While Google is an obvious “horse to bet on,” ubiquity, UX and utility will dominate the voice-search innovation race in 2020 and beyond. An old prediction that half of all internet searches will be carried out via voice by 2020 does not look like it’s on track to be a reality, despite making it into Mary Meeker’s […]
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“How do I optmize our content for voice search?” is a question we are beginning to receive more and more from our clients. Why optimize content for voice search? Last week, I explained why now is the time for voice-activated content. To recap, here are three statistics that explain this shift and why we are
Is your landing page engaging your target customers? How can you increase ROI without increasing marketing budget? Both of these questions can be answered by a well set on-site analytics routine. You cannot improve what you are not measuring. This makes web analytics the most important growth tactic out there. But are we measuring enough?
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Spotify announced Thursday it’s testing a new voice-enabled ad experience on mobile to give listeners the ability to interact with content using voice commands. For now, the streaming service is experimenting with the format to direct listeners to branded or original content. The initial test ads promote a branded playlist from Unilever’s Axe and Spotify Studios’
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Spotify has announced a new integration with Oracle Data Cloud, aimed at helping auto brands connect with listeners through its proprietary audience data. Advertisers on the platform can build “audiences of potential car buyers across every vehicle segment and stage of the car buying cycle” using audience segments such as Polk Audiences and streaming intelligent
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Meg Goldthwaite, Chief Marketing Officer at National Public Radio, took the stage at MarTech in San Jose on April 4 and offered a lively exposition of NPR’s approach to content programming in an era where sound-oriented media are increasingly consumed through voice-enabled devices such as Alexa, Google Home and smartphones equipped with voice assistants like
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“So… most businesses know about voice search. But has this knowledge helped them optimize for it?” An interesting report recently released by Uberall sought to address that exact question. For as much as we talk about the importance of voice search, and even how to optimize for it — are people actually doing it? In
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Last Thursday Amazon announced the first set of HIPAA compliant healthcare voice apps on its platform: Express Scripts, a leading pharmacy services organization: Check delivery status of a prescription and set up shipment notifications. Cigna Health Today, a global health service company: Understand the membership benefits, manage health improvement goals and receive personalized wellness incentives
Constantly evolving search results driven by Google’s increasing implementation of AI are challenging SEOs to keep pace. Search is more dynamic, competitive, and faster than ever before. Where SEOs used to focus almost exclusively on what Google and other search engines were looking for in their site structure, links, and content, digital marketing now revolves
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Chart of the Week: Changing customer behaviours driven by technological developments are seen as offering the biggest opportunities and challenges to marketers The change in customer behaviour driven by technological developments is the biggest trend that marketers believe will offer the biggest opportunities and challenges in digital marketing. A new survey from ClickZ found that
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