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...
The State of Translation and Localization 2019
In today’s global economy, rapid advances in technology enable companies to create customized experiences for customers all around the globe at scale. “In an increasingly digital world, organizations that can leverage language to better improve customer...
The State of Translation and Globalization 2018
Technology, a growing demand for content across global geographies, and a trend toward voice and video are all having an impact on the translation and globalization space. Demand for translation services is growing and shifting, says Michael Stevens, growth director...
The Rise of Video Marketing and How it Affects Your Business
It’s no secret that video use in content marketing is on the rise. Online video is becoming an efficient means for people to gather and consume information quickly and frequently impacts purchasing decisions. However, many businesses are failing to include it as...
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....
Increase Engagement by Boosting Your Content Quality
Every content marketing strategy should change from time to time. You cannot expect different results from doing the same thing. Many brands and agencies simply pump out branded content, with a “quantity over quality” approach. However, we’ve entered...
An Interview with Cassey Ho: Blogilates and Unexpected Digital Publishing Success
Cassey Ho is not your average digital publisher. She started out as a Pilates instructor, who used the web as a way to engage with her students by posting workout videos on YouTube. Eventually she started blogging as well, and she developed a following. FITNESS...
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”...
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...
Shaping Regional or Local Content Hubs in Global Content Strategies
Fully centralized content management in a single location is difficult to achieve from an organizational, cultural, or functional perspective. That is why setting up content hubs can be a pragmatic option to balance global product and content leadership with the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Creating Unique Customer Experiences: Five Ways to Get Started
As consumers, we have been trained to have high expectations. Netflix and Spotify have instilled an on-demand mindset, and we’ve become accustomed to getting what we want immediately. Meanwhile, companies like Amazon are continuously driving consumer...
Marketing to Millennials: Social Media, Engagement, Interaction, and Immediacy
The following is the first in a series of eight articles on Marketing to Millennials (aka, Digital Natives), and is an excerpt from a chapter in the book, Dancing with Digital Natives: Staying in Step with the Generation That's Transforming the Way Business is Done....
The State of Customer Relationship Management 2019
The customer relationship management (CRM) space has evolved greatly since Siebel Systems was founded in 1993. Not only have CRM systems become more sophisticated, they’ve also increased in accessibility with the advent of the cloud. But the core promise...
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...