Mobile Technology May Not Always Be the Answer – Innovation Excellence (blog)
As the world plods onto bigger, greener and higher tech pastures, one would assume that every industry would go right along with it. The public release of the Internet heralded the downfall of some, such as video rental stores and travel agencies. Those that survived…
What Brands Need to Know About Visual Social Media [Infographic] – MarketingProfs.com (subscription)
Today’s fastest growing social media channels are visually based, according to the following WebDAM infographic. Here’s the scoop for engaging your visuals-loving customers. Consider your brand across all visual touchpoints, suggests WebDAM. Include logos, typography, press kit, photography, and icons. Also, post images often. “Posts…
How to Leverage Social Media for SEO: Link Building – Marketing Land
I recently asked a room of experienced marketers how they thought social media marketing could assist their SEO efforts. The answers were more or less what I had expected to hear: Social media helps foster relationships, which in turn helps build links and improves rankings….
Vancouver’s high-tech hurdle: Attracting top-level talent – The Globe and Mail
From left: Version One Ventures CEO and founder Boris Wertz, BuildDirect president and CEO Jeff Booth, Vision Critical founder and president of corporate innovation Andrew Reid, Hootsuite CEO and founder Ryan Holmes, Shoes.com chairman and co-founder Roger Hardy, Plentyoffish CEO and founder Markus Frind, and…
Report: iPhone Drives Less Than Third Of Android Traffic, Nearly 75 Pct. Of … – Marketing Land
The best news in mobile marketing every Thursday. Last week Opera released its State of Mobile Advertising report for Q2. Headlines on coverage tended to focus on the finding that “the first app of the day is in the Social Networking category, and the most common last…
What we can learn from the Pan Am Games – The Globe and Mail
So much for the fretting, hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing. It seems that in the end, Toronto learned to stop worrying and love the Pan Am Games. In the run-up to the games, it seemed the largest multisport spectacle ever to be held in Canada was destined…
Nearly Every Google AdSense Publisher Must Comply With EU Cookie Consent, Not … – Marketing Land
Top news and emerging ideas in display advertising, delivered every Monday. Google has notified AdSense publishers that they must get “cookie consent” from site visitors from countries within the European Union to use their data. The change essentially affects any publisher running AdSense, not just those operating…
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It | WIRED – Wired
I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold. Though I hadn’t touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee started blasting cold air at the maximum setting, chilling the sweat on my back…
5 Features For a Stellar Social Media Strategy with BuzzBundle – Search Engine Journal
This is a sponsored post for BuzzBundle. If you are part of a small social team or doing it on your own, you know social media planning can be a major time suck. By the time you research content, write quality content, develop a sharing plan,…