advertising Technology
Skimlinks Data Provider Checklist – Asking the Right Questions
Until recently, digital marketers and ad agency professionals who were looking to make programmatic ad buys confronted a black box data scenario. Most aren’t engineers or data scientists, and they had to take a leap of faith and trust the data provider’s claims about data quality, reviewing results after implementation — and after the purchase was already made. But what…
- Email Marketing & Automation
Email Drip Campaign Tips, Examples, Statistics and Best Practices
Email drip campaigns, akin to the precision and care of drip irrigation in agriculture, are a cornerstone in nurturing and converting leads within the digital marketing landscape. What is a Drip Email Campaign? Email drip campaigns consist of a series of pre-written, automated emails dispatched to potential customers at various stages of the buyer’s journey, from initial awareness to post-purchase…
