The Super Bowl 50 saw a 21% year-over-year increase in app activity during the game, with Beyonce’s two-minute guest appearance during the halftime show generating the most mobile buzz, according to new research.
Digital marketers are increasingly responsible for IT purchasing decisions- but cloud-based marketing services are cutting IT out of the purchasing cycle. Campbell Williams, Group Strategy and Marketing Director, Six Degrees Group looks at how marketers can work successfully with their IT colleagues to deliver the best campaigns.
Pizza delivery company Papa John’s has teamed up with Rakuten Marketing, delivering a campaign for the brand to drive sales of pizzas in Yorkshire through location targeting.
It’s getting more expensive to advertise on apps, with app download volumes and marketing costs continuing to rise as brand marketing spend migrates to mobile, according to new research.
A week on from the latest iPhone launch, how are adoption rates faring? New research looks at usage rates over the weekend.
A new feature from Pinterest moves them further in to the mobile commerce space competing with the likes of Amazon and Etsy. Pinterest and their ecommerce partner, Shopify, have introduced ‘buyable pins’. These allow a visitor to buy a product while viewing an image on the Pinterest iOS app. A ‘buy it’ button appears next … [Read more…]
Diageo has launched a “smart bottle” for the iconic Johnnie Walker Blue Label whisky, which lets the brand send targeted messages to customers who scan a tag on the bottle with their smartphone. The ‘ThinFilm’ technology also recognizes when the bottle has been opened, allowing a personalized conversation to continue between the brand and the … [Read more…]