DIgital Marketing Trends 2018
Digital will witness yet another year of super-growth wherein new
digital products and solutions will be launched which will vie for larger eye-ball
share. Advertisers will look for performance over delivery and conversions over
clicks. Recent reports from IAB suggest mobile contributes 54% of the digital
advertising pie in the US. Being a mobile-first country unlike the
western worl,there is no doubt that India will move past that
percentage even faster than US.
In this report, we shall also throw light on three new platforms which we believe
will change the dynamics of the industry for giants like Google, Amazon and
Facebook forever.
At the current pace of growth, digital cannot be ignored by both small and large
enterprises. It is no more a platform which can be taken for granted.
Organizations will have to go back to the drawing board, develop strategies and
business models suiting the digital eco-system. The businesses will need to
significantly shift their culture and approach to grow and replicate their offline
success to digital platform.
Here at Communicatto, weāre all about staying ahead of the digital media game. In the name of preparation, weāve pulled out our crystal ball to get the forecast on 2018 digital media trends. And by crystal ball, we mean 70 years of combined marketing expertise and lots of industry research.
WF Trends 2018 Things to Watch in Media and TechnologyThe Fisheye Group
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A presentation given to the Wake Forest Baptist Health Marketing Department. It takes a critical look at the role of media and technology and covers a wide variety of media, technology and consumer trends for 2018 and beyond with an emphasis on how they affect healthcare marketing.
The official Ogilvy Key Digital Trends for 2018. A yearly trend report outlining both where we believe the digital and social landscape is headed and what brands and agency partners should do about it. By Marshall Manson and James Whatley.
This document discusses emerging trends in social media and technology for 2018. It identifies five key trends: (1) (Re)curation, which involves delivering information in smarter, more personalized ways through algorithms and features like Facebook Explore; (2) Reference not deference, with social platforms giving more power to users and influencers through feedback mechanisms; (3) Never-ending frictionless, looking at solutions to remove friction from user experiences; (4) Utility to empathy, with technologies focusing on enabling empathy and enhancing interactions; and (5) Ephemeral-ised, involving the creation, sharing, and consumption of quicker, more meaningful content. Each trend is explained with examples of how social platforms are evolving to address them.
The document discusses 5 trends for 2018: 1) The continued growth of the Internet of Things. 2) Embedded analytics becoming more common and useful. 3) A shift to providing predictions rather than focusing on predictive analytics. 4) Continued development of artificial intelligence but ensuring it helps rather than replaces humans. 5) Increased monetization of data through new data products and services.
The Future of marketing isn't the same for everyone. In this presentation, we'll dig into two different futures. The near term future as demonstrated by what current high performers are doing, and the distant future and what you need to prepare for.
SearchLove San Diego 2017 | Purna Virji | Conversions in a Landing Pageless W...Distilled
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How will customers transact in a landing pageless world? The reality is, our digital purchase behaviors have been changing rapidly in small but growing segments such as Amazon image search or ordering pizza from Dominos via your Xbox. Weāre reaching a point where the landing page - and sometimes even keywords - are not necessary anymore. In this session, Purna will explore emerging search trends such as artificial intelligence, messaging commerce and conversation as a platform to uncover what we need to be doing now to best prepare.
Here at Communicatto, weāre all about staying ahead of the digital media game. In the name of preparation, weāve pulled out our crystal ball to get the forecast on 2018 digital media trends. And by crystal ball, we mean 70 years of combined marketing expertise and lots of industry research.
WF Trends 2018 Things to Watch in Media and TechnologyThe Fisheye Group
Ā
A presentation given to the Wake Forest Baptist Health Marketing Department. It takes a critical look at the role of media and technology and covers a wide variety of media, technology and consumer trends for 2018 and beyond with an emphasis on how they affect healthcare marketing.
The official Ogilvy Key Digital Trends for 2018. A yearly trend report outlining both where we believe the digital and social landscape is headed and what brands and agency partners should do about it. By Marshall Manson and James Whatley.
This document discusses emerging trends in social media and technology for 2018. It identifies five key trends: (1) (Re)curation, which involves delivering information in smarter, more personalized ways through algorithms and features like Facebook Explore; (2) Reference not deference, with social platforms giving more power to users and influencers through feedback mechanisms; (3) Never-ending frictionless, looking at solutions to remove friction from user experiences; (4) Utility to empathy, with technologies focusing on enabling empathy and enhancing interactions; and (5) Ephemeral-ised, involving the creation, sharing, and consumption of quicker, more meaningful content. Each trend is explained with examples of how social platforms are evolving to address them.
