A highlight of the acclaimed Marketing Leadership Series hosted by AMA Philadelphia, the event will be a celebration of marketing and an opportunity to learn from the industry’s finest (Philadelphia, PA – March 24, 2017) – The Philadelphia Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA Philadelphia) invites the local marketing…
It’s perennial. Corporate insights professionals worry that they face a diminished role—if not outright elimination as a team—driven in part by new technology. It’s reflected in annual barometers of the market insights business on whether and why professionals feel they do not have a seat at the table among leadership…
Putting effort into global SEO can unlock what is essentially a market of up to six billion people, but geo-targeting wisely, structuring SEO campaigns to these markets and identifying the impact each market can have on business success can lead to a huge conversion rates and ultimately global business growth.…
The five most popular messaging apps alone are used by about 3.5 billion people, which is half of the world’s population. Messaging use recently surpassed social media use. An App Annie report indicates that messaging apps result in more sessions per user than any other type of app, by far.…
In March, Fox became the latest network to jump into the programmatic TV waters by making national cable inventory available in a private exchange to allow for greater automation and application of data, according to AdAge’s “Fox Takes Stab At Programmatic TV Advertising.” “Initially broadcast inventory won’t be available and…
This post is the third in a series on website and digital publishing best practices from The Marcom Group’s Dave Plivelich. Read the first post here and second post here. When companies of almost any size consider building a new website, they are often tempted to use a less expensive…
This post is the second in a series on website and digital publishing best practices from The Marcom Group’s Dave Plivelich. Read the first post here and the third post here. How many times have you clicked on a website, only to experience glaring errors right away? It happens more often…
This post is the first in a series on website and digital publishing best practices from The Marcom Group’s Dave Plivelich. Have you built or rebuilt your website recently? If the experience was positive, it’s likely that the project started with an excellent design goal, the goal was achieved and…
For all the focus on Big Data and its opportunities, most marketers are far from realizing its potential. Here’s a dirty little secret: Marketing professionals are still plagued by bad information and an inability to use data to its full advantage. They’re struggling to create an omni-channel, personalized strategy that…
We call them contextual apps, but they’re much more. They’re the first iteration of the future, here today, of programmatic consumption in which algorithms will automate consumers’ decision-making. Instead of buying on the basis of their own evaluations and heuristics, consumers are using technology to do that for them. This…