cloudHQ, an email management company based out of San Francisco, California, just launched a new product called Gmail Free Online Polls & Surveys by cloudHQ. This new service lets anyone using Gmail embed a poll or a survey directly in their email—which, according to their latest study, increases email response rates by 32%. We asked cloudHQ's CEO, Senad Dizdar, what made him want to take this direction. He responded: "We noticed a need for customer feedback. And whether that feedback is needed by customer service…

Xpressdocs Partners, Ltd, a Texas-based provider of tech-enabled direct marketing and brand management solutions announced the acquisition of Amazingmail, an Arizona-based provider of direct mail solutions. This acquisition, under which Amazingmail will operate as a 100% owned subsidiary of Xpressdocs, brings together two industry leaders specializing in high quality product offerings and cutting-edge marketing solutions.  The complementary nature of the companies’ service offerings creates numerous opportunities for…

Gmail is the fastest-growing and most actively used internet service provider (ISP), with over 1.2 billion users worldwide. What’s more, according to Yes Marketing data, Gmail accounts for 30 percent of all brands’ email subscribers — a number that has nearly doubled since 2013. Gmail’s dominance and constant innovation have redefined Email Marketing best practices and significantly impacted marketers’ ability to reach subscribers. Gmail is incredibly protective of its users. In fact, Gmail enforces high standards for…

New Tool Helps Both Mac and PC Gmail Users Streamline Their Inboxes By Showing Only Relevant Emails Kiwi for Gmail, the highly rated application that redefined the desktop G Suite experience, unveils the new Focus Filtered Inbox for Gmail. Its newest innovation delivers a powerful, dynamic inbox that can filter out email noise with a set of persistent filters you can mix, match, and flip on and off with a single click. The idea is to make it so that your inbox is always clear with just a short list of emails to work…

Although Gmail and Slack are great communications tools, they tend to complicate the file storage process. Before the introduction of these tools into the workplace, marketers faced the issue of employees harboring attachments in their inboxes without uploading them to a company drive. However, the integration of Gmail and Slack compounded this issue, causing employees to have attachments scattered across all three channels. This leads to employees lacking access to the latest file versions, disrupting other employees to…

Available in the Chrome Web Store, the Extension Lets Users Manage Their Contact Database Contactually, a customer relationship management platform for real estate professionals, announced its next step aimed at better integrating its CRM into its users' workflows. With the release of its latest Chrome browser extension for Gmail, real estate agents can now more easily access Contactually's features and update contacts—right within their Gmail account. "We wanted to provide the best aspects of Contactually's contact…

G Suite’s Current Gmail Version Add-Ons Are Getting the Compose Function. The Release Will Also Facilitate a Private Bridge Between Gmail and Other Enterprise Applications Such as Box, Atlassian, Etc. Finally, Google rewards the developer community by launching its much-awaited ‘Compose’ feature. Basically, ‘Compose’ allows developers to directly integrate their applications with Gmail. This enhances ease of access for G Suite's Gmail users when accessing information from third-party sources. The announcement comes as a…

Using Digitile is as Natural as a Google Search, But for Work Files, Reducing Clutter and Increasing Productivity To enhance the lives of professionals who use cloud-based business software platforms, Digitile has integrated Slack and Gmail functionality into its cross-platform search hub, joining Google Drive, GSuite, Dropbox and OneDrive. With Digitile, teams no longer need to switch applications, remember passwords, or search through various messaging threads to find files. The shared documents are organized in one…

Email AMPed-up It’s rare when something stirs up the attention of both email marketers and the tech community at large, but AMP for Gmail did just that. Seems there’s power in the Google name. Ever since the internet giant announced its expansion of AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) to Gmail, there’s been plenty of inside scuttlebutt amongst email industry insiders, as well as some open criticism of the idea. As a long-time B2B marketer, what struck me as most significant about the announcement was the larger…

New product offering empowers marketing and sales teams to improve content engagement and accelerate path to purchase Mediafly, a provider of sales enablement technology, content management, and advisory services that create interactive, value-based selling experiences, announced Mediafly Content Hub, a solution providing marketers the ability to manage public-facing website sales content, customer-facing sales content and internal-only sales content all in one place, allowing teams to share relevant, engaging and…

A step-by-step guide on how to find, install and use JioMeet Audio and Video Conferencing and chat app for Marketing, Sales and miscellaneous activities.

