For brands like REI, Indochino, and Swarovski, the future of retail stores goes past product
Ecommerce

For brands like REI, Indochino, and Swarovski, the future of retail stores ...

8y Mike O'Brien

For brands like REI, Indochino, and Swarovski, the...

Executives from REI, Indochino, and Swarovski discuss the future of retail stores and how they're far more than places where they can sell products. R...

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Retargeting gets credit for sales that would have happened organically, say 83% of marketers
Digital Advertising

Retargeting gets credit for sales that would have happened organically, say...

8y Mike O'Brien

Retargeting gets credit for sales that would have ...

Consumers generally hate retargeting, which they associate with the worst of it—the ads that follow them around the Internet—yet marketers seem to lov...

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Uber, Airbnb and how their affiliate marketing strategies differ
Leadership

Uber, Airbnb and how their affiliate marketing strategies differ

8y Mike O'Brien

Uber, Airbnb and how their affiliate marketing str...

Uber and Airbnb have a lot of surface things in common: they're unicorns who have disrupted their respective industries and evolved into global powerh...

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3 examples of technology disrupting marketing
Leadership

3 examples of technology disrupting marketing

8y Mike O'Brien

3 examples of technology disrupting marketing

On the surface, "digital disruption" sounds like one of those marketing terms that's so overused it's been rendered meaningless. But Scott Brinker, Hu...

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3 new marketing attribution trends to keep an eye on
Analytics

3 new marketing attribution trends to keep an eye on

8y Tereza Litsa

3 new marketing attribution trends to keep an eye ...

Marketing attribution can save marketers from spending their budget without being able to analyze their best-performing channels. Now it’s time to exp...

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A technology company that sells ribs: Q+A with TGI Fridays' Sherif Mityas
AI & Automation

A technology company that sells ribs: Q+A with TGI Fridays' Sherif Mityas

8y Mike O'Brien

A technology company that sells ribs: Q+A with TGI...

When you're a restaurant that sees 500,000 people a day, how do you make sure they all feel engaged? For TGI Fridays, artificial intelligence is the k...

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3 ways Target is trying to become "America's easiest place to shop"
Ecommerce

3 ways Target is trying to become "America's easiest place to shop"

8y Mike O'Brien

3 ways Target is trying to become "America's easie...

2017 was a pivotal year for Target, having invested billions of dollars in expanding its omnichannel shopping capabilities. CEO Brian Cornell wants to...

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Four tips to make the most of marketing attribution
Data insights

Four tips to make the most of marketing attribution

8y Tereza Litsa

Four tips to make the most of marketing attributio...

Marketing attribution can make your strategy more effective by focusing on what matters. What you need is a strategy to make sure that you make the mo...

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Location and lenses: What does the future look like for Snapchat?
Social & Community

Location and lenses: What does the future look like for Snapchat?

8y Mike O'Brien

Location and lenses: What does the future look lik...

Despite new features for users and better analytics for marketers, Snap had a dismal Q1. Instagram has duplicated many of Snapchat's signature feature...

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What's your Alexa strategy?: Smart speakers and their role in the customer journey
AI & Automation

What's your Alexa strategy?: Smart speakers and their role in the customer ...

8y Mike O'Brien

What's your Alexa strategy?: Smart speakers and th...

Voice commerce is projected to explode over the next few years, from $2 billion today to more than $40 billion by 2022. But marketers don't have four ...

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5 first-party data strategies to power your personalization
Analytics

5 first-party data strategies to power your personalization

8y Mike O'Brien

5 first-party data strategies to power your person...

The most valuable data is the first-party data brands get directly from their customers. Here are five strategies that will help brands and advertiser...

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The evolution of brand storytelling: How Johnson & Johnson finds stories that connect
Content

The evolution of brand storytelling: How Johnson & Johnson finds storie...

8y Tim Flagg

The evolution of brand storytelling: How Johnson &...

Our brains are hard wired to respond to stories, so how should marketers be using them to engage potential customers? In the latest ClickZ webinar, we...

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Real-time advisor brands: Mobile customers usher in a new age of AI assistance
Leadership

Real-time advisor brands: Mobile customers usher in a new age of AI assista...

8y Brian Solis

Real-time advisor brands: Mobile customers usher i...

Consumers expect a seamless personalized experience with brands that understand their needs. In an age of mobile commerce, connected consumers have le...

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Coffee, doughnuts and Big Data: Q+A with Dunkin' Donuts VP Sherrill Kaplan
Mobile

Coffee, doughnuts and Big Data: Q+A with Dunkin' Donuts VP Sherrill Kaplan

8y Mike O'Brien

Coffee, doughnuts and Big Data: Q+A with Dunkin' D...

