I’d rather see comedian Amy Schumer spit up milk than watch most Instagram Sponsored Ads. That was an actual thought I had when I was scrolling through my Instagram feed the other day. First, I saw an ad that I immediately skipped. Second, I saw an organic video of Schumer with milk dribbling out of…
Our daily routine can be quite challenging at times. The more roadblocks we experience in fulfilling the demands of our workplace, the more we look forward to a seamless holiday experience to break out from our everyday tasks. This wonderful hotel and spa icon set can help you to design a visually delightful holiday experience…
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Musical chairs: where do beacons fit in the retail sensor landscape?Apr 27, 2016 by Florent Peyre As more retailers adopt beacon technology, columnist Florent Peyre believes it’s only a matter of…
Facebook’s quarterly earnings reports are almost obnoxious at this point. Imagine if every few months an already rich friend of yours announced they’ve become even richer. That’s Facebook. via GIPHY Through the first three months of 2016, Facebook made $5.38 billion and banked $1.51 billion in net income. That overall quarterly revenue figure is 52%…
With an increasingly robust international user base, and more direct response-type ad products available than at any point in its history, Facebook has increasingly become a go-to channel for advertisers directly selling physical products. Fashion retailers, flash-sale sites and subscription services all have significant presences on the site. In this environment, marketers not only have…
Beacons are interesting retail technologies to watch. We already know that big brands like Macy’s and Target are testing beacons in their stores, and more recently, retailers like Barney’s new flagship store in Manhattan are deploying full beacon networks. I think we’ll see a hockey stick in beacon adoption in the coming year. But it’s…
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Oracle’s Marketing Cloud is today offering account-based management (ABM) lead acquisition, and a deeper integration with topic-based data from its January acquisition of social insights platform AddThis. The Audience Data Marketplace in Oracle’s Data Cloud has been “consumer-focused with a bit of business data,” group vice president of products John Stetic told me. Targeting was…
Amazon is not only one of the top digital shopping destinations, but it also has become a major search engine for product-related searches. In a previous Marketing Land article titled, “The Future of Search for CPG Companies,” I discussed the shift in consumer behavior regarding product-level search, making Amazon the product search engine of choice…
About.com has launched its first standalone media property with the announcement of Verywell.com, a website focusing on health and wellness topics. Defining the move as a next step in its evolution as a brand, About.com reports its new website already contains more than 50,000 pieces of content. “Verywell takes a human approach to health information,…
