Walgreens turns to Pinterest video ads to promote "small gifting"
Acquisition

Walgreens turns to Pinterest video ads to promote "small gifting"

9y Al Roberts

Walgreens turns to Pinterest video ads to promote ...

While it typically conjures up images of consumers clamoring for deals on big ticket items, American retailer Walgreens is hoping that this year it ca...

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The inevitable rise of pet influencers
Media

The inevitable rise of pet influencers

9y Al Roberts

The inevitable rise of pet influencers

Move over humans. When it comes time to promote their products and services, more and more brands are turning to social media influencers who have fur...

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LinkedIn Sponsored InMail goes self-serve
Email

LinkedIn Sponsored InMail goes self-serve

9y Al Roberts

LinkedIn Sponsored InMail goes self-serve

In March, LinkedIn launched Sponsored InMail, an ad solution that allows marketers to send promotional messages to the InMail inboxes of LinkedIn user...

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Alibaba racks up $17.8 billion in Singles' Day sales
Data insights

Alibaba racks up $17.8 billion in Singles' Day sales

9y Al Roberts

Alibaba racks up $17.8 billion in Singles' Day sal...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are right around the corner, but the world's biggest online shopping event, Singles' Day, occurred last Friday, November...

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Grubhub sparks social media controversy with CEO's post-election letter
Media

Grubhub sparks social media controversy with CEO's post-election letter

9y Al Roberts

Grubhub sparks social media controversy with CEO's...

The 2016 US presidential election was one for the ages. Read More...

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Facebook opens Messenger sponsored messages to all advertisers
Media

Facebook opens Messenger sponsored messages to all advertisers

9y Al Roberts

Facebook opens Messenger sponsored messages to all...

Facebook Messenger was the fastest growing app of 2015 and this year, as many expected, Facebook moved to monetize the messaging app, which now has mo...

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Donald Trump is the first earned media president
Media

Donald Trump is the first earned media president

9y Al Roberts

Donald Trump is the first earned media president

Election 2016 is over and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump claimed the presidency in a victory that most pollsters didn’t see coming...

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Is Staples' Watson-powered Easy System the future of B2B sales?
Ecommerce

Is Staples' Watson-powered Easy System the future of B2B sales?

9y Al Roberts

Is Staples' Watson-powered Easy System the future ...

When Amazon Echo launched in 2014, some questioned its utility. Fast forward to 2016 and awareness of Echo, which can now be used to order physical an...

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Facebook is bringing its Audience Network to TV
Media

Facebook is bringing its Audience Network to TV

9y Al Roberts

Facebook is bringing its Audience Network to TV

By some estimates, Google and Facebook are capturing upwards of 80% of every new dollar spent on digital advertising, but with the pool of dollars spe...

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Three reasons you might not need Google AMP after all
Disruptive MarTech

Three reasons you might not need Google AMP after all

9y Ben Jacobson

Three reasons you might not need Google AMP after ...

Mobile devices currently account for more than half of all internet use on a global level, and yet, many websites are still not mobile-friendly. Even ...

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Publishers struggle with AMP page monetization
Display Advertising

Publishers struggle with AMP page monetization

9y Al Roberts

Publishers struggle with AMP page monetization

Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) initiative has gained significant traction in the past 12 months, and high-profile publishers such as Th...

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Snapchat's autoplay change reveals influencer marketing shortcomings
Media

Snapchat's autoplay change reveals influencer marketing shortcomings

9y Al Roberts

Snapchat's autoplay change reveals influencer mark...

Earlier this month, Snapchat stopped autoplaying video Snaps on its platform. Almost immediately, view counts for some of the top Snapchat accounts dr...

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Are you asking for too much information on web forms?
Ecommerce

Are you asking for too much information on web forms?

9y Graham Charlton

Are you asking for too much information on web for...

Long web forms can deter customers, and one way to reduce the workload is to remove unnecessary fields and questions. Your customers will understand ...

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Mobile is the key link between Hong Kong marketers and Chinese consumers
Ecommerce

Mobile is the key link between Hong Kong marketers and Chinese consumers

9y Guest Writer

Mobile is the key link between Hong Kong marketers...

