Content marketing is a widely recognized and effective strategy for driving traffic to websites and generating leads. That’s why so many online businesses invest tons of money into content production, and the amount of content that gets produced every day is staggering. While there’s no way to calculate the exact amount, we can get an idea by analyzing some stats. For example, Chris Heald, the Chief architect at Mashable, one of the most visited blogs in the world, answered a Quora question several years ago of how…

Fastbase, Inc. is about to set new standards in the world of digital marketing and lead generation with the launch of what will be the future's most powerful CRM system. The first version of the new CRM system will be released in the summer of 2019, and will be freely available to all 50 million Google Analytics users for free. Visitor data and web leads generated from the Google Analytics add-on will automatically feed, in real-time, into the user's CRM system. The new CRM system will feature brand new capabilities for…

You hear it everywhere, that you should be using video marketing in your business. But what is it and where to start? If you think that it’s all about those big brands shooting movie-style commercials we all see on TVs, you are wrong. This is called video advertising or video ad, when marketers pay for this component of the video marketing to reach the audience forcibly, including sponsored ads on Facebook or pre-roll ads on YouTube. Video ads are a component of video marketing, however, not all marketing videos are video…

92% of Marketers Believe Most or All of the Content They Create Resonates as Authentic, yet 51% of Consumers Say Less Than Half of Brands Create Content That Resonates as Authentic Stackla, the world’s smartest visual content engine, released a new report, titled “Bridging the Gap: Consumer & Marketing Perspectives on Content in the Digital Age”. The study builds on Stackla’s 2017 consumer report, delving deeper into the types of content consumers create, reference and are influenced by across an array of buying…

Media Content Group and New Role of Chief Content Officer Established to Ensure Quality, Consistency and Reliability of Content Across Expanding News, Video Properties and Growing AccuWeather Network AccuWeather Global Weather Center – AccuWeather, the largest and fastest-growing weather media company and global leader in weather-related big data, business and analytics, announced the promotion of John Dokes to Chief Content Officer and President of the growing AccuWeather Network as well as the formation of a new Media…

Content marketing is a critical stage in your company's advertising approach. In order to connect with your target audience, you need to mold your marketing material to not only meet the needs of a key demographic but to stand out from other advertising content put out by your competition. To elevate your content you need to understand what is currently trending and what stands out. To help, here are seven sure shot content marketing trends to take advantage of and to assist with your Breakthrough Advertising. Original…

Company’s Total Revenue Grows 20% and Programmatic Revenue Grows 750% Year-Over-Year, as Its Network Now Delivers over 40 Million Completed Ad Engagements per Day Tapjoy, the Maximum Impact Platform for mobile advertisers and app developers, announced it was named the exclusive advertising provider for Jurassic World Alive, the hit mobile game developed by Ludia, a Montreal-based video game company that creates and distributes cross-platform digital games, in partnership with Universal Games and Digital Platforms.…

Retail Technology Company Chosen to Innovate the Future of Both Rich Media and User Generated Content on Walmart.com Arkansas-based RichContext has recently been named by Walmart as a Connected Content Partner in their newly minted program.  In its expanded partnership role with Walmart, RichContext will continue its work of being the catalyst for brands to fully activate their digital shelf. The company will continue to revolutionize the rich media space on Walmart.com item pages and drive user engagement and sales. …

Join Digital Communications Heads, Content Creation Producers and Video Makers at Video Marketing Strategies World 2018, a 2-day conference organized by Asher Russell Pte Ltd, on 19 -20 November 2018 at One Farrer Hotel & Spa Singapore. Featuring 24 speakers and panellists over two full days of a value packed agenda, the conference will present the latest key insights on video trends and media landscape, social video and online video campaigns in Asia, and keys to successful executions of video stories. Get the latest…

CS Live Allows Companies to Glean Instant Best Practices Insights in the Time it Takes to Browse Their Site Continuing to provide marketers and brands with deeper analytics and insights into how and why online users do what they do, ContentSquare, a digital experience insights platform, announced a new solution – CS Live – that delivers customer experience (CX) information in real-time with one click. "Because digital is a mission critical channel today, we want to make sure that, for companies we support, key…