Award-winning OxFirst, a specialist in the law and economics of IP, has released research that reveals the hidden secrets behind global patent registrations and information on the economic value of patents in the AI sector. While Samsung, IBM and Tencent dominate with the highest number of patents filed, fierce competition between the US and China overshadows other countries, including the EU. Marketing Technology News: AdTech Partnership: Bonzai Brings Creative Ad Formats to Adobe Advertising Cloud Multiple neural nets,…

New patent-pending software product released that protects user data on web applications AxcessD, a Boston area technology company has released patent-pending software that protects user data on Social Media, Email and other Web Platforms. The product, called AxcessD, is believed to be the first product that allows users to control exactly who can access their data on web applications like Facebook, Gmail, and Slack. AxcessD helps prevent Cybercrime by allowing users to control exactly who can access their…

After being the first to bring actionable content consumption data into the CRM last year, PathFactory announces new PathFactory for Sales functionality designed to improve close rates and overall sales efficiency, and empower every company’s sales force to become a fully-trackable content distribution channel. https://vimeo.com/332575702 Now more than ever, as B2B buying power and sales teams are scaled back, it’s critical for salespeople to know exactly which prospects and customers are sales-ready and which need…

FranceTV Publicité is fully committed to supporting its partners as they get back to business, and has created a new marketing service, AKOUO, to further enhance customer relations via active and meaningful listening. AKOUO ("listen" in Greek) aims to help major advertisers connect with their targets as effectively as possible. We make this happen by sharing our extensive knowledge of the French public with our brands. Marketing Technology News: IDStrong Warns Against Second Wave of Cyberattacks AKOUO is…

Email Detail Archiving tool helps streamline the email backup process and store emails safely as PDF files on a hard drive 2B Software, LLC, the creators of Email in Detail has announced the launch of its innovative, user-friendly app that easily archives emails as PDF files. Email Detail Archive gives business and individual users of all email platforms, including Outlook, Gmail, EML, and MSG, a foolproof way to export and preserve their emails as PDFs for future reference. With this powerful email archiving solution, a…

Bold BI makes it easier to customize and deploy dashboards for every user Syncfusion, Inc., is pleased to announce the latest version of Bold BI, its cloud-neutral business intelligence dashboard solution, for both its Enterprise and Embedded versions. Bold BI Embedded now provides a new JavaScript SDK that allows users to easily embed dashboards into a web application in a secure manner. In addition, it provides enterprise-grade dashboards that create more powerful data visualization and allow users to analyze data in…

Many of us have less than fond memories of spending what felt like an eternity wandering around furniture stores with our parents. But into adulthood, we begin to love making our homes feel personal and special. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always mean we spend any less time aimlessly walking around physical stores trying to find our dream couch or dining room set. Of course, the quest for the “perfect” furniture piece and accessories now extends to online stores – and as a vertical, it is booming. According to Furniture…

Keep Your Home Life at Home by Using LoomieLive Real-Time 3D Avatars That Lip Sync and Animate from Voice To support the millions of people now living online in video calls for work, school and socialization, Loom.ai has released LoomieLive, a virtual communication app that uses 3D avatars and works as a companion to popular desktop video conferencing services, such as Zoom, MS Teams, Webex, etc. LoomieLive uses voice to produce life-like avatar expression, allowing video callers to maintain focus and visual presence…

Identity Resolution Expert Doubles Complementics’ Auto Audience Segment and Helps Drive 40 Percent Lift in Consumer Match Rate Consumer identity management expert Infutor announced that Complementics, a mobile audience network, has added Infutor’s enriched Automotive Profile Data to its network. The enhancement allows Complementics to grow their current auto audience to help empower brands and media agencies with rich, deterministically-linked auto and attribute data. Marketing Technology News: Grammarly Launches Style…