Kimberly Collins

Kimberly is a former Managing Editor of ClickZ and Search Engine Watch.

CDP industry continues to expand, hits $2.4 billion in funding
Analytics

CDP industry continues to expand, hits $2.4 billion in funding

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CDP industry continues to expand, hits $2.4 billio...

CDP industry funding has grown 72% in the past 12 months, from $1.4 billion in July 2018 to $2.4 billion in July 2019. Projected revenue is $1 billion...

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Cross-channel attribution via incrementality measurement: Measured CEO/Co-founder
Disruptive MarTech

Cross-channel attribution via incrementality measurement: Measured CEO/Co-f...

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Cross-channel attribution via incrementality measu...

D2C companies like Peloton are increasingly turning to incrementality measurement for attribution. Measured CEO Trevor Testwuide on why that's the cas...

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60% of podcast listeners report looking up a product or service after hearing an ad
Disruptive MarTech

60% of podcast listeners report looking up a product or service after heari...

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60% of podcast listeners report looking up a produ...

New numbers show podcast listeners and podcast ads continue on the rise. Adobe has released a new Audio Analytics product. What other companies will f...

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Customer experience via the contact center: Q&A with Calabrio CMO Rebecca Martin
Ecommerce

Customer experience via the contact center: Q&A with Calabrio CMO Rebecca M...

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Customer experience via the contact center: Q&A wi...

"Marketers can do wonders if they just look at what's going on under their own nose in their organization's contact center," says Calabrio's Rebecca M...

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Only 8% of stores use live chat correctly, new report says
Chatbots

Only 8% of stores use live chat correctly, new report says

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Only 8% of stores use live chat correctly, new rep...

"Most online retailers are leaving money (and marketing campaign ROI) on the table," Vincent Phamvan, Head of Growth at Simplr, told ClickZ. Read More...

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US digital ad spend up 18% YoY, new IAB report says
Digital Advertising

US digital ad spend up 18% YoY, new IAB report says

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US digital ad spend up 18% YoY, new IAB report say...

Digital ad spend in the US reached $28.4 billion in Q1 of 2019, up from $23.9 billion in Q1 of last year. Retail accounts for nearly 22% of that spend...

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Content marketing for enterprises: Q&A with Percolate CEO Randy Wootton and VP of Marketing Greg Roth
Disruptive MarTech

Content marketing for enterprises: Q&A with Percolate CEO Randy Wootton and...

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Content marketing for enterprises: Q&A with Percol...

Percolate focuses specifically on enterprise marketing management, and clients report signficant savings around asset creation, admin, and consolidati...

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Conversational marketing, data hygiene, and marketing to B2B marketers: Q&A with Pardot VP of Marketing Nate Skinner
Disruptive MarTech

Conversational marketing, data hygiene, and marketing to B2B marketers: Q&a...

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Conversational marketing, data hygiene, and market...

Nate Skinner, VP of Marketing at Salesforce's Pardot, shares with ClickZ his perspective on what's happening in the world of B2B marketing. Read More...

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Measurement & attribution microclass: Free course with Facebook and Fospha
Digital Marketing

Measurement & attribution microclass: Free course with Facebook and Fos...

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Measurement & attribution microclass: Free cou...

Together with Facebook and Fospha, we've designed a free online course on measurement and attribution for marketers, to help educate decision makers o...

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Martech news roundup: Zendesk acquires Smooch, Google updates mobile SERPs, LinkedIn ads transparency
Disruptive MarTech

Martech news roundup: Zendesk acquires Smooch, Google updates mobile SERPs,...

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Martech news roundup: Zendesk acquires Smooch, Goo...

Roundup of top news in martech from the week of May 20-24, 2019. Read More...

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What's holding companies back from delivering on customer experience? Q&A with Deloitte Digital's Experience leader Angel Vaccaro
Analytics

What's holding companies back from delivering on customer experience? Q&...

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What's holding companies back from delivering on c...

"To really get it right, you have to focus on the data first. If you can't get your data right, then a tool's just a tool." Angel Vaccaro speaks to Cl...

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Photoslurp: How user-generated content (UGC) can increase online sales by 15%
Disruptive MarTech

Photoslurp: How user-generated content (UGC) can increase online sales by 1...

