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2019 Will See Marketers Embracing Change (Tech HQ)

2019 could see three main thrusts being explored by marketers, namely customer journey mapping, content strategy and editorial planning as well as smarter agency-client relationshi... More

Smart Data to Help Bring World’s Remaining 3.7B People Online (The Guardian)

More than 90 per cent of the world now can access the Internet through a 3G or higher quality network.However, the latest data from ITU estimated that only 51.2 per cent of the wor... More

Amazon Music, Alexa and the Future of Voice-Enabled Technology (1redDrop)

One of the first things Amazon “trained” Alexa on was to play music from its Amazon Prime Music collection on Amazon Echo devices. Initial capabilities were merely direct comma... More

Five Key Trends Shaping Influencer Marketing in 2019 (Forbes)

Follower fraud became a major concern in 2018, moving beyond 2017’s concerns about state actors manipulating elections to concerns that some influencers were manipulating followe... More

Smart Content Holiday Publishing Schedule

We will not be publishing the Smart Content e-newsletter on Dec. 27. We will return to our regular publishing schedule on Jan. 3. Have a nice holiday, and a Happy New Year!... More

SAP, Manchester City Bring Technology Onto the Pitch for the First Time (SCN)

Around the world, SAP technology helps teams, coaches, and athletes tap into the power of data before and after matches, but also during games to gain a competitive edge. Since 201... More

Why Director of Marketing Data Will be the Hottest New Role of 2019 (Tech Republic)

Artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionize nearly every industry, and has already begun transforming the world of marketing, according to a Monday report from IBM Watson Ma... More

The 5 Biggest Marketing Trends for 2019 (Adobe Blog)

1. Data-Driven Creativity Will Be A Strategic Differentiator In Customer Experience. Data is important in getting the customer experience right, but great CX takes a mix of creativ... More

What the Modern CMO Looks Like (Forbes)

Marketing leaders today have more tools at their disposal than they can count. They’re tuned in to the world of smart devices and AI and they’re curating and adopting the lates... More

5 Principles of Customer Data for 2019 and Beyond (CMS Wire)

These days, it seems customer data is always in the news. Some recent activities include Salesforce announcing Customer 360 across all its clouds via a single customer ID and Micro... More

Adobe CEO on Magento, Marketo Deals Making ‘Only Comprehensive Platform’ for Enterprise Marketing (CNBC)

With its acquisitions of Magento Commerce and Marketo, Adobe has officially become the “only” one-stop shop for both consumer- and business-facing enterprises, CEO Shantanu Nar... More

How the Gig Economy Will Change in 2019 (Tech Republic)

1. More companies will jump on the gig economy bandwagon. Employees are looking for flexibility at work, which is what makes the gig economy so appealing. Flexibility has a huge im... More

The B2B App Boom Will Only Grow in 2019 (CMS Wire)

This has been a landmark year for the release of new business apps. Vendors, including software industry giants like IBM and SAP, have been flooding the market with hundreds of new... More

A 2019 Forecast for Data-Driven Business: From AI to Ethics (Forbes)

It should come as no surprise that 2018 continued to mark another year in the progression of data adoption in business. Companies are pushing forward with efforts to become increa... More

How TV Data is Changing the Way We Advertise Across Screens, Mediums (Exchange Wire)

Ben Maughan, TiVo: "While changes across the media ecosystem are inevitably taking place, key components are truly enabling transformational advertisement experiences across platfo... More

Why People Love Spotify’s Annual Wrap-Ups (The Atlantic)

Spotify Wrapped is a masterful coup of free advertising and an impressive display of consumer trust at a moment when our faith in tech companies is historically low. After all, to ... More

Adobe Launches ‘Industry-First’ Government ID Authentication Service (CBR)

Adobe has rolled out a raft of new tools in its Adobe Document Cloud, including an industry-first “government ID authentication” service for financial services customers. The a... More

Supply Chain Analytics – An Insight Into an Emerging Trend (Invenio Blog)

In today’s competitive global market place, excellence in Supply Chains is a key competitive differentiator. Hundreds of turbulent events can trigger volatility in supply markets... More

ANA, 4A’s Call for Widespread Use of VAST 4.1, Ad-ID (Media Post)

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s) today will begin pushing the industry for widespread adoption of Ad-ID a... More

6 Key Trends in Enterprise Mobility (MicroStrategy Blog)

Ventana Research asserts that by 2021, only 50% of organizations will have transformed their business processes to be more intelligent and automated by embracing digital technology... More

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