For Facebook, every year brings advancements and enhancements—and 2016 was no different. With a strategic goal to make the world more connected, the Facebook team added new functionality, created new technology and worked to improve features that already exist. Which … Read article
Patients increasingly want the same level of customer service at the hospital that they get at the Genius Bar, according to McKinsey & Company research. Respondents said that great customer service was just as important to them in non-healthcare and … Read article
It is safe to say 2016 was rather a rough year. In fact, according to a CEB Iconoculture survey, it was deemed the worst year ever on social media by consumers. A level not seen since the Great Recession. This … Read article
How do you feel about holiday shopping? Are you excited? Completely dreading it? Or just adding it to your to-do list. Here are three things marketers need to know about this year’s holiday shoppers. Consumers feel stressed and excited. According … Read article
2016 was another very big year for the visual-based platform. The social network introduced several new ad tools, formats and even a new interface. In case you missed it, we present Instagram’s most snap-worthy moments of 2016: A new year, … Read article
Tis the season for giving, forging connections and the flu? Yes, that’s right. Let’s take a look. Give: Rethink Breast Cancer has created thoughtful Give-A-Care products to gift one-by-one or send curated packages to loved ones diagnosed with breast cancer. Connections: … Read article
From year to year, most insurance products stay the same, but there’s one thing that does change: The way they’re marketed. What does 2017 have in store? Let’s take a look at the trends. Social media (still) requires great content. The … Read article
The Black Friday deals are (mostly) over and Cyber Monday has officially passed. Now that two of the biggest shopping days of the year are behind us, many brands are shifting gears from sales and promotions to deeper, more important … Read article
How many times have you searched for something online? How many of those times did you search from your mobile device? Search is quickly becoming one of the most popular forms of paid media. In 2016, 44 percent of digital ad … Read article
Just in time for the holidays, GiftOfCollege.com presents the gift that truly keeps on giving in convenient gift card form. Grandparents take heed. You guessed it—plastic 529 gift cards that let people contribute directly into kids’ college funds. Shoppers will … Read article
Apparently, we’ve been won over America. Or we’ve just been worn down. A recent survey by RichRelevance finds that American shoppers are becoming somewhat more tolerant of the appearance of Santa Claus and tinsel before Halloween, otherwise known as “Christmas … Read article
My siblings and I didn’t have a pediatrician when we were kids. Everyone in my house saw the family doctor. (Except for daddy, who self-medicated the rare virus with a strict regimen of warm Vernors, Vicks VapoRub and Campbell’s soup.) So, … Read article