I'd rather be called a pain in the ass than have one more person ask me softly and sweetly, "Hey, do you have a minute?" No. I don't.
Continue reading...Monthly Archives: October 2015
New dtSearch Solution Promises Instant Cloud-Based Searches
Text and data retrieval specialist dtSearch just announced the release of a new.NET solution that will enable it to run the dtSearch Engine fully online in the Microsoft Azure cloud.
Continue reading...Beacons Graduate From Shiny New Toy Status
Last year, beacons were the new kid on the block. Marketers got excited about this new technology which would let them know exactly where customers were in the real world so they could communicate with them in real time.
Continue reading...Can Oracle Pull Off Its Cloud Ambitions? #oow15
SAN FRANCISCO - While walking to the Moscone Center here during Oracle OpenWorld this week, you stood a decent chance of passing a Titanic-sized construction site for the Salesforce Tower. It’s the perfect anecdote to what Oracle faces: a major competitor’s name graces what will be the second-tallest building
Continue reading...This 1 Simple Thing Can Make Your Ads More Effective
Want to make your web advertising more effective? Then change direction — literally. New research from the University at Buffalo (N.Y.) School of Management claims the secret to effective web advertising is having the product change direction while moving across the screen.
Continue reading...Go Digital or Go Home
Everywhere you turn you hear about digital transformation and the importance of going digital. People are out there selling digital transformation services and software. What they are not selling is a way for everyone in your organization, including yourself, to understand what going digital actually means.
Continue reading...Doc Mgt Roll-Up: The Sun Sets on Sunrise
There’ll be no separate Sunrise for Microsoft. Instead, Microsoft is pulling the built-in calendar app for Android and iOS that it bought for $100 million earlier this year into Outlook. According to a blog post that appeared this week, the Sunrise team is now officially a part of
Continue reading...Google’s Offer to Microsoft Office Users Is Working
News You Can Use: Hubspot Says Your Website Sucks
Companies aren't giving their websites the attention that they deserve, according to research by Cambridge, Mass.-based inbound marketing company HubSpot. In a new report published yesterday, HubSpot graded websites across four key attributes: performance, mobile, SEO and security. The average overall grade? A "D-" at 60 percent.
Continue reading...#SocialSkim: The Strongest Social Brand, Plus 12 More Stories in This Week’s Roundup
Find out which is the strongest US social brand, how Google's helping users pick a costume this year, how Snapchat plans to improve video production offerings, and which content marketing horrors to avoid. Also: how Target won social points with a small Halloween promo. Read the full article at MarketingProfs