Category Archives: Trends

Top Tips for a Successful Digital Holiday Season

It’s that time of year again. Retailers have been planning the following six weeks for the last 46. If you just started holiday planning over the last few weeks, you’re probably too late to make the biggest impact for holiday … Continue reading

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The Social Media Spiral Of Unengagement

There’s no contesting the value and insight derived from direct consumer relationships in social media. Most brands are fully committed to developing and nurturing these connections by now, even though many have stutter-stepped their way into these “relationships.” The “like” … Continue reading

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Digital Experiences Are Redefining Brands

Has your company augmented its brand strategy or brand positioning within the last three years? If not, you may want to drop everything and add this as a priority on your marketing calendar for early 2012. Now is the time … Continue reading

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Enough With The Cloud Already – Long Live The Cloud

Allow me to demystify a monumental shift that is underway, hidden behind the buzzword of “the cloud.” For those who don’t care about the minor details (most people), for practical purposes the cloud is just the Internet. You use the … Continue reading

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Operating in Real Time: How Far Away Are We?

Until recently, companies have accepted the premise that predicting the future was more important and/or practical than reacting to the present. The time lag between gathering data, developing actionable insights and implementation in the market was too long to create … Continue reading

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Agencies As DMP’s

Winds of change are blowing down the halls of major media agencies. The race to develop data management and audience buying platforms is on. Does this surprise anyone? I hope not. It’s a logical evolution and has been underway for … Continue reading

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Here An Algorithm, There An Algorithm

Unless you have been living under a rock, you are well aware of the growing skew towards math and science in the digital media industry. We are operating in the age of the algorithm. So let’s put digital marketing technology … Continue reading

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