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Partnership to also integrate brands shared focus on women’s empowerment efforts Mastercard and Diane von Furstenberg announced a new partnership focused on enhancing the in-store experience for consumers, as well as delivering intelligent insights to store associates through the integration of technology that provides informed product recommendations, store performance analytics, as well as digital discovery and engagement through QR codes. The effort will also encompass a shared focus on women’s empowerment through both…

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, love is in the air. And in the influencer community, those who pair off as couple, may just find themselves a top pick for brands. As compatibility, connectivity and creative content become ever more desirable, social media relationships are driving a new wave of Influencer Marketing – influencer couples creating a unified personal brand that maximizes the value of their ‘coupled up’ status. As of January 2020, there were more than 3.8 billion social media users…

Kaspersky found 30,982 malicious files that used the names of artists or their tracks in order to spread malware Cybercriminals are actively abusing the names of artists and songs nominated for a Grammy 2020 award, in order to spread malware. Kaspersky protection technologies detected a 39% rise in attacks (attempts to download or run malicious files) under the guise of nominees’ work in 2019, compared to 2018. Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and Post Malone were attackers’ favorites, with these nominees’ names used most…

In 2019, the total number of people who have listened to at least one podcast surpassed 50% for the first time, and another 32% are regular monthly listeners, according to a recent study by Edison. That’s a 25% increase from 2018. And among 12-34-year-olds, who are typically even harder to reach, that number is even higher at 70%. It’s easy to see the tremendous potential of podcasts and audio advertising with explosive year-over-year growth. Listeners are just people actively seeking out and subscribing to content from…

Everywhere we look, we see personal and professional expectations for technology merging—we need to Slack the team from our own phone at a coffee shop or tweet the latest product release from our personal account. How many of us flow from the last email of the day seamlessly into the next episode of The Office? And who knew this is how we would all work in 2019? The need for software companies to service this more fluid style of work is driving a wave of powerful, agile, and deeply personalized new business software.…

EmpowerCX NOW launches January 23 hosted by podcast pros Joey Coleman and Dan Gingiss Sitel Group, a leading global customer experience management provider that delivers more than 3.5 million customer experiences every day, announced its upcoming podcast series, EmpowerCX NOW, hosted by podcast veterans Joey Coleman and Dan Gingiss, hosts of their own podcast, Experience This! of which Sitel Group sponsored in 2019. "EmpowerCX NOW is our thought-leadership and industry insights podcast curated around the theme…

It’s no longer breaking news that subscriptions are on the rise, and that growth will only continue. Look at your own family for example; do you know how many subscriptions you currently have? Sure Netflix, Spotify, and a few others come right to mind, but most households have at least a handful more that they pay for each month, as an automatic recurring charge, without giving them much thought. As a marketer of a company selling subscriptions, you want to maintain a frictionless customer experience, to ensure these…

Digital Advertising is constantly changing with new channels, new ways of buying and new ways to measure response. Here’s what we can expect in the months ahead. While we’re still waiting for the final tally, all signs indicate that digital ad spending will, as predicted, surpass traditional ad spending for the first time. And, by most accounts, we can expect digital to continue an upward trajectory, hitting $172 billion by 2021, exceeding traditional spend by an astronomical $67 billion. Despite all the grumbling over…

Bob Mankoff, president of Cartoon Collections and former cartoon editor of The New Yorker, teams up with Scribit, the write&erase smart plotter, to launch the world’s first ‘Robotized’ cartoons on its "Spotify-for-art" platform. Drawn from the half million+ cartoons available on CartoonCollections.com, Scribit will add a selection of the most famous cartoons from the pages of the New Yorker, Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, The National Lampoon and other iconic publications to its art-streaming platform.…

In a digital world where consumers can have nearly every novelty, we’re seeing something old and familiar to catch their eye. This trend is nostalgia, and it’s hot across the board; think retired logos reemerging, vinyl sales surging, and Netflix’s top 80s-throwback show Stranger Things. But there’s more to nostalgia than these big generational touchstones. Throughout the research we’ve conducted this past year, we’ve seen nostalgia emerge in sometimes unexpected places. It may be one of the biggest weapons in the TV…