The document discusses 5 trends for 2018: 1) The continued growth of the Internet of Things. 2) Embedded analytics becoming more common and useful. 3) A shift to providing predictions rather than focusing on predictive analytics. 4) Continued development of artificial intelligence but ensuring it helps rather than replaces humans. 5) Increased monetization of data through new data products and services.
The Future of marketing isn't the same for everyone. In this presentation, we'll dig into two different futures. The near term future as demonstrated by what current high performers are doing, and the distant future and what you need to prepare for.
SearchLove San Diego 2017 | Purna Virji | Conversions in a Landing Pageless W...Distilled
Ā
How will customers transact in a landing pageless world? The reality is, our digital purchase behaviors have been changing rapidly in small but growing segments such as Amazon image search or ordering pizza from Dominos via your Xbox. Weāre reaching a point where the landing page - and sometimes even keywords - are not necessary anymore. In this session, Purna will explore emerging search trends such as artificial intelligence, messaging commerce and conversation as a platform to uncover what we need to be doing now to best prepare.
The official Ogilvy Key Digital Trends for 2017. A yearly trend report outlining both where we believe the digital and social landscape is headed and what brands and agency partners should do about it. By Marshall Manson and James Whatley
10 Event Technology Trends to Watch in 2016Eventbrite UK
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Weāve picked 10 exciting, innovative technologies that are gathering pace and adoption, and are likely to start appearing on your radar in 2016. Get ahead of the curve by learning more about them.
Michael Marinaccio - Digital is Not a Seat at the Table. Digital is the Table.Julia Grosman
Ā
This document discusses the importance and growth of digital technology and strategies for digital professionals. It notes that digital is not just a seat at the table but is transforming organizations. It provides statistics showing the growth of digital versus television and technology IPOs. It discusses ensuring leadership understands both traditional and digital aspects of organizations and adapting structures. It emphasizes the need for digital professionals to focus on ROI, clearly translate successes, and leverage relationships to ensure key stakeholders understand and support digital efforts.
It's been several weeks since SXSW 2015. James Whatley, Digtital Director for Ogilvy & Mather Advertising London, has written up the four key trends that he saw coming out of this year's event.
The document discusses 10 tips for boosting digital marketing with limited time and budget. It focuses on leveraging mobile and social media platforms. The tips include creating a mobile-friendly website, optimizing SEO, claiming a Google My Business listing, blogging, using infographics, participating in the HARO platform, uploading to SlideShare, curating relevant content from others, writing as an unpaid contributor for publications, and creating videos for YouTube. The overarching themes are maximizing exposure through free and low-cost tactics that target mobile users and build thought leadership.
Seduced by the allure of big data and analytics, many companies are overlooking the true power of integrating deep human understanding to drive transformational action. This short presentation shows how companies that combine leading edge analytics with deep customer understanding will be able to unlock significant competitive advantage.
This document discusses the changing relationship between data, creativity, and marketing in today's digital world. It notes that with the rise of digital, marketing has become more metrics-driven and accountable to ROI. However, it cautions that data cannot provide all the answers and emotions still drive human behavior. The document provides tips for marketers to balance data and creativity, including understanding data's limitations, using multiple data sets, distinguishing where data ends and strategy begins, and allowing for creative leaps beyond just the numbers. It advocates for custom cross-functional teams to develop ideas and applying creativity processes to fully leverage an organization's talent against increasingly complex challenges.
Data vs Hunch - Beyond Lecture at Hyper Island 2015Beyond
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How do you strike a balance between data and creative hunch in a digital marketing world obsessed with metrics and ROI? Slides from a session with the Hyper Island Digital Data Strategy class of 2015, at the school's Stockholm campus.
Your Go-To-Market is Killing Your Business, and You Don't Even Know ItHubSpot
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Modern customers expect that it will be easy to learn about your product and buy it, but most of our go-to-markets do the opposite. We ask people to fill out long forms, we build complex qualification rules, we make it tough for prospects to talk to someone right now. In short, we put up barriers that solve for our companies instead of solving for our customers.
