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Vericast Goes Deep on Data Privacy with Qonsent Partnership

Vericast Goes Deep on Data Privacy with Qonsent Partnership

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The martech and data intelligence company Vericast announced a new partnership with Qonsent last week, in a move designed to bolster the company’s consumer-first data privacy strategy. At a time when consumer data is becoming increasingly regulated in the U.S. and abroad, the partnership between Vericast and Qonsent is expected to help brands deliver more […]

How to Track Mobile OOH Advertising: An Interview with Jonathan Frangakis

How to Track Mobile OOH Advertising: An Interview with Jonathan Frangakis

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Jonathan Frangakis has been a champion of out-of-home / OOH advertising for years. He and his brother Gabe founded an OOH analytics platform called Mira in 2014. Mira was acquired by Reveal Mobile, where he serves as its Chief Commercial Officer.  He gave us insights into the next wave of moving OOH advertising (as in […]

Scibids Offering Promises Greater Media-Buying Transparency

Scibids Offering Promises Greater Media-Buying Transparency

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Scibids, the global leader in artificial intelligence for digital marketing, announced a partnership with Tinuiti, the largest independent performance-marketing firm across streaming TV, Google, Meta, and Amazon. The objective of what’s being called Scibids AI Insights Solution is to provide a new level of transparency and control over planning, buying, and measurement of the digital […]

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Direct Mail in the 21st Century: Traditional Marketing Meets Digital

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Direct mail marketing has evolved significantly with advancements in technology, enabling marketers to better segment and target consumers while continuously optimizing campaigns through data-driven insights. Postcard mailings can transcend the “print media” label and hold the same targeting and attribution standards as “digital media.”

How to Take Advantage of Changing Consumer Shopping Patterns

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With this in mind, retailers across all industries are investing in technologies to simplify or enhance the customer experience, ensuring the pathway to purchase is intuitive and fast. With a variety of options (and opportunities) to consider when it comes to driving e-commerce and digital engagement, what should small businesses prioritize throughout 2021 as we anticipate entering a post-Covid marketplace?

Expert Roundup: How Are Mobile Payments Transforming? Part I

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To define the current state and future trajectory of mobile payments, we’ve rounded up top industry voices and thought leaders from Liftoff, Standard, Elevated Franchise Marketing, and UserTesting.

Latest Posts

The New Content King: Short-form Audio

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With so many hours in the day, people are getting screened out. That’s why audio is coming back with a vengeance.

The Case for Internet Tracking

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What does Apple’s IDFA change really mean for consumers? It will undermine personalization, make it harder for SMBs to compete, and upend free services.

The Stakes of Apple’s IDFA Change

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The IDFA change means that iPhone users will be asked whether they want to allow tracking when they open apps. It will deal a blow to digital advertising.

Google’s Latest Privacy Play Has Big Implications for the Open Web

Looking for the ‘Big Picture’ in Local Search

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Tunnel vision is an issue that’s long plagued the SEO community. Single-location rank trackers don’t tell the complete story of how well a business is really performing in local search results. But with so many avenues to go down in measuring success, it’s almost impossible not to get sidetracked from time to time.  If businesses […]

How Restaurants Are Using Interactive AR in 2021

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Restaurants, retailers, and other local businesses looking to engage customers in a socially-distant way are giving AR-enabled interactive experiences a try.

This Startup Enables Human Connections at Virtual Events — Here’s How

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Virtual event organizers are struggling to reproduce the human connections that people crave in a digital-first environment. Welcome is working on a solution.

Snap Acquires StreetCred, IsWhere Partners with Huawei

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In this episode of Location Weekly, the Location-Based Marketing Association covers Snap acquiring StreetCred, Refinery Lab bringing Mobilosoft to the U.S., Hypertrack announcing a location-based software suite for the gig market, and IsWhere partnering with HUAWEI cloud.

5 Cashierless Retail Platforms

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In a bid to minimize contact between customers and employees, retailers have started investing more heavily in these cashierless retail platforms.

How Will Retail Redefine Itself in the ’20s?

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This post is the latest in our “Disrupting Retail” series. It’s our editorial focus for the month of February, and you can see the rest of the series here.  One positive phenomenon of the Covid era has been accelerated digital transformation in traditional sectors. This could be a blessing in disguise, as sectors like retail could […]

How Agility Will Reshape the Marketing Landscape in 2021

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Agility will be the factor that separates the winners from the losers this year. Agility means having the corporate structure and mentality to pivot fast.