Silicon Valley Firm Shifts Entire Staff to Remote Work Using 8x8 Cloud Communications and Video Collaboration Solution 8x8, Inc., a leading integrated cloud communications platform, today announced Black & White Design, Inc, a marketing communications and graphic design firm in Silicon Valley, deployed the 8x8 cloud communications and video conferencing solution to enable team members to safely and productively collaborate and engage with clients while working remotely. Marketing Technology News: Screen-Free…

Mapp, the international provider of insight-led customer engagement, today released a comprehensive range of product updates for its digital marketing platform Mapp Cloud. The Spring Update package includes 13 innovations, integrations, and add-ons that further expand Mapp's leadership in customer intelligence, marketing analytics, and cross-channel marketing. The new applications will help marketers to work smarter and more efficiently, and are available immediately to customers. Michael Diestelberg, VP Product…

New Data Proves the Power of e-Newsletter Advertising for Engaging Target Audiences PowerInbox, the trusted audience engagement and digital monetization partner for publishers, announced it has partnered with The Motley Fool to host a special April Fool's Day webinar demonstrating the power of email newsletter advertising to drive audience engagement. The webinar, "No Foolin' - How Motley Fool Successfully Uses Email to Meet Their Marketing Goals" is set for 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 1. Registration is now open for…

Leading Home Security and Automation Company Shifts Contact Center Agents to Work From Home Using 8x8 8x8, Inc., a leading integrated cloud communications platform, announced NorthStar Home, one of the most trusted names in home security and automation in North America, deployed the 8x8 X Series cloud communications and contact center solution to enable its contact center agents and employees to work remote in support of more than 60,000 customers nationwide. NorthStar Home, founded in 2000, is consistently reviewed as…

Grapevine6, a mobile-first enterprise content engagement platform for digital selling has been named “2020’s Most Outstanding Content Engagement Platform - USA”   The company is featured here in the March issue of Corporate Visions (CV) Magazine, published by AI Global Media. Grapevine6 was selected “2020’s Top Content Engagement Provider” based on their consistent proven track record as an innovator in content driven sales enablement.  This award is part of the 2020 Corporate Excellence Awards, a merit-based awards program…

Early Q1 data shows global news stories driving a surge in streaming news Brightcove Inc., the leading provider of cloud services for video, published the Q4 2019 Brightcove Global Video Index, a report that analyzes hundreds of millions of recent data points from Brightcove’s global platform to provide insights into how viewers are watching video content, which devices they use, and the types of content they consume across various devices. The Q4 Index found consumers increasingly turn to streaming services for…

Of all business videos in 2018, 73% were less than two minutes long, reflecting a 33% drop in length compared to 2017. Countless Digital Marketing studies urged marketers and advertisers to hold their videos to a two-minute maximum because attention spans are shrinking. Studies even showed that two minutes was the magic number—the length of time most likely to evoke the highest engagement. But the pendulum is swinging, and, frankly, those studies were overhyped. The content should dictate the length, not some arbitrary…

AI-powered Channel Engagement Scores help marketers identify channels with high engagement and deliver meaningful messages throughout the customer journey Blueshift, the leading Customer Data Activation Platform, announced the addition of Channel Engagement Scores to its Predictive Intelligence Studio, which includes predictive segmentation, predictive recommendations and engage time optimization. The new feature aims to provide marketers with an in-depth and holistic look at engagement rates across the customer lifecycle…

Global Technology Sales and Marketing Agency Enables Sales Representatives to Work Safely and Effectively from Home on 8x8 Cloud Communications Solution 8x8, Inc., a leading integrated cloud communications platform, announced EIMS, a United Kingdom-based technology lead-generation, sales and channel agency with global operations, is now using the 8x8 cloud communications solution to enable its sales representatives across Spain, the UK and New Zealand to safely and productively work from home. EIMS, founded in 1996,…

Comm100, a global provider of digital customer engagement solutions, announced the launch of a limited time offer freemium live chat plan. Comm100's award-winning Live Chat Business edition is now free for up to three agents*. Whether used as a customer support channel or across the entire customer journey, Comm100 Freemium enables every organization to provide real-time, personalized communication from their website or mobile app. Marketing Technology News: Aternity Expands Executive Team With Seasoned Industry Leaders…

