Does Email Marketing Still Matter?

The first-ever email blast was sent in 1978 and the results were a clear indicator of just how successful this tactic could be. Here we are in 2021 and the question is asked: does email marketing still matter? Let’s take a look at why email marketing is a digital slam dunk, proving that this digital…

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5 Tech Trends Your Business Needs to Know

Believe it or not, 2019 will soon be behind us. With that in mind, it’s time to look forward to 2020 and what it will bring. The last decade has seen some dramatic changes in the way we live our lives. As an example, consider your relationship with your phone now compared to 2009. 2020…

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5 Search and Social Trends for 2011

Link: 5 Search and Social Trends for 2011 “Recently, I participated in a Webinar with Chris Baggott of Compendium. We talked about the convergence of search and social media, and how content marketing is bridging both areas. We settled on 5 trends that we think will be especially important in 2011.” by Jay Baer (@jaybaer)…

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Smartphones and tablets to outsell personal computers in 2011

Link: Smartphones and tablets to outsell personal computers in 2011 “Canadians will buy more smartphones and tablets than personal computers this year, a new trend, says Deloitte Canada’s annual report on where technology is headed.” This article is a summary of the report’s predictions on purchases of PCs, smartphones, tablets, TVs, TV usage, retail Wi-Fi…

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8 Social Media Trends Impacting Businesses

Link: 8 Social Media Trends Impacting Businesses “As businesses continue to integrate social media and become more confident and comfortable with social media tools and platforms, we’re starting to see a change in social media usage.  A new study reveals what’s changing with social media.” “It surveyed more than 6,000 people across a variety of…

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Google and the Rise of Facebook

Link: Google and the Rise of Facebook An excellent roundup of emerging events, trends and predictions as things are heating up, often in the background, between Google and its capabilities and Facebook and its growing list of new capabilities, but each giant is in its own context, its own world, and they are very different….

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5 Huge Trends in Social Media Right Now

Link: 5 Huge Trends in Social Media Right Now “What follows are five of the hottest social media trends right now. Each are influencing our social, online and mobile behaviors in significant ways. Entertainment checkin services are changing the way we watch television. Mobile loyalty applications are helping us connect the dots between our real-world…

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