Technology: How-to articles covering the latest marketing tactics, tips, and strategies.

• Mobile Minute [Video]: Mary Meeker's Mobile TrendsJen Quinlan
  This week, the famed analyst released her annual report on Internet trends, and there were some standout mobile findings.
  Consumer Electronics, Digital Marketing, Digital Theory, Forecasts, Mobile Marketing, Smart Phones, Technology
• Pinterest Brand Engagement: Best Days and Times to PinAyaz Nanji
  Unlike Twitter and Facebook, where brands drive engagement with their content through official accounts and pages, 70% of brand engagement on Pinterest is generated by the community itself, according to ...
  Customer Engagement, Pinterest, Research Summaries, Retail Marketing, Social Media, Social Networking, Technology
• The App Arms Race: iOS vs. Android [Infographic]Verónica Maria Jarski
  The feud between iOS and the Android mobile operating system keeps heating up. To help marketers better understand the two biggest competitors in the "app arms race," Trademob created the ...
  Consumer Electronics, Customer Behavior, Demographics, High-Tech Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Smart Phones, Technology
• Mobile Minute [Video]: Why Develop for iOS First?Amanda Klohmann
  Twitter launched both Vine and its recently released #Music app with no nod toward Android. So why do brands go iOS first, even though Android dominates the smartphone market?
  Marketing Strategy, Mobile Marketing, Product Management, Smart Phones, Technology
• SMBs Embracing Mobile DevicesAyaz Nanji
  Four out of five leaders at small and midsize businesses (SMBs) say the use of mobile devices by employees has a positive effect on productivity. Only 2% say remote technology ...
  Consumer Electronics, Management, Mobile Marketing, Research Summaries, Small Business, SMBs, Technology
• Mobile Minute [Video]: Are Smart Watches a Smart Move?Diego Larrea-Puemape
  Do we need yet another product category? If mobile phones became even more useful when they became smartphones, will the same happen to watches?
  Email, High-Tech Marketing, Local Marketing, Location-Based Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Smart Phones, Technology
• Mobile Innovation (Part 4): Innovating Product Offerings Through MobileChristina "CK" Kerley
  Your customers, whether consumer or executive audiences, expect you to use the same mobile technology that has improved their lives to also improve the products and services they use: your ...
  Customer Behavior, Digital Theory, Marketing Strategy, Mobile Marketing, Product Management, Product Marketing, Technology
• Marketing and IT: Big Data an Obstacle, an Opportunity, and Key to Customer-Centricity
  Though frequently at odds, marketing and IT executives agree that harnessing Big Data is imperative to building a customer-centric corporate culture; they also agree that a lack of alignment, rigid ...
  B2C, Business Intelligence, Chief Marketing Officer, Customer-Centric, Customer Insight, Data, Management, Market Research, Marketing Challenges, Measurement
• Social Media Becomes Less Important to Teens; Prefer to Shop In-Store Than OnlineVahe Habeshian
  Today's teens, though digital natives, by a wide margin prefer to shop in stores than online, and even their use of what they consider their favorite social networks is decreasing ...
  Consumer Electronics, Demographics, E-Commerce, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Research Summaries, Retail Marketing, Smart Phones, Social Media
• How to Use the iPad for Content MarketingRusty Bishop
  The iPad is one of the best ways marketers can enhance their brand image and interact with today's mobile generation, but marketers are struggling to find innovative ways that encourage ...
  Content, Content Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Technology, Web Content

Technology: Podcasts containing in-depth interviews with smart marketers from all walks of life.

• Content, Customer-Centricity, and the Power of Data: Acxiom's Tim Suther on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  This week's guest on Marketing Smarts is Tim Suther, chief marketing and strategy officer for Acxiom, a firm that Tim referred to as "the original Big Data company"; FRONTLINE called it "one of the biggest companies you've never heard of."
  Advertising, B2B Marketing, Content, Customer-Centric, Data, Digital Marketing, Marketing Smarts, Segmentation, Technology
• The Art of Marketing Operations: Steven Bushong of Disney ABC Talks to Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  Steve Bushong's background in systems engineering, and his experience with sourcing, procurement, and operations, gave him a unique perspective on how marketing can and should work in today's complex media environment.
  B2C, Integrated Marketing, Marketing Challenges, Marketing Operations, Marketing Smarts, Measurement, Nielsen Data, Technology
• Every Message Must Be Relevant: IBM's Yuchun Lee on Marketing Smarts [Podcast]by Matthew Grant
  According to IBM's Yuchun Lee, "every communication has to be relevant. That has to be the bar." So how do you make sure that the messages you send out, the offers you make, and the content you create are relevant?
  Customer Behavior, Marketing Analytics, Marketing Smarts, Personalization, Social Media, Technology, Web Analytics