VanillaSoft, a leading sales engagement technology, announced that they have been recognized by TrustRadius with a 2020 Top Rated Award in the Sales Engagement category.  With a trScore of 9.5 out of 10, VanillaSoft is recognized by the TrustRadius community as a valuable player in the Sales Engagement space. “VanillaSoft has earned a Top-Rated award for Sales Engagement software based on customer feedback,” said Megan Headley, VP of Research at TrustRadius. “Reviewers praise VanillaSoft's easy-to-use sales lead…

Offering Event Engagement, a Free Event Community, to Organizations Dealing with the Cancellations of In-Person Events Higher Logic, the industry-leading SaaS engagement platform of associations and B2B organizations with more than 2.7 billion community interactions annually, announced that it will offer Event Engagement for free to current and prospective customers facing the challenge of delivering meaningful experiences and engagement during the health crisis of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  Leveraging its…

Marketers can now engage with over 300 in-market commerce audiences higher in the customer journey Criteo S.A., the global technology company powering the world's marketers with trusted and impactful advertising, announced global availability of its marketing solution for traffic generation, which helps advertisers connect with new audiences to drive engagement and increased website traffic. Previously in beta testing with over 750 clients, our Traffic Generation solution enables marketers to influence prospective users…

New DocSend Startup Index is First of its Kind, Uncovering Ups and Downs of Startup Fundraising DocSend, a secure document sharing platform, released a new report detailing investor expectations and rules of engagement for successful fundraising for pre-seed startup companies. Data analysis from the DocSend Startup Index shows that pre-seed rounds are formalizing, with more institutional investors and stricter requirements for developed products and business models. According to the new report, "The Pre-Seed Round …

Google Cloud named the Official Cloud Partner and Official Cloud Data and Analytics Partner of Major League Baseball Google and Major League Baseball (MLB) announced a powerful multi-year collaboration to upgrade MLB's business processes and  support next-level experiences that inspire fans around the world. Google Cloud will become MLB's Official Cloud and Cloud Data and Analytics partner, with MLB's business operations, including Statcast—the automated tool for analyzing player movements and abilities—now running on…

Selligent Marketing Cloud (Selligent), the intelligent omnichannel marketing and experience cloud platform, announced leading Nordic entertainment company, Nordisk Film Cinemas, as a client. Nordisk Film Cinemas (part of Egmont Group) will use Selligent to automate omnichannel digital marketing campaigns, enabling it to personalize and optimize the millions of communications sent to its cinema guests across Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Marketing Technology News: Domain, Oroton, Vend, Yellow and Athena Home Loans Among ANZ…

As an enterprise leader, you are busier than ever, ramping up your sales and marketing machinery to reach the right customers at the right times — with the right messages and offers. The central business tenets of customer acquisition, retention, upsell, cross-sell, etc. remain the same; but the ways of driving those tenets (read: KPIs) have evolved. With emerging technologies, advanced skills and constant change in customers’ behaviors and preferences, the organizations that are thriving today are the ones that are…

Thunderhead, the global leader in enterprise technology for customer engagement and journey orchestration, announced , at the Constellation Ambient Experience Summit (#AXS2020), the impending launch of a new suite of journey-based AI capabilities named ThunderBay. Speaking at the event, Thunderhead’s Chief Product Officer, Ray Gerber, revealed that over the past three years the company has been investing heavily in its AI strategy and has developed a new set of ground-breaking journey and customer behavior analytics for…

Leader in modern engagement solutions announces first-ever initiative aimed at benefiting sales teams on-the-go Revenue acceleration cloud company XANT announced the industry's first fully mobile sales engagement solution of its kind: Playbooks Mobile. Building on the XANT flagship product Playbooks, this innovative mobile experience provides sales reps all the proprietary buyer intelligence benefits of the full Playbooks platform wherever they go. "The future of sales engagement is mobile, and our new Playbooks Mobile…

Livestreamed Performances by Superstar Artists Selena Gomez, Billie Eilish, Blink 182, Coldplay, French Montana, Green Day, Kesha, Lumineers, Sting, YBN Cordae and Anderson. Paak Drive January and February 2020 Growth LiveXLive Media, Inc., a global digital media company focused on live entertainment, has entered the new decade with substantial growth in viewership, up 54% for the first six weeks of calendar year 2020 versus the same six-week period in 2019, and a surge in cross-platform social media engagement of over…