So You Want to Be a Media Mogul: Lessons From Econtent Entrepreneurs
THE BUSINESS OF STARTUPSIf you're eager to incorporate your dream of becoming a digital content mover and shaker, the first step is to move quickly, says Mody. "Start your company as soon as you've validated your idea, because every day that goes by is a day that's...
Push vs. Pull: The Right Path to Content Personalization
Rapt Media released a report questioning whether personalization in content creation is being approached in the right way. The Future of Content: Personalizing the Content Experience, suggests that marketers are relying too much on distribution technology and "push"...
Television Advertising Is Getting More Personal
Personalization is at the heart of digital experiences. But broadcast television has been inherently less personal. Every click of a mouse (or touchpad) leaves data about users in its wake, but that hasn’t been true for more traditional media. However, the...
The Growing Impact of Social Media on Video
There is no denying that social media has profoundly changed the way people communicate with family and friends and the way businesses interact with customers--as well as prospective clients. What you may not have noticed is the way that the increasing popularity of...
The Rise of the IoT and the Impact on Content
The Paris terrorist attacks in November 2015 caused a seismic shift in many areas, including media discussions of Big Data, which now focus on the Internet of Things (IoT). At first, it may seem difficult to understand how the IoT and terrorism are related, but...
The Next Big Trends in SEO
SEO has grown to encompass much more than its original acronym, and the SERP isn’t limited to ten blue links anymore. Because digital marketing strategies are changing to keep up with SEO’s advancements, we can hardly predict what will happen next—but these...
Mark Cuban Sounds Off on Voice Tech
I had the chance to sit down with Mark Cuban (businessman, investor and a "shark" on ABC’s Shark Tank) for 45 minutes to discuss voice technology, from Alexa to Google Assistant to Siri and more. He was the guest on the Season Finale of Season 3 of This Week In...
Video Subscription Models for Everyone
Building a Subscriber BaseOn top of that, brands and individuals need to focus on attracting subscribers and proving the value of their video subscription offering, as the market for subscription models only continues to become more crowded. "The problem with...
How Virtual and Augmented Reality Ads Improve Consumer Engagement
In an increasingly competitive and fragmented age for electronic content providers—when ad blocking, alternative content channels, and decreased attention spans seriously threaten the bottom line—publishers might want to consider seeking revenue solutions...
The Digital Divide, Net Neutrality, and the Open Internet
The digital divide has been a significant policy concern in the U.S. since 1996, which is commonly viewed as the time when the internet became a permanent social and commercial reality. It was that year that Congress and President Bill Clinton passed the...
An Interview with Durant Gipson, Data Analyst, AddThis
Name With the Face: Durant GipsonJob Title: Data AnalystOrganization: AddThisURL: addthis.comJob FunctionDurant Gipson is a data analyst at AddThis, a media web-tracking technology company that provides a social bookmarking service. Most of his...
Is Your Content Review Process Out of Control? How to Fix It
Companies crave content—high-quality, timely, and accurate content that is brand supportive and designed to connect and compel target audiences to some desired action. To achieve these goals content providers, publishers, and organizations must establish content...
Everything You Need to Know About Progressive Web Apps
It almost sounds too good to be true: a means of making the mobile web experience easier for customers—wherever they are in the world—while reducing development and maintenance costs for native apps and obviating the marketing spend required to make an app...
BrightEdge Instant Takes Research and Content Optimization Real-Time
BrightEdge, a provider of organic search and content performance, unveiled BrightEdge Instant, a set of innovations that transforms how search marketers drive performance at scale. BrightEdge Instant is the industry’s first and most powerful real-time SEO...
Digital Publishers Prepare for the Voice Revolution
Getting It Right With VoicePublishers with an interest in the voice-content market will want to take both a short-term and a long-term view on the market. The more immediate concerns require coming up with the right viable product. “What’s the minimum...
An Interview with Matt Kaminski, Senior Manager, Marketing Analytics and Operations, Localytics
Name With the Face: Matt KaminskiJob Title: Senior Manager, ?Marketing Analytics ?and OperationsOrganization: LocalyticsURL: localytics.comJob FunctionWorking at Localytics, which provides an analytics and marketing platform for mobile and web...
Enterprise Information Architecture: Don’t Do ECM Without It
Where's the EIA? If EIA is so great, then why is it apparently practiced so little? There are several plausible reasons.Many IA specialists concede a generalized failure across the industry in getting the message of enterprise IA across to senior corporate leaders in...
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repubHub is an innovative content network enabling anyone to reuse and republish content from world-class publishers. repubHub also empowers publishers with a syndication platform to safely and easily license content to others. repubHub is produced by iCopyright.com,...
Teens & Online Video: What are Kids Doing with Their Webcams?
The brave folks at the Pew Research Center's Internet & America Life Project interviewed 799 teens to get a better understanding of how the kids interact with online video. From April 19- July 14, 2011 the teens were asked about their online behavior, and Pew put...
An Interview with Jason Harris, Director of Customer Success, Wochit
Name With the Face: Jason Harris Job Title: Director of Customer SuccessOrganization: WochitURL: wochit.com Job FunctionAs director of customer success for Wochit, a cloud-based video creation platform, Jason Harris leads a team that...