Naturally, loyalty is hugely important to Dunkin’ Donuts, which, despite its name, mostly sells coffee. We spoke with Kaplan about what inspired DD Pe...

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Mass one-to-one marketing: Procter & Gamble Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard on the future of marketing
Leadership

Mass one-to-one marketing: Procter & Gamble Chief Brand Officer Marc Pr...

8y Mike O'Brien

Mass one-to-one marketing: Procter & Gamble Ch...

At WHOSAY's ANA Masters of Marketing event, Procter & Gamble Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard discussed “mass one-to-one marketing" and why it's...

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[Study] Capitalizing on "mobile moments" is the key to connecting with consumers
Mobile

[Study] Capitalizing on "mobile moments" is the key to connecting with cons...

8y Mike O'Brien

[Study] Capitalizing on "mobile moments" is the ke...

"Reaching the right consumer at the right place at the right time" is easier said than done. While the proliferation of mobile devices makes anywhere ...

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Bad data breeds bad leads: Cleaning up data for the sake of the B2B sales cycle
Analytics

Bad data breeds bad leads: Cleaning up data for the sake of the B2B sales c...

8y Mike O'Brien

Bad data breeds bad leads: Cleaning up data for th...

We create more data than ever before—but most of that data is bad. What does that mean for B2B marketers and their lead generation efforts? Read More...

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Introduction to Customer Data Platforms
Analytics

Introduction to Customer Data Platforms

8y David Raab

Introduction to Customer Data Platforms

Customer Data Platforms claim to provide a solution to creating a single unified view of your customer. Here we dive into the industry definition of a...

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7 email marketing lessons from Dollar Shave Club, Dunkin Donuts and Kenneth Cole
Email

7 email marketing lessons from Dollar Shave Club, Dunkin Donuts and Kenneth...

8y Mike O'Brien

7 email marketing lessons from Dollar Shave Club, ...

We're all marketers, but we're also consumers. What email marketing lessons can we learn from our own user experience? Straight out of my own inbox, h...

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Marketing in the moment: Engaging with modern consumers
AI & Automation

Marketing in the moment: Engaging with modern consumers

8y Clark Boyd

Marketing in the moment: Engaging with modern cons...

Digital marketing brings more opportunities than ever before for brands to communicate with their audience. However, with the average attention span a...

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Personalized video and the future of marketing
Content

Personalized video and the future of marketing

8y Mike O'Brien

Personalized video and the future of marketing

Marketers love video content because consumers love video content. The problem is, there's a ton of it; 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube eve...

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GDPR: How US businesses are preparing
Analytics

GDPR: How US businesses are preparing

8y Clark Boyd

GDPR: How US businesses are preparing

With the May 25 2018 deadline for implementing the GDPR's stipulations fast approaching, global businesses are investing heavily to get their house in...

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The blockchain workout: ClickZ's most popular articles from October, November and December
Emerging Technology

The blockchain workout: ClickZ's most popular articles from October, Novemb...

8y Mike O'Brien

The blockchain workout: ClickZ's most popular arti...

The summer was retail-focused, but fall was more of a mixed bag. Amazon strategies, AI-powered personal trainers and blockchain made up your favorites...

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Looking back on 2017: ClickZ's most popular articles from January, February and March
Digital Marketing

Looking back on 2017: ClickZ's most popular articles from January, February...

8y Mike O'Brien

Looking back on 2017: ClickZ's most popular articl...

As 2017 winds down, ClickZ is looking back and reflecting on our year. Throughout the week, we'll be sharing our most-read articles from each month. W...

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Flashback to the forecast: Revisiting our 2017 predictions
Leadership

Flashback to the forecast: Revisiting our 2017 predictions

8y Mike O'Brien

Flashback to the forecast: Revisiting our 2017 pre...

Before we make predictions for 2018, we decided to take a look back at the ones from last year, such as explosions in artificial intelligence, live vi...

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6 changes in marketing measurement that will impact 2018
Analytics

6 changes in marketing measurement that will impact 2018

8y Sam Carter

6 changes in marketing measurement that will impac...

Too many marketers continue to rely on last-click attribution, without understanding the value played by all touchpoints in the customer journey. Here...

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7 ways to reduce cart abandonment with a more seamless checkout
Ecommerce

7 ways to reduce cart abandonment with a more seamless checkout

8y Mike O'Brien

7 ways to reduce cart abandonment with a more seam...

Cart abandonment is rampant, with fewer than a quarter of ecommerce transactions actually being completed. While expensive shipping is the number one ...

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