The Most Dangerous Side Effect of AI

The most dangerous side effect of AI is not losing jobs. We’re spending less time with humans, and meaning may be lost.

Digital Magazines: In Search of a Problem

I admit that I have been a longtime skeptical observer of the digital magazine format, although 6 or 7 years after its introduction the platform is getting some traction with readers and publishers. Generally designed as facsimiles of printed periodicals, the digi-mag...

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The State of Online Video 2019

Instagram. YouTube. Facebook Live. These and others are driving the continued growth and interest in online video across multiple industries and applications. In 2017, we saw a 34% increase in worldwide video viewing, according to a report from Limelight Network....

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The State of Online Video 2018

Consider, for a moment, the latest staggering stats. Worldwide, people watch an average of 5 hours and 45 minutes of online video weekly—a 34% increase from 2016, based on the results of Limelight Network’s “The State of Online Video 2017”...

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The State of Digital Marketing 2017

In the nitro-fueled, hyper-paced modern world, digital marketers have to be able to upshift quickly, change lanes without hesitation, and recognize the traffic patterns ahead to avoid delays and setbacks. Because the name of the game in 2017 and beyond is masterful...

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The State of Mobile Content 2018

Despite the significant uptick in consumer use of mobile technology, there’s still a big gap between those marketers who have effectively embraced mobile to provide an engaging user experience and those who have a long way to go. While experts have been...

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The State of Omnichannel Content 2019

Omnichannel content—if you can accurately define it, you’re probably a step ahead of the next guy. Even the experts, such as Apoorv Durga, founder of AltView Advisory, say omnichannel is “tough to define directly.” If you ask Wikipedia, that...

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ZoomInfo Patents Computer Method and Apparatus

Zoom Information, Inc., a search engine for discovering people, companies, and relationships, has been awarded its third patent. The new patent (United States Patent 6,983,282) protects a computer method and apparatus for collecting people and organization information...

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Lose Control of Your “Message”

On the speaking circuit, the most frequent question I get asked is around the ROI of social media use in marketing and communications. Often, ROI questions arise because marketers—who have spent their careers measuring the success of traditional efforts such as...

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The State of Content Analytics 2019

What keywords are driving traffic to your site? Once on your site, what content do visitors consume? Which content drives traffic most efficiently through the sales funnel? Which content does the best job of building engagement? Which calls to action do the best job...

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The State of Digital Marketing 2018

In an increasingly high-tech world in which artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are rapidly accelerating our understanding of customers and paving innovative pathways to reaching them more intuitively, digital marketers have to ask themselves a logical...

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The State of Web Content Management 2018

There may be no tool more important to the daily life of web users, but more overlooked, than the WCM system. Ask the average web surfer what powers the content he or she consumes, and he or she would likely just look at you dumbfounded. But businesses and publishers...

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