Yotpo to Offer the First Consolidated, AI-Driven Solution for User-Generated Marketing, Visual Marketing, Referrals, Loyalty, and Customer Data/Insights In the era of fierce M&As in martech landscape, customer is the winner. Leading martech company for content, Yotpo, has scooped its first acquisition: Swell Rewards. Swell Records is a Boston-based provider of premium incentive marketing solutions for e-commerce and omnichannel brands. The move expands Yotpo’s suite of commerce marketing technology solutions preferred…

Web Content Today Aims to Sell and Persuade an Audience to Actively Engage in Business. It Is the Key in a Conversion Process and Induces Customer Engagement Content marketing, if done right can make your business stand out in the competition. You may be a blogger, a marketer, an SMB owner or perhaps a tech writer—getting a firm grip on your content is the stepping stone to succeeding in marketing. The content marketing landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace. It is important to connect these dots and further…

Cision Communications Cloud Becomes First Earned Media Platform to Measure, Analyze and Optimize Performance of Visual Content Across All Channels After completing the acquisition of PRIME Research in January this year, leading media intelligence and PR tech company, Cision has announced it has acquired the technical assets of Berlin-based ShareIQ. The ShareIQ platform is based on patent-pending technology that discovers, analyzes and indexes original pieces of visual content, as well as shared and republished copies of…

Mastering the Art of Content Strategy Is Naturally Going to Play an Integral Role for Marketers in 2018. MarTech Series Discusses Ten Content Marketing Ideas to Grow Your E-Commerce Brand Today, the customer’s voice is believed to be the strongest in an online marketing world. Mastering the art of content strategy is naturally going to play an integral role for marketers in 2018. As the world of E-commerce is constantly mushrooming, entrepreneurs/retailers are aiming to reach new heights of content creation. The…

The First-of-Its-Kind Platform Enables Brands to Share Visual Assets and Attribution Guidelines with Journalists, Influencers, and Other Partners CrowdRiff, an AI-powered visual marketing platform, announced the launch of Media Hub, a simple, modern way for travel and tourism brands to share visual content with journalists, meeting planners and other content creators. Using Media Hub, CrowdRiff customers can share their visual content—user-generated and owned—in a central, mobile-friendly hub. Soft-launched at the 2018…

Concurrent Offers a Wide Range of Deployment Options – Cloud, On-Premise, or Hybrid – to Store, Protect, Transform and Deliver Content Through Software-Defined Content Platform Concurrent Technology Inc., a Vecima Company, a pioneer in video delivery and storage, will highlight at the 2018 NAB Show how their Software Defined Content Platform is powering the largest entertainment delivery solutions on the planet. With dynamic and adaptable solutions for transcode, storage, origin, and cache, the company's latest…

Rumble CEO to Deliver Remarks on Blockchain, TV Innovation at NAB Show Rumble announced it is on pace to invest $20 million into its community of global video creators and professional producers in 2018. Rumble’s community more than doubled in the last year, adding short-form videos of heartwarming pets and wild animals, to hard news and science. Rumble now houses the largest inventory of video in its history, with more than one million video assets in its marketplace, provided by individual creators and content partners…

Movable Ink's Automated Content Sourcing: No Coding Required to Pull and Repurpose Creative Content from Web sites, APIs and Social Channels Movable Ink, the provider of leading intelligent content platform, introduced Automated Content Sourcing, which allows marketers to easily access and integrate widely scattered content into their email campaigns. Previously, designing and formatting content pulled into email required developer resources. Now with Automated Content Sourcing, any marketer can easily do this using…

In Our Primer On Mastering B2B Content Marketing, We Outline Time-Tested and Verified Strategies To Drive Traffic To Your Website. If the content is king, then the intent driving that content is the ‘king maker’. In 2018, content marketing strategies are directed at customers who are not only willing to purchase but also influence others in the community to drive actions via recommendations, reactions, promotions, and contribute UGC (User-Generated Content). Fact-Checking Content Marketing Trends According to the B2B…

Consumers in Asia-Pacific are avid video watchers. On average, they’re spending some 100 minutes a day consuming online video content, which is, in turn, propelling forward the industry to reach US$35 billion by 2021. Advertisers, however, have been restrained, even treating it like a sideshow. At present, video investments are relatively conservative and mostly limited to YouTube. This ignores the potential of social media and OTT or streaming videos, both of which present significant opportunities to brands. To be…