Category Archive for: Marketing Trends

5 Technologies + Trends Changing Digital Marketing

This year is going by fast, but now is a good time to review the technology and trends that have been making the most impact on the digital marketing industry. What new technologies have brands been using, what trends have they've been capitalizing on, and where should marketers be spending their time and effort for the remainder of the year? This...

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Viral Marketing Strategies in the Age of Coronavirus

We've all heard of something going "viral" on the internet. This generally refers to when some piece of content generates a lot of attention very quickly and people start sharing it all over the place - social media networks, blogs, websites, you name it. Those in the marketing or advertising industry know that what is likely behind content going v...

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How Social Media is Affecting Your Customers

How many times per day do you check your social media profiles? Several people check their smart phones, mobile devices, and computers constantly for social media likes, shares, retweets, mentions, friend requests, status updates, comments, and more. In fact, people spend an average of 3 hours per day social networking. Platforms like Facebook, Twi...

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How to Find the Fine Line Between Privacy and Personalization

There is a great paradoxical tension in the marketing world today. Customers want the content that brands send to them to be personalized, yet the sheer amount of content they receive each day overwhelms them and makes them demand more privacy. How can you send them the kind of personalized content they want, but also cut through all the marketing...

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Which Marketing Trends Are Hot Right Now, and Which Are Going Cold?

At the end of every year, marketing experts and bloggers love to put out their predictions about what content, tech, SEO, analytics, social media, mobile, and email trends will be hot in the upcoming year. In fact, with the amount of articles put out about predictions, it seems to be the one topic that marketers love to write about - and read about...

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What Marketers Need to Know About Declining Attention Spans

A study on attention spans conducted by the Canadian Consumer Insights team at Microsoft has been a hot topic among marketing professionals since its publication back in 2015. Findings in the report showed the average human attention span as dwindling - from 12 seconds in 2000 - to 8 seconds in 2013. In response, several marketers have shifted thei...

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The Implications of Nostalgia Marketing

Consumers today may be increasingly tech-savvy, but that doesn't mean they aren't eager for an opportunity to tap into the past. Even in a never-ending sea of sophisticated technologies, nostalgia is still alive and well in the hearts of consumers. Everyone has sentimental feelings about certain things from the past - whether it involves food, fash...

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How to Use Hashtag Holidays for Unique Marketing Opportunities

The holidays don't just come around once a year. The Christmas shopping season may be over, but there are still plenty of opportunities for marketers to make the most of holiday promotions. In addition to traditional days of observance on the horizon, such as St. Patrick's Day, Easter, and Mother's Day, there are also an abundance of "hashtag holi...

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Infographic Roundup: The Top 10 in Digital Marketing

Who doesn’t love infographics? They cleverly combine words and pictures to tell a story or present information in a concise and entertaining fashion. And, since visual content drives more engagement than plain text alone, infographics are incredibly valuable to marketers! While an infographic might not be the exact way you envisioned presenting yo...

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The Changing Face of Customer Experience

As technology evolves, it is continually transforming how marketing professionals reach and engage their customers. Before the dawn of the digital age, it was a common practice for salespeople to recognize their customers when they entered the store. Great service meant talking to customers about their personal tastes and being able to make purchas...

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