At its simplest, marketing automation software is a set of tools that automates common, repeatable tasks performed by marketers. Hinging on email marketing, the industry has grown to incorporate the entire campaign management landscape. Using a matrix, this white paper from Bridgeline presents a visual buyer’s guide ranking the top vendors in the marketing automation…
After last year’s record-breaking holiday shopping season, Adobe is forecasting $91.6 billion in online holiday sales – up eleven percent over 2015. While online holiday sales are expected to increase, Adobe says the overall growth rate for 2016 will be slower than last year. According to Adobe’s 2016 Digital Insights Shopping Predictions, Cyber Monday is…
Twitter released its third-quarter earnings results on Thursday morning. Here’s a quick rundown of how the social network’s business is doing. Twitter continues to make money but not a profit Twitter has not turned a profit since at least the first quarter of 2012. Despite total revenue growing by 8% year-over-year to $615.9 million and…
Yes, a lot has been written about the rise of chatbots, the digital assistants that can live in places where we spend time like Slack and Facebook Messenger. Brands jumped in early — order flowers in Facebook Messenger or tacos in Slack — and there are chatbots for customer service, health advice, personal shopping assistance,…
What’s happening at Twitter lately? Today, we found out that 350 employees have been laid off, or 9% of the workforce. The cuts were announced alongside the company’s Q3 earnings which exceeded Wall Street expectations. The employees were just notified prior to the Q3 announcements, but the team will be addressed as a whole by…
