Over the years, we have seen manufacturers using all available technologies to aggregate and publish various types of enhanced information about their products. While rich content may not be new to most brands, product manufacturers and retailers in the eCommerce world, it continues to help boost conversions and to connect at a deeper level with their consumers.

Rich product content – which can include photos, videos, interactive tours, 360 views, comparison charts, Q&As and product selectors, has...

It’s almost possible to hear the sigh from marketers around the country… as if there isn’t enough to fit into every day, they’re now expected to become a psychology expert too?!

Well, not exactly. But if marketers want to ensure their communications strategies thrive in 2017, they need to know a few things about cognitive biases. These mental tendencies have the potential to pose some of the biggest obstacles to ROI in the next 12 months, and the worse thing is, they can’t even...

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Opinion A recent study conducted and released by MobileBridge indicates that mobile marketing tools, though accepted by the marketing community, have been slow to receive updates and delayed in expanding their current mobile apps. It seems that mobile technology is way ahead of marketing applications and perhaps ahead of the understanding of this potentially beneficial technology as well.

What does that mean to me, as a supporter of integrated marketing and omni-channel marketing? If the...

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“Influencer marketing is one of the most promising and underappreciated disciplines in the digital marketing mix” - Brian Solis

Influencer marketing became mainstream in 2016. However, with pure pay to play and short-term campaign practices dominating the conversation, many misconceptions remain in this nascent space. Curious to see how the practice is perceived within leading enterprises around the world, Traackr and TopRank Marketing teamed up to survey 102 brand strategists and...

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By Paul Jarrett, MD, Sonin

Since the launch of the App Store back in 2008, apps have evolved from simple novelties to intelligent tools that brands use to reach and engage their customers. Yet, despite 71% of marketers now considering mobile as critical to hitting their targets, rumours continue to circulate claiming that we’re on the brink of a ‘post-app era’, or an ‘app-ocalypse’.

What we’re currently experiencing isn’t the death of apps...

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The way in which people consume content has changed dramatically in the past decade. The uptake in mobile media consumption has created a diverse range of platforms, and marketers now have incredible opportunities for reaching target audiences. However, these technological developments have proven to be somewhat of a double-edged sword; people consume content so rapidly and in so many ways, that it can be hard for brands to catch the eye and convey their message.

Because of this difficulty,...

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The number of marketing executives who understand the importance of keeping pace with consumer levels of mobile engagement is ‘underwhelming’, according to a new report from MobileBridge.

The report, which surveyed more than 50 professionals in the EMEA and US, argued marketing teams have a ‘rich opportunity’ to integrate ‘beyond push messages’ and create greater integration with consumers. Key initiatives for respondents in their road to digital...

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It may not come as a huge surprise that the mobile phone is one of the most prevalent pieces of technology ever invented, but so much so that Cisco found more people will have mobile phones (5.4 billion) than electricity (5.3 billion), running water (3.5 billion) and cars (2.8 billion) by 2020.

The rapid growth of mobile devices has caused accessibility to outpace the growth of what we consider basic necessities. Pair that with the fact that consumers are spending more time on...

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Podcasts have grown exponentially over the past 12 months. Acast, a curated platform for podcasts, has increased its listeners from 4 million in November 2015 to 10.9 million in November 2016. More globally, Rawvoice, a data firm that tracks 20,000 shows, reported that 75 million people listen to its podcasts each month – triple the 25million listeners it had just five years ago. And Edison Research shows weekly podcast consumption is on a constant year on year growth of...