Meg Goldthwaite, Chief Marketing Officer at National Public Radio, took the stage at MarTech in San Jose on April 4 and offered a lively exposition of NPR’s approach to content programming in an era where sound-oriented media are increasingly consumed through voice-enabled devices such as Alexa, Google Home and smartphones equipped with voice assistants like…
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is set to take effect next year and is likely to become the de facto national privacy standard for online publishers and marketers. Ahead of this deadline, however, competing groups are lobbying for changes in its terms. AB 1760 looks more like GDPR. A recently proposed amendment in the…
On Wednesday, Netflix exceeded expectations with its Q1 earnings report. However, investors were met with disappointment following the company’s weak guidance for next quarter. Netflix revenues were $4.52 billion compared with consensus expectations of $4.50 billion – a 22 percent increase year over year. The company also attracted a record 9.6 million new subscribers worldwide,…
The User’s Perspective: Using Story Structure To Stand In Your User’s Shoes The User’s Perspective: Using Story Structure To Stand In Your User’s Shoes John Rhea 2019-04-16T16:00:16+02:00 2019-04-17T12:35:37+00:00 Every user interaction with your website is part of a story. The user—the hero—finds themselves on a journey through your website on the way to their goal….
Airstream might just have the most iconic and recognizable campers around. So when it came to visualizing their marketing technology stacks, the company didn’t stray far from the campgrounds. The company partnered with marketing agency Element Three to develop a slide that ultimately earned them one of five Stackie Awards at MarTech earlier this month…
Optimizing Performance With Resource Hints Optimizing Performance With Resource Hints Drew McLellan 2019-04-17T12:30:16+02:00 2019-04-17T12:35:37+00:00 Modern web browsers use all sorts of techniques to help improve page load performance by guessing what the user may be likely to do next. The browser doesn’t know much about our site or application as a whole, though, and often…
Wider spread internet adoption and mobile use worldwide are opening up lucrative new markets in Latin America, China and the rest of Asia-Pacific and more. Global opportunities bring with them a whole new realm of user behaviors, language and intent considerations, and search engine expectations for SEOs to navigate. Google is practically nonexistent in China,…
Artist Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) used iOS Airdrop at Coachella to surprise random festival-goers with a photo of shoes he created in collaboration with Adidas. Those who accepted the Airdrop received a free pair of the sneakers – with terms and conditions, of course. The lucky recipients had to sign a contract stating they…
Previously, I’ve outlined some findings from Amazon benchmark reports in this column, but applying those findings across other retailers required some degree of guesswork. Which metrics or trends are transferrable in light of different site experiences, consumer bases, etc.? With the latest report from Salsify (my employer) including data directly comparing the product content landscape…
Design At Scale: One Year With Figma Design At Scale: One Year With Figma Paul Hanaoka 2019-04-15T13:30:48+02:00 2019-04-15T12:35:02+00:00 This article will be about how large teams can benefit from using more open, collaborative tooling and how to make adoption and migration feasible and pleasant. Also, in case you didn’t guess from the title of the…
