Although YouTube isn't a substantial profit center for Google and probably won't be for some time, it has matured significantly under the corporate umbrella of the world's largest search engine.
The latest sign of that maturity: YouTube has become a powerful platform for political candidates to reach voters, and YouTube is hoping to cash in.
According to Borrell Associates, spending on political ads in the United States will hit $4.2bn this year, double the $2.1bn that was spent in the last major election cycle in 2008. A lot of that money will go towards ads on television, which is a favorite medium for candidates hoping to be elected (or re-elected). Full story...
In this first US issue, the magazine tackles 20 important multi-channel topics, from big data and the challenges of the silo-less organization, to bringing innovation to the enterprise.
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As the online industry has grown, so have the number of moving parts we have to consider.
As the cogs in the machine continue to multiply, everyone has had to acquire cross functional skills to manage the different channels that come under the remit of the online marketer.
The other day I eavesdropped as a pretty girl faced the teenage boy seated across from her and sang, “Tonight / We are young / So let’s set the world on fire”.
CAPTCHAs or conversions? While just about every business hopes to boost its conversions, the ill effects of spam bots and screen scrapers have driven countless companies to implement CAPTCHAs on their websites.
A failure to properly monetise its mobile platform has always been Facebook’s Achilles heel, so it’s no surprise that it has just acquired another mobile-based company.
About a month ago, Adwords announced to us that it was changing the behaviour of exact and phrase match to match close variants, including misspellings, singular/plural forms, stemmings, accents and abbreviations.
Recommendations from friends are the most influential driver for UK shopping habits followed closely by consumer reviews, according to a new survey by Reevoo.
The growth of mobile as a marketing channel has provided a massive opportunity for retailers to connect with their customers.
If you are a frequent reader of the Econsultancy blog, you’ll be well aware that mobile is an extremely important channel for marketers.