Marketing
Back To Reality: The ‘Pokémon GO’ Craze Didn’t Really Help Local Businesses (Forbes)
At its peak this summer, one in ten Americans was playing Pokémon GO. The smash hit game for catching Nintendo’s popular digital characters around real-world neighborhoods soare... More
Weather Company Taps IBM’s Watson to Deliver Targeted Ads (Beet.TV)
After “Hey, Siri”, “Alexa” and “OK Google”, comes… The Weather Company, whose partnership with IBM aims to let audiences converse with brand ads using their voice or ... More
With Shortcut, ‘This American Life’ is Trying to Make Its Show — and Other Podcasts — More Sharable (Nieman Journalism Lab)
Of the many problems that vex podcast and radio producers, the shareability of audio — or the lack thereof — remains at or near the top of the list. Unlike photos, videos, and ... More
An Inside Look at Snapchat’s New, High-Tech Ads API (AdAge)
Snapchat has turned on the gears of its ad technology platform, unleashing a new way to buy and even test ads. Snapchat has fired up its ads API -- application programming interfac... More
Salesforce Launches Commerce Cloud: A Look at Next Steps (CMS Wire)
Less than four months after Salesforce acquired Demandware for $2.8 billion, the San Francisco-based CRM giant today relaunched the e-commerce software as the Salesforce Commerce C... More
AI, Advertising’s Next Big Step In Personalizing Branded Videos (MediaPost)
Artificial intelligence software remains the foundation of most services and products that advertisers will see this year. While search became the first to demonstrate the power of... More
Location Tracking and the Trouble With ‘Opting In’ (AdAge)
Anyone who's opened a new app lately has seen a location- tracking pop-up that reads something like, "Allow app to access this device's location?" Most people tap "Allow" on the as... More
IBM Watson: Talking to an Ad (MediaPost)
IBM Watson has become for many a household name, complete with appearances on "Jeopardy" -- and in an earlier iteration, the defeat of the chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. Watson ... More
Oracle, Visa Introduce New Tools to Help Improve Digital Ad Performance (SCN)
Visa, in partnership with Oracle, today introduced Visa Advertising Solutions, a new suite of products to help merchants understand whether their digital advertising efforts are in... More
Marketers Are Getting the Snapchat Targeting Data They Want. Will That Scare Off Users? (Adweek)
Having wowed advertisers at the Cannes Lions in June with the unveiling of its long-awaited ad tech platform, Snapchat has shown no signs of slowing down. The popular messaging app... More
How to Market Your Content Well? (V2 Solutions Blogs)
Nevertheless of whether your business is looking to build or buy your content marketing expertise, setting yourself up for greater success will take dedication, determination and a... More
Oracle Marketing Cloud’s New Chief Emphasizes Integration, ROI (AdExchanger)
Laura Ipsen – formerly an SVP of Oracle’s global industry solutions group – met this week with prospective and current marketer clients at DMEXCO and throughout Europe. “A ... More
Ad, TV, Video Trades Organize Around Tech Standards: Seek Single ‘Mezzanine’ Format (MediaPost)
The proliferation of so-called “cross-platform” screens for watching TV and video has focused the media industry on measuring and understanding how consumers view advertising a... More
Vast Media: Netflix, HBO Get Smart (Promotionally) for ‘Narcos,’ ‘Westworld’
Before its anticipated sci-fi series “Westworld” lands Oct. 2, HBO went all out with a new promotion for the series: a unique web site that does more than just tout the show, a... More
Here’s How Shoppable Video Will (Finally) Work (VentureBeat)
The dream of being able to buy a product directly from a TV show dates back to the beginning of the new millennium. At industry conferences around the world, executives spoke longi... More
Why Venture Capitalists Are Betting on Marketing Tech Over Ad Tech (WSJ)
If you’re trying to secure millions of dollars in venture capital, these days it may be better to pitch your business as “marketing tech” rather than “ad tech.” It has be... More
Retail Beacons Are Becoming More Popular, but Their Effectiveness Is Debated (BizTech)
Bluetooth low-energy beacons are often mentioned among the hottest technologies that retailers are using to gather more information on customers and send those customers special of... More
Xerox App Connects Shoppers, Commuters (D&C)
A shopping app developed by Xerox is debuting in Hoboken, New Jersey, with the potential to expand to other large and medium-sized cities. Hoboken is partnering with Xerox and AR J... More
How Adobe Uses Machine Learning to Drive Marketing Success (CIO)
Earlier this year, Adobe took the wraps off its new Adobe Marketing Cloud, touting new data science capabilities like Adobe Analytics' Segment IQ, which uses machine learning to he... More
Use Big Data to Create Value for Customers, Not Just Target Them (Harvard Business Review)
Big data holds out big promises for marketing. Notably, it pledges to answer two of the most vexing questions that have stymied marketers since they started selling: 1) who buys wh... More