Building a marketing cloud: Its simpler than it sounds

By Lindsay McEwan

A proliferation of digital channels and mobile devices has resulted in today’s always-on consumer, bringing huge opportunities for brand engagement, yet an increasingly complicated and dynamic path to purchase. As a result, customer experience management has risen to become the top marketing technology investment, accounting for 18 per cent of total marketing budget in 2014.

Video marketing advice from YPlan and other UK startups

By Garth Haley

As you will have no doubt noticed when scrolling down your personal Facebook news feed, the number of videos being shared on social media is increasing. This is because video provides the perfect medium for quick, accessible, informative, and most importantly, sharable content.

Marketing teams need to realise the full potential of data to help create more engaging campaigns

By Glen Westlake

It’s said that great marketers have guts. Steve Jobs, arguably one of the greatest marketers ever, famously ignored anything that had to do with market research because he didn’t believe customers knew what they wanted until presented to them. However, big data and technology has clearly revolutionised marketing in the way it gives access to information to better support a company and serve customers.

Europeans spend 18% more time using apps than Americans

By Shane Schutte

Localytics data from both European and US markets reveals that the European user base represents a huge opportunity for companies with a mobile presence. European app users are interested and engaged in their apps, opening them more frequently and spending more time in them than US users.