The Fan Experience Will Bring Listeners Offline and into an Immersive World That Embodies the Essence of the Tic Tac Brand The Tic Tac® brand is joining forces with popular global audio streaming service Spotify, as an inaugural partner, to announce a new live experience called Hear For It. Custom-built for music fans, the unique event series employs Spotify's streaming intelligence to target consumers who exemplify the fun and refreshing Tic Tac brand personality. Music fans will be targeted through their listening…

New Service Combines Streaming Platforms For Free; Eliminates Wasted Search Time for Favorite Movies and TV Series Minnow, a next generation streaming video guide is being unveiled in a national rollout that combines all of the popular premium video on demand services like Netflix, HBO Now, Hulu, and Amazon Prime into one unified application on TV and mobile. Minnow will support emerging streamers Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock and Quibi as soon as they launch in the US.…

We used to attribute being “in the right place at the right time” to luck or good karma. However, today’s marketers aren’t leaving the connection up to chance. In fact, they are scouting out web-based hot spots or desirable locations to target consumers and simulate those “right place, right time” encounters using location data. Spotify is one of the biggest brands employing this strategy, using Geomarketing to create an unmatched user experience. In our hyper-connected world, this approach enables brands to bridge the gap…

Bango, the mobile commerce company, and Spotify, have entered into a business partnership to increase access to the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service. By partnering with Bango, Spotify makes its streaming service available for operators all over the world to bundle with mobile and fixed subscription plans allowing millions more fans to enjoy their favorite artists. “Bango is delighted that Spotify, the global leader in audio streaming subscription services, is now benefiting from intelligent Bango…

Mary Meeker Shows the Promise of Podcasts - If Spotify Doesn’t Take Over. Publishers took the medium mainstream, and shouldn’t let a tech platform take all the profit. Mary Meeker’s recent Internet Trends report showed that 70 million Americans listened to at least one podcast per month in 2018 - more than triple the number from a decade before. That should represent a massive opportunity for publishers who produce high-quality podcasts like The Daily and Fresh Air.  Podcasts are anything but new. They’ve existed in…

While Audio Advertising has been relatively consistent for the better part of 50 years, it’s now going through a massive transformation. It’s no longer as simple as putting out a big (and often impersonal) ad campaign in an effort to reach the people you’re trying to reach. Today, it’s all about reaching the right people via the right platform at precisely the right moment while giving them a much more targeted and personalized experience. Over the past 15 years, we’ve watched the industry progress from “radio” to “audio”…

"The key trends that businesses need to be thinking about and when it comes to customer service are automation and chatbots." Tell us about your journey into Customer Support technology and what inspired you to start Talla? Since day one, Talla has set out to build digital workers that automate tasks for employees. We believe that AI and Automation are the future of work and have the power to make every employee more productive. We build digital workers by turning every business process into a supervised learning workflow…

Tell us about your role and the team/technology you handle in your current company. My primary role at CI&T is helping my team leverage advanced and emerging technologies in ways that will provide the most significant impact on our clients' businesses. Most of my team's focus is on the role that AI and Machine Learning will play in the future. We also validate other emerging technologies like Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality. How much have the Machine Learning-based…

Tell us about your role at Oracle NetSuite and the team/technology you handle. I oversee the global go-to-market strategy for Sales, Business Development and Marketing for Oracle NetSuite and Oracle Bronto. I joined NetSuite in 2015, after spending more than 20 years as a software equity Research Analyst on Wall Street for Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse, and Merrill Lynch. In today’s age, do you think there is still a distinction between B2B and B2C marketing? The line has been blurring for some time and I think it’s fair…

"The biggest change in consumer behaviour is the rapid adoption of voice devices and this will create more location-based business opportunities." Tell us about your role and journey into Marketing Technology. What inspired you to join Yext? I lead the Client Services team at Yext. Our platform enables businesses to directly provide their information to over 150 digital services and applications globally so that when people search for information about a business, they get a verified answer, which improves discoverability…