At HubSpot, weāre mid-way through transforming our go-to-market to be customer centric. Learn whatās worked for us, what hasnāt, and what weāre building.
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Jon is VP of Marketing at HubSpot, helping to transform how companies market and sell. Prior to this, Jon led Marketing at Trunk Club, the personalized shopping service for men and women, and was the Head of Marketing for Klout, the social media influence measurement company. Jon has a background in improvised comedy and earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School.
This is Jon Dick's #INBOUND18 presentation.
The first ever study to define the size, growth, and churn of 90 specific B2B personas. A combination of research from Linkedin, Data.com, and Salesforce combined to help marketers answer the key questions surrounding target demographics.
Where Does Search Fit in the Digital Marketing Mix? MnSearch Keynote 2014TopRank Marketing Agency
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How search marketers can break free of silos through a more strategic, customer focused and multi-channel approach to digital marketing. Keynote presentation by TopRank Marketing CEO Lee Odden at the first MnSearch Summit conference in Minneapolis, 2014.
eMarketer Webinar: US Election 2016āSpotlight on Digital Advertising, Data an...eMarketer
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Many are dubbing 2016 the "Snapchat Election", not only because campaigns are using the social app to reach the coveted millennial demographic, but due to the ephemeral nature of todayās media environment where content is consumed in streams, feeds and snaps. Topics in this webinar include: How the use of different channels like Snapchat are being matched with specific campaign goals; How much US political campaigns will spend on digital advertising in the 2016 election cycle; Differences between approaches at the local level versus the national level; How voters research candidates and their attitudes toward political advertising
What's that smell? Your Content R.O.T! Ethology Content Marketing WebinarMike Corak
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The document discusses the problem of redundant, outdated, and trivial (ROT) content created by brands. It notes that many brands focus on creating more content without proper strategy, governance, or measuring performance. This results in piles of poorly performing content. The document provides tips for identifying ROT content, such as redundant pages from different years. It recommends cleaning up ROT content by auditing all content, removing what isn't useful, and implementing governance for future content creation, including clear stakeholders and processes. The goal is to improve the customer experience by focusing on quality over quantity of content.
American Banking Association Marketing Conference - Modern ConsumersMathew Sweezey
Ā
The new consumer is not like the old. This means your bank has to be more than a bank. They must be contextual to the needs of the consumer, which are far past just financial. Here's what you need to know.
Market Research Reports, Inc. has announced the addition of āWorldwide Hybrid Cloud Computing Market - Solutions, Service Model, Verticals, By Regions - Drivers, Opportunities, Trends, and Forecasts, 2016-2022ā research report to their offering. See more at - http://mrr.cm/JXN
Weāve collected a whole year of Mindshare āPoint of Viewā articles together to give you a complete picture of how the industry developed in 2016. POV topics explore livestreaming across social media platforms, the surge in popularity of Pokemon GO, Amazon Fresh, and more.
All POVs are written āin the momentā (we start with January and go through to November) and were correct at time of writing.Youāll also ļ¬nd some trends to look out for in 2017 that we think will matter to your business.
2015 Digital Marketing - Digital Trends 2015 - Technology & Life Trends & ReportTaner OzƧelik
Ā
The document is a presentation about digital trends in 2015. It discusses 15 trends, including digital privacy, security, biometric marketing, intelligent drones, virtual reality, a robot world, modular mobile, digital money, social payments, the sharing economy, mobile wallets, batteries and energy, digital detox, e-ink, and the "Tinderization" of various services. The presentation was created using various sources to highlight trends that may not have been widely known or discussed in other reports on 2015 digital trends.
Top Digital Trends Shaping Digital India by NASSCOMDivya Jain
Ā
Take a look at some of the best digital trends helping shaping up a digital India in 2018. Insights shared by NASSCOM experts.
https://community.nasscom.in
The new age organizations cannot even think of optimally promoting and selling their products and services without digital marketing. Large, medium and small enterprises have seen a lot of traction with this mode of marketing in 2016 and the trend will very well be continued in 2017 too.
Here are some of the top Digital Marketing trends to watch out for in the next one year and beyond.
The official Ogilvy Key Digital Trends for 2017. A yearly trend report outlining both where we believe the digital and social landscape is headed and what brands and agency partners should do about it. By Marshall Manson and James Whatley
10 Event Technology Trends to Watch in 2016Eventbrite UK
Ā
Weāve picked 10 exciting, innovative technologies that are gathering pace and adoption, and are likely to start appearing on your radar in 2016. Get ahead of the curve by learning more about them.
