By Expert commentator 04 Sep 2014 3 options for Ecommerce sites to implement triggered email messaging A review comparing different technical solutions for Ecommerce integration with behavioural email marketing Triggered messaging is a rapidly growing part of marketing with extremely good ROI. It’s about delivering business messages that are personalized and near-real time, resulting in very …..
By Expert commentator 04 Sep 2014 From Big Data to Smart Data Fight the Big Data Backlash and use Smart Data help you identify purchase intent Big data is starting to experience some significant backlash. A ‘case in point’ comes from a recent popular article in VentureBeat: ‘Big data’ is dead. What’s next? …..
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By Expert commentator 01 Sep 2014 How can companies use the knowledge at their fingertips to create shareable, unique content in-house? A 4 Step guide to maximising your own resources for your content strategy When it comes to building a strong digital campaign, many businesses underestimate the value of the information and resources they already have – particularly if they are …..
By Expert commentator 01 Sep 2014 Why animated #videos trump traditional video #marketing Avoid the mistakes of video marketing by using animated videos effectively Traditional video marketing is declining in viewing popularity – this post looks at what can be done to reverse this trend and highlights animated videos as a simple, cost-effective and …..
By Dave Chaffey 01 Sep 2014 What’s New in Marketing for August 2014? Our alerts and advice on the “must-know” developments in digital marketing In August our two most significant alerts were about changes to the Facebook and Google algorithm – check these out in the sections on search and social media marketing …..
By Dave Chaffey 29 Aug 2014 Twitter Analytics now free to all users [@SmartInsights alert] Just head to http://analytics.twitter.com when signed-in Importance: [rating=4] Recommended link: Twitter Analytics Previously Twitter’s analytics service has been limited to advertisers, but that changed this week with an announcement via Twitter: Absolutely thrilled to open up access to http://t.co/wcU6oj9hFM to …..
By Susanne Colwyn 29 Aug 2014 The latest changes to the Facebook algorithm [@SmartInsights alert] Changes to how you share photos, clickbait and likegating on Facebook Importance: [rating=4] Recommended link: Facebook announcement on algorithm updates Given the amount of traffic that Facebook drives to sites, any significant changes to Facebook’s algorithm are now big news …..
By Dave Chaffey 29 Aug 2014 Google ends Authorship functionality [@SmartInsights alert] Google’s use of “rel=author” markup to stop but Google+ posts to continue featuring in search results Importance: [rating=4] Recommended link: Google announcement of end of Authorship Summary of the change John Mueller of Google Webmaster Tools announced in a personal Google+ …..
By Expert commentator 28 Aug 2014 How to make SEO, social media, email marketing and more work together Integrating different inbound channels as part of a content-led digital strategy Here’s the only way to approach your marketing: What content will your customers thank you for? Ann Handley, Chief Content Officer at MarketingProfs @MarketingProfs In the ever-evolving sphere of digital …..