Merkle|RKG’s Digital Marketing Report, released this week, notes strong disparities between the display ad effectiveness and cost of rivals Google and Facebook. In short, Facebook drives conversion rates, but Google is among the cheapest on a CPC basis. Though Google click growth dipped to 0.2% YoY, the Google Display Network (GDN) pulled 11% of all […]
To grow its base of 350 enterprise clients, social media management tool Tracx is growing – and is planning for more. In February, it raised $18 million in Series C, and Tuesday, it unveiled the hiring of former Experian Marketing Services VP Amy Inlow as CMO. CEO Eran Gilad said Tracx’s first 350 clients rolled […]
Marketing automation, long defined as a B2B lead-gen system, is making its way into B2C territory. One of the most common complaints about standard marketing automation systems is that they’re simply too old or unable to sync data in real-time. But Salesforce.com’s Pardot and Marketo are all updating to compete effectively in a cross-channel media environment. […]
Most targeting data addresses consumer marketing needs. Finding people who want to buy welding machinery or business software in a market full of data segments about new moms or golfers is tough. It’s a void that B2B marketing company MultiView intends to fill through its expertise serving B2B advertisers. Because many of its clients don’t […]
For CPG companies like ConAgra, buying media using sales data from retailers like Walmart offers a way to finally close the loop between media spend and sales. But some are concerned about the lack of transparency that comes with using the Walmart Exchange. “Walmart has more data than we do,” said Fernando Arriola, VP of […]
More marketing platforms are getting into middleware – acting as a translation layer between a server and applications. One example is Acxiom, which tries to position itself as a neutral connector between online and offline data sources. Another one is Beckon, which recently raised $13 million in Series B funding led by Venrock to act […]
Measurement mogul Nielsen is bullish on its evolving digital measurement capabilities – but panels aren’t going anywhere, said CEO Mitch Barns. “The future of measurement is not about choosing between panels and big data,” Barns told investors on an earnings call Thursday. “It’s about combining high-quality panels with granular data sets for the best of both […]
Has real estate advertising reached a digital saturation point? Borrell Associates, a research firm focusing on local advertising, says it has – at least for the agent and broker community. Digital ad spend among agents and brokers is projected to decline 2% – a $200 million drop – in 2015, according to a report the […]
While SAP has been generally absent from the marketing cloud conversation (save for last year’s announcement it would resell Adobe Marketing Cloud solutions), the company on Tuesday rolled out of a contextual marketing platform dubbed the SAP hybris Marketing Solution. “SAP hasn’t traditionally been known in the marketing space, but we are rapidly building out […]
Pitney Bowes, a 90-year-old company commonly thought of as a manufacturer of postage meters, is quietly sitting on an $838 million digital commerce business. Like its competitors, Pitney Bowes’ marketing services is the sum of many acquired parts. Its many acquisitions include: MapInfo, a mapping and location intelligence platform acquired in 2007; Portrait Software, customer […]