Our research shows that 80% of Mainland Chinese tourists to Hong Kong have already made their purchasing decisions before travel to the city – largely...

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Political ads are hurting brand ad effectiveness
Display Advertising

Political ads are hurting brand ad effectiveness

9y Al Roberts

Political ads are hurting brand ad effectiveness

Election 2016 will be over soon, and the coming weeks will no doubt see a flurry of ads as the campaigns and their supporters make a final effort to i...

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Decoding Blockchain’s potential for brands
Blockchain

Decoding Blockchain’s potential for brands

9y Guest Writer

Decoding Blockchain’s potential for brands

Blockchain will transform your brand, no matter your industry. Technology and finance visionaries have evangelized the technology’s potential for year...

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Google comes under fire for privacy policy PII change
Display Advertising

Google comes under fire for privacy policy PII change

9y Al Roberts

Google comes under fire for privacy policy PII cha...

Earlier this year, Google made a change to its privacy policy that is now drawing criticism from privacy proponents. As detailed by ProPublica, Google...

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It’s time to deal with the next fraud frontier: attribution
Ad Industry Metrics

It’s time to deal with the next fraud frontier: attribution

9y Alan Beiagi

It’s time to deal with the next fraud frontier: at...

While ad fraud has become part of every marketer’s vocabulary, attribution fraud—the practice of gaming outdated attribution models to justify self-se...

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Netflix grows subscriber base even with fewer top movies
Media

Netflix grows subscriber base even with fewer top movies

9y Al Roberts

Netflix grows subscriber base even with fewer top ...

On Monday, Netflix reported that it added 370,000 new subscribers in the U.S. in the third quarter, 20% more than the 300,000 it anticipated, and 3.2 ...

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Snapchat to publishers: no more revshare, we'll pay you for content
Media

Snapchat to publishers: no more revshare, we'll pay you for content

9y Al Roberts

Snapchat to publishers: no more revshare, we'll pa...

Snapchat Discover has been a hit with publishers that want access to the popular messaging app’s highly-desirable audience, and some reports eve...

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Facebook adds scheduling for Facebook Live broadcasts
Media

Facebook adds scheduling for Facebook Live broadcasts

9y Al Roberts

Facebook adds scheduling for Facebook Live broadca...

Little more than a year ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg streamed the first live video from Facebook headquarters. In April of this year, his company...

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Five mobile must-haves to impact the customer journey this holiday season
Media

Five mobile must-haves to impact the customer journey this holiday season

9y Michael Della Penna

Five mobile must-haves to impact the customer jour...

According to Deloitte’s annual retail holiday sales forecast, retailers should expect to see an uptick in both in-store and online sales this coming h...

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Spotify trades users commercials for branded moment video ads
Display Advertising

Spotify trades users commercials for branded moment video ads

9y Al Roberts

Spotify trades users commercials for branded momen...

Spotify, the popular digital music service, is getting into the video ad game with a new ad offering called “branded moments.” Currently, ...

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Three ways to crack the more vs. less marketing content conundrum
Content

Three ways to crack the more vs. less marketing content conundrum

9y Guest Writer

Three ways to crack the more vs. less marketing co...

Running, in some ways, is a lot like content marketing. Why? With running, some articles say a walk would be healthier, while others extol the virtues...

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Nine great examples of web form design
Design

Nine great examples of web form design

9y Graham Charlton

Nine great examples of web form design

Filling in forms online can be a pain, but good design can make a lot of difference to the user experience.  To coincide with our new Marketer’s Guide...

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Move up the metrics value chain: social shares are great, but only if they lead to outcomes
Analytics

Move up the metrics value chain: social shares are great, but only if they ...

9y Adam Singer

Move up the metrics value chain: social shares are...

Something I’m asked frequently at conferences and from marketers is what metrics they should be striving for from their social media marketing. They ...

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Google acquires FameBit to cash in on YouTube branded content
Content

Google acquires FameBit to cash in on YouTube branded content

9y Al Roberts

Google acquires FameBit to cash in on YouTube bran...

Yesterday, Google announced that it is acquiring FameBit, an influencer marketing platform. The startup, which was founded in 2013, helps brands conne...

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