Additive manufacturing might not be the best known and certainly most mentioned aspects of the whole Industry 4.0 range of technologies/applications but it’s certainly one of the most exciting, promising and ground-breaking ones (for us at least).
We need to differ though. Even if, as a term, additive manufacturing is still relatively recent, it is less so as a practice. And from the same terminology perspective, 3D Printing is far more popular (and, again, as a term also relatively recent) and is used as a synonym for additive manufacturing. In practice, it is, well, not that new either.
https://www.i-scoop.eu/additive-manufacturing-in3dustry-needs-solutions-evolutions/
Evolutions in the buyer journey, coupled with rampant rhetoric, is sapping the credibility of B2B tech vendors. The buyer journey is in an enhanced state of flux for all businesses these days, but discussions around this trend tend to revolve around B2C brands. B2B marketers, it seems, are equally struggling with adapting to new customer behaviors, but they have the added problem of a lack of credibility.
http://www.dmnews.com/marketing-strategy/b2b-tech-vendors-need-to-win-trust/article/633537/
Yea, yea, yea, more of the same. Google is updating their search results, it is in flux, search results are shuffling around. But I only try to report it when the signals all seem to be higher than the normal day to day shuffles. I always see people complaining about changes in Google but when it reaches certain levels, that is when I decide to cover it.
The ongoing WebmasterWorld thread has a spike in complaints from webmasters and SEOs about ranking shuffles and the automated tracking tools also show huge changes. Here are some comments from the threads...
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-algorithm-search-results-shuffling-24532.html/
The more autonomy and ownership employees have, the more motivated they’ll be.
However, how can exactly managers achieve this?
Managers must give advice that fuels motivation, rather than draining it. Keep these seven tips in mind:
https://www.ragan.com/Main/Articles/52822.aspx/
It’s easy to hate email marketing. It’s easy to look at your inbox, scroll through 100s of messages from companies that are probably just trying to sell you stuff, and add to your list of startup ideas “Banish Email Marketing from the World’s Inboxes”.
But, as I’m sure you know, just because you don’t like email marketing doesn’t mean that it doesn’t work… or that it can’t help your business grow. If you can suspend your irritation with email for the length of this post – and put yourself in the shoes of the average person that expects and even wants email – you may find that email marketing is on your side.
It’s not the enemy. It’s not to be detested, loathed, destroyed or banished. In fact…
https://copyhackers.com/2013/01/email-marketing/
On top of being incredibly important, the customer experience is also one of the hottest topics in 2015. Customers, what they expect from businesses and how their behavior has changed are major driver of digital marketing transformation and even take center stage in many digital transformation projects overall.
Virtually everyone recognizes the importance of the end-to-end customer experience and the role of individual experiences. At the same time people don’t always seek an “experience” but just a simple response to a simple question or the ability to get what they need without too much hassle. If you want to buy a piece of chocolate because you feel like eating one, you want to go into the nearest store and get it. Nothing more.
https://www.i-scoop.eu/customer-experience-metrics-and-measurement-beyond-csat-and-nps/
We’re almost halfway through the year, and just beginning to enter what’s sometimes called the “summer lull”: that sleepy period during July and August where people go away on holiday and everything’s a bit quiet.
Most ‘digital marketing ideas’ or ‘digital marketing strategy’ pieces tend to be written and published at the beginning of the year, when everything’s new and fresh and marketers are full of enthusiasm. Come June, the shine might be wearing off a bit, your strategy losing steam or not seeming as innovative and full of possibilities as it did in January.
But with six months still to go, you need to find a way to keep the momentum going for the second half of the year. What can you do?
In this article I’ll look at six ideas on the cutting edge of digital marketing that can help to reinvigorate your brand. Some of them are quite simple, while others require a bit more implementation and planning; but all of them are sure to liven up your strategy and give your brand a competitive advantage going into the autumn.
https://www.clickz.com/6-cutting-edge-digital-marketing-ideas-to-reinvigorate-your-brand/111792/
YouTube announced it is working on a new look and feel for both its desktop and mobile apps and is inviting beta testers to preview the redesign and offer feedback.
“While we hope that you’ll love what we’ve been working on, we’re also really excited to involve the YouTube community so we can make the site even better before sharing it more broadly,” writes product manager Brian Marquardt, on the YouTube Blog.
https://marketingland.com/youtube-invites-users-give-feedback-upcoming-redesign-213622/
Logistics, transportation and warehousing (supply chain overall) are traditionally among the first movers in the space of connected devices which can sense and ‘communicate’, long before the term ‘Internet of Things‘ even was coined.
The global connected logistics market 2016-2020: growth at a CAGR of close to 30%. With RFID and other connected logistics possibilities, the logistics market tries to build competitive benefits in a world where speed matters more than ever.
https://www.i-scoop.eu/digital-transformation/transportation-logistics-supply-chain-management/connected-logistics-2017-2020/
It’s an email world. That’s the conclusion we came to after reading “Marketo Survey: Websites, Email Still Rule Consumer Engagement," an article posted today by Dan Nicastro on CMS Wire. It's based on a global survey done some months ago by Marketo.
Looking at the original stats, it's clear that email is still the leading customer engagement tool....
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/305983/lets-get-engaged-does-email-still-lead-the-custo.html/
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