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Photoslurp: How user-generated content (UGC) can i...

CEO and cofounder of Photoslurp talks to us about how companies are using user-generated content to grow their ecommerce presence with social, visual ...

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Marketing Technology Awards: Official winners and finalists review
Disruptive MarTech

Marketing Technology Awards: Official winners and finalists review

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Marketing Technology Awards: Official winners and ...

The full review of finalists and winners from this year's Marketing Technology Awards is now available. The report includes an overview of each compan...

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Martech news roundup: Salesforce acquires MapAnything, Google, Spotify news
Disruptive MarTech

Martech news roundup: Salesforce acquires MapAnything, Google, Spotify news

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Martech news roundup: Salesforce acquires MapAnyth...

Roundup of top news in martech from the week of April 16-23, 2019. Read More...

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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 ...

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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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Video: Intro to customer data platforms and when to use them
Analytics

Video: Intro to customer data platforms and when to use them

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Video: Intro to customer data platforms and when t...

Customer data platforms (CDPs) aren’t nearly as complicated as they sound. In essence, they gather all your customer data in one place so you can then...

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Martech news roundup: Salesforce + Google Cloud, Vimeo buys Magisto, IAB Tech Lab new products
Disruptive MarTech

Martech news roundup: Salesforce + Google Cloud, Vimeo buys Magisto, IAB Te...

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Martech news roundup: Salesforce + Google Cloud, V...

Roundup of top news in martech from the week of Apr 8-Apr 16, 2019. Read More...

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What makes Emarsys different than other B2C marketing automation platforms? Q&A with Emarsys President, Americas, Sean Brady
Email

What makes Emarsys different than other B2C marketing automation platforms?...

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What makes Emarsys different than other B2C market...

Emarsys is a B2C marketing automation platform used by brands like ebay, Canon, Tupperware, and Best Buy. Interview with President Sean Brady on how t...

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Omnichannel marketing automation statistics for 2019
Disruptive MarTech

Omnichannel marketing automation statistics for 2019

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Omnichannel marketing automation statistics for 20...

Recent study shows advantages of omnichannel marketing automation including 250% higher purchase frequency and 90% higher customer retention rates. Re...

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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 ...

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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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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...

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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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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: "Know where the world is going. You have to bet right, long before it's conventional"
Industry Developments

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: "Know where the world is going. You have to be...

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: "Know where the world...

Thoughts from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaking last week on innovation, business transformation, and upcoming tech trends -- all of which have led...

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Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly: "Ten years ago at Best Buy, we thought 'Amazon will kill us'"
Digital Transformation

Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly: "Ten years ago at Best Buy, we thought 'Amazon wi...

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Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly: "Ten years ago at Best B...

Last week, Best Buy CEO spoke at the Adobe Summit in Las Vegas about the company's digital transformation over the past decade, and what's next for Be...

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Marketing attribution and data management 2019: Key takeaways from research briefing
Analytics

Marketing attribution and data management 2019: Key takeaways from research...

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Marketing attribution and data management 2019: Ke...

Research (and lots of graphs) around the main data challenges for marketers today, what factors people asses in marketing intelligence vendors, attrib...

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The ClickZ Marketing Technology Awards 2019: And the winners were....
Disruptive MarTech

The ClickZ Marketing Technology Awards 2019: And the winners were....

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The ClickZ Marketing Technology Awards 2019: And t...

Announcing the winners from the ClickZ Marketing Technology Awards 2019! Huge congrats to each of these excellent companies for their achievements. Re...

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Research: 26% of US adults own a smart speaker as of January 2019
Voice

Research: 26% of US adults own a smart speaker as of January 2019

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Research: 26% of US adults own a smart speaker as ...

A new report found that 66.4 million US adults own a smart speaker as of January 2019, up from 47.3 million in January 2018. Other key findings from r...

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Two top officials leave Facebook as Zuck focuses on privacy
Industry Developments

Two top officials leave Facebook as Zuck focuses on privacy

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Two top officials leave Facebook as Zuck focuses o...

On March 14, Facebook's Chief Product Officer and head of WhatsApp announced their departures, tied to Zuckerberg's new privacy-focused direction. Rea...

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