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In recent years, SMS integration has played a pivotal role in transforming the Black Friday shopping experience. Both retailers and consumers have wholeheartedly embraced SMS as a powerful tool for communicating promotions, exclusive offers, and time-sensitive alerts.
The impact of social media on leisure and travel is undeniable. Platforms like Instagram and Facebook have transformed how people experience and plan their journeys. They serve as hubs for sharing photos, videos, travel tips, and reviews, essential tools for travellers worldwide.
What’s so great about sports is that it connects all kinds of people. On the other hand, knowing no two sports fans are alike makes it challenging for sports organisations to address different fan segments. The organisation behind the Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix acknowledged this challenge and didn’t just pack the CM.com Circuit Zandvoort with their best fans. Instead, they’ve managed to enhance their fan experience right at their first racing event in 35 years. What’s more, they keep improving fan engagement year on year. Curious to know how? We’ll share five insider tips on how the Dutch Grand Prix enhanced its fan engagement before, during, and after the race.
In today's digital landscape, customer engagement is increasingly shifting towards social media platforms. This shift is well-founded, as personalised messaging on the messaging apps preferred by your customers can greatly enhance your brand awareness. With the introduction of Instagram's new Marketing Messages feature, you now have a powerful marketing tool at your disposal to increase your visibility where your customers are and re-engage them effectively, ultimately boosting your conversion rates.
You’ve heard about SMS marketing campaigns for consumers, but what about SMS marketing for B2B? B2B text messaging is an effective way to communicate with your business clientele, enabling you to build relationships with decision-makers and offer information that helps them make buying decisions.
The adage that time is money has never been truer than it is today - and especially for those brave souls in transport and logistics. Razor-thin profit margins and almost impossible deadlines make this a particularly challenging industry!
Look at most definitions of conversational marketing, and it’s not clear what all the excitement’s about. “Engaging customers through dialogue”, “interacting with people via real-time”, “two-way communication”, “putting the focus on interactions using social media messaging channels”. Isn’t that what marketers have been doing for years?
In an age of mass marketing, as well as constant TV, internet and email advertising, it’s safe to say that sales periods can be something of an overwhelming experience for consumers around the world. Inundated with information from companies, people could be forgiven for wanting to switch off their phones, radios and televisions and ignore all forms of marketing until the sales period is all over. As an eCommerce owner, you should always be looking to avoid this by diversifying your marketing strategy in a way that suits your customers needs and sensibilities.
WhatsApp newsletters are messages that can be sent from a brand's WhatsApp business account to a specific audience of customers with information that's relevant to them. You can send people special offers, exclusive discounts, and new product announcements. You can also personalise these offers based on special events like holidays and birthdays, or annual promotions like Valentine's and Easter.
This year showed us that something as simple as a grocery delivery service – done well – can become extremely popular with customers. If something works, users appreciate it. After a tough 2022, it’s likely most marketing teams will be asked to do more with less in 2023. It's a challenging environment but, as with all challenges, quick-thinking and clear-headed brands can benefit from a host of martech opportunities, regardless of size or turnover.
After a tough 2022, marketers will be looking ahead to 2023. With economic uncertainty the major theme for this year, it’s likely that marketers will be asked to do more with less. It's a challenging environment but as with all challenges, there are a host of opportunities that quick-thinking and acting brands can benefit from. We look at the marketing trends for 2023 and give our take on the developments that will shape the coming year.
It’s no secret anymore, consumers expect to be able to engage with brands on their mobile devices. For brands, it is the best channel to reach your customers and to drive sales. While not every business needs a mobile app to meet consumer demand, every business needs a smart mobile marketing strategy. We’ll take you through the mobile marketing errors that shouldn’t be made next year.
Predominantly, customers' interactions with financial institutions are physical such as walking into a bank for a transaction or depositing funds at your bank. However, with online banking, virtual correspondence is becoming the norm.
Every eCommerce player knows personalisation is important. It’s how you build customer trust and comfort, make your messaging meaningful, and keep web shoppers coming back. But fewer realise how deep and broad real personalisation goes.
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