These days, it’s not shocking to grab an app and be able to interact with the physical world — either by snapping a pic to search or by placing a 2D representation of a product in your home using augmented reality. It may seem commonplace to us now, but only a few years ago visual search, or searching with images …
As a consumer, you know there are some websites that you love to shop on (ahem, Amazon!), while others can definitely pose a challenge when you’re looking for a specific product or service. While you may think that this is only important when you’ve got a massive inventory with a lot of different options, even a single additional click can …
Is your business taking full advantage of the digital marketing toolkits that the largest brands in the world have at their fingertips? Having next-level digital marketing doesn’t necessarily require massive investments in technology. Some of the most basic ways to grow your business are reasonably-priced and can be made to fit within many budgets. However, is your marketing team equipped …
In a moan heard around the world, Google — and soon thereafter Safari — launched aggressive ad blocking techniques into their popular browsers, prompted by the Coalition for Better Ads. The premise is simple: users should know when advertisers are gathering their personally identifiable information, and make an informed decision about whether or not they allow the advertisers to track them online. To this …
In 2019, if you’re anything like other digital marketers, you’re going to spend about 65% of your total digital advertising budget on programmatic marketing. Programmatic marketing includes any digital marketing that involves real-time bidding. Google Adwords is a perfect example of programmatic marketing in action. In general, however, programmatic advertising works like this: A user navigates to a page that has ad …
True or false: all marketing today is actually digital marketing. The answer? It depends. While there are still plenty of opportunities for a well-placed print ad or an experiential campaign, it’s seldom that you would find a marketing campaign that doesn’t contain at least one digital element. The rise of text-based marketing, geolocation fencing, hyper-personalization and more have marketers digging in to …
Voice search, powered by technologies such as Amazon’s Alexa, may still feel like a gimmick, but it’s quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with. In 2017, about 20% of all mobile searches were voice search instead of text. In 2018, we know that roughly 40% of all adults use voice search at least once every single day. Voice search isn’t a novelty. It’s …
The holiday season is an extremely opportune time for many businesses. In fact, we ran an article earlier in the season about making sure your business was ready to take advantage of the holiday selling season. In order to take advantage of this opportunity, however, it’s important to consider the impact that the holiday season has on consumer behavior. During the …
What if you could run infinite permutations of a product design until you found the one that was fully optimized in terms of materials, price and production methods? With the power of AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning, this is not only possible — it’s happening now. Experts project that 2019 is the year that these advanced technologies truly enter the …
It’s never too early to start setting yourself up for future success. In fact, now is the perfect time to start preparing for 2019. Improve your processes and get ready for brand-new trends today and you’ll be able to hit the ground running come January. We can’t be 100% sure where the future is going to take us, but we …