
Reframe your thinking about the beacon opportunity
I’m tired of those articles as well, and there’s a reason you hear much less about beacons than you did two years ago: Beacons lost their...

MarTech conference highlights digital marketers’ central dilemma
The central dilemma facing modern marketers can be summed up in two words: Infinite power. That dilemma percolated throughout...

Fraudsters don’t sleep, no matter who owns the tools to fight them
While evidence of this trend can be found in every corner of the ecosystem, it has come full force to the top among independent...

Swimming up(bid)stream
This isn’t because there are suddenly more people on the planet, or users are visiting massively more pages, or the number of ads on...

Here’s why GDPR can drive the attitude shift that modern marketing needs
If you listen to the buzz about the coming onset of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you might think you have to throw out...

System 1 Research launches a VR testing tool for shopping
You’re pushing a grocery cart down an aisle in Walmart, and you pause to grab and toss in a bag of candy. Just another day at the store,...

Forrester’s first Waves on journey analytics show the growing importance of customers’ steps toward
In marketing — as in life — it’s not about the destination as much as it’s about the journey. Which is why research firm Forrester...

The fallacy of choice: How conversational UIs are altering the marketing landscape
Apple’s new iPhone X is doing away with nearly everything but the screen. Now, we’ll only have to look at it for it to know that it’s us...

Busting AI myths: Why AI will help marketers usher in an era of extreme personalization
In an era of great innovation, marketing still largely operates with legacy mindsets and technologies. Time, however, isn’t on the side...

MailChimp adds Google Ads as it becomes a multichannel platform
MailChimp took another step this week toward becoming a multichannel marketing platform, announcing that users can now create and deploy...

Sailthru issues a Personalization Index for online retailers
If you’ve been wondering how different retailers rank in their personalization, there’s now an index for that. Personalization provider...

6 ways the Era of Bots could dramatically change how products are marketed and sold
Let’s assume that software bots continue to proliferate, grow more intelligent and capable, and even generate a bot-to-bot ecosystem,...

Lytics becomes first customer data platform to add campaign coordination
The customer data platform (CDP), which is gaining a foothold as the central repository of all customer data, is now evolving. Last...

Successful brands aren’t focusing on what’s now — they’re focusing on what’s next
I didn’t even try to resist. It’s almost as if they knew I would go for it — even though it would totally disrupt the lives of my family....

Why marketing convergence is non-negotiable in a post-mobile world
A game of pong on such a device was inconceivable, let alone access to the world wide web (which didn’t even exist at that time). It...

Janrain launches centralized data access control
Janrain makes its living by offering social sign-ons, so that members of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks can quickly employ...

Are you ready to evolve beyond marketing automation in the next era of B2B marketing?
Marketing automation is a gangly teenager going through its awkward phase. At the same time, C-suite and customer expectations of...

For Staples, it’s no longer just about office supplies
You might think that, for a company like Staples, it’s all about having the cheapest paper or the widest range of printer inks. It’s...

Stop wasting your marketing efforts: The 3 prongs to inbox placement
Content, personalization and timing are a critical part of marketing automation success. But if the email ends up in the junk folder,...
























