More than 164 million people plan to shop over Thanksgiving weekend, according to the National Retail Federation Consumers say they will spend an average of $1,007.24 during the 2018 holiday season a 4.1% increase from 2017, according the National Retail Federation. E-commerce continues to gain traction during the holidays, but bricks-and-mortar shops remain popular with consumers: Read More…
To squeeze the most value and customer discoveries from your marketing technology, you need to think in a radically different way and overcome the hurdles that impede marketing experimentation The best relationships have a give and take. Likewise, the best tech stack for your business should be a two-way street. Companies get value from being Read More…
By Chris Karel Ryan began his career in early 2013 at akhia communications in the role of an Assistant Account Executive. After working in Account Service for over three years, Ryan’s passion for digital led to a transition to akhia’s Optimization department in the role of a Digital Project Manager. Over the past three years, Read More…
We’re in the era of online outrage, and it’s affecting brands small and large. How can marketers deal with the outrage while staying sane? Kimberly Legocki got her first taste of online fury in the era of the blogosphere. It was the mid-2000s, and she was handling marketing and communications for JohnsonDiversey (now Diversey Read More…
By Chris Karel Shon Christy is one of Ohio’s best social media speakers. Recognized as a pioneer and innovator, he founded the state’s first niche social media agency. His 20 years of marketing experience, nearly 10 years of social media expertise and hundreds of speaking engagements with national reach make him one of the most Read More…
By Chris Karel Melissa Wilson’s career spans nine years in integrated communications and digital marketing. She’s a practical influencer who facilitates the transfer of ideas and objectives, gathers feedback to improve ideas and objectives in order to understand the audience, and develops a brand-compliant narrative to reach them. In doing so, Wilson helps her company Read More…
Given the increasing opportunities offered to advertise products and brands to potential customers online, it’s not surprising that firms’ online advertising expenditures have risen steadily, and a great deal of that spending is directed toward banner advertising. Online banner advertising may be a natural choice for online retailers, but what about retailers that realize the Read More…
8/20/2018 By: Daniel Burstein Johnson & Johnson Vision Care makes billions of contact lenses every year, and when a customer buys a box of contacts, they’re all the same. All the same color, same shape. No contact is even slightly out of proportion. If they were, customers wouldn’t be able to see, and that would be Read More…
Image source: Sole Collector Social impact is not a strategy; it’s a responsibility. It’s a moral imperative, not a marketing plan. Should my words fail me, I want to first establish that I am against police brutality, racism, bigotry and intolerance in absolute and unconditional terms. What follows is not a political statement on my Read More…
5/30/2018 By: Hal Conick Consumers’ inboxes are inundated by spam, trash and malware disguised as marketing messages. How can marketers differentiate their content and connect with consumers? E-mail is a marketer’s greatest tool and greatest conundrum. E-mail gives marketers access to the potential attention of nearly 4 billion consumers across the world, but it also fills Read More…