Michael Marinaccio - Digital is Not a Seat at the Table. Digital is the Table.Julia Grosman
Ā
This document discusses the importance and growth of digital technology and strategies for digital professionals. It notes that digital is not just a seat at the table but is transforming organizations. It provides statistics showing the growth of digital versus television and technology IPOs. It discusses ensuring leadership understands both traditional and digital aspects of organizations and adapting structures. It emphasizes the need for digital professionals to focus on ROI, clearly translate successes, and leverage relationships to ensure key stakeholders understand and support digital efforts.
It's been several weeks since SXSW 2015. James Whatley, Digtital Director for Ogilvy & Mather Advertising London, has written up the four key trends that he saw coming out of this year's event.
The document discusses 10 tips for boosting digital marketing with limited time and budget. It focuses on leveraging mobile and social media platforms. The tips include creating a mobile-friendly website, optimizing SEO, claiming a Google My Business listing, blogging, using infographics, participating in the HARO platform, uploading to SlideShare, curating relevant content from others, writing as an unpaid contributor for publications, and creating videos for YouTube. The overarching themes are maximizing exposure through free and low-cost tactics that target mobile users and build thought leadership.
Seduced by the allure of big data and analytics, many companies are overlooking the true power of integrating deep human understanding to drive transformational action. This short presentation shows how companies that combine leading edge analytics with deep customer understanding will be able to unlock significant competitive advantage.
This document discusses the changing relationship between data, creativity, and marketing in today's digital world. It notes that with the rise of digital, marketing has become more metrics-driven and accountable to ROI. However, it cautions that data cannot provide all the answers and emotions still drive human behavior. The document provides tips for marketers to balance data and creativity, including understanding data's limitations, using multiple data sets, distinguishing where data ends and strategy begins, and allowing for creative leaps beyond just the numbers. It advocates for custom cross-functional teams to develop ideas and applying creativity processes to fully leverage an organization's talent against increasingly complex challenges.
Data vs Hunch - Beyond Lecture at Hyper Island 2015Beyond
Ā
How do you strike a balance between data and creative hunch in a digital marketing world obsessed with metrics and ROI? Slides from a session with the Hyper Island Digital Data Strategy class of 2015, at the school's Stockholm campus.
Your Go-To-Market is Killing Your Business, and You Don't Even Know ItHubSpot
Ā
Modern customers expect that it will be easy to learn about your product and buy it, but most of our go-to-markets do the opposite. We ask people to fill out long forms, we build complex qualification rules, we make it tough for prospects to talk to someone right now. In short, we put up barriers that solve for our companies instead of solving for our customers.
At HubSpot, weāre mid-way through transforming our go-to-market to be customer centric. Learn whatās worked for us, what hasnāt, and what weāre building.
---
Jon is VP of Marketing at HubSpot, helping to transform how companies market and sell. Prior to this, Jon led Marketing at Trunk Club, the personalized shopping service for men and women, and was the Head of Marketing for Klout, the social media influence measurement company. Jon has a background in improvised comedy and earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School.
This is Jon Dick's #INBOUND18 presentation.
The first ever study to define the size, growth, and churn of 90 specific B2B personas. A combination of research from Linkedin, Data.com, and Salesforce combined to help marketers answer the key questions surrounding target demographics.
Where Does Search Fit in the Digital Marketing Mix? MnSearch Keynote 2014TopRank Marketing Agency
Ā
How search marketers can break free of silos through a more strategic, customer focused and multi-channel approach to digital marketing. Keynote presentation by TopRank Marketing CEO Lee Odden at the first MnSearch Summit conference in Minneapolis, 2014.
eMarketer Webinar: US Election 2016āSpotlight on Digital Advertising, Data an...eMarketer
Ā
Many are dubbing 2016 the "Snapchat Election", not only because campaigns are using the social app to reach the coveted millennial demographic, but due to the ephemeral nature of todayās media environment where content is consumed in streams, feeds and snaps. Topics in this webinar include: How the use of different channels like Snapchat are being matched with specific campaign goals; How much US political campaigns will spend on digital advertising in the 2016 election cycle; Differences between approaches at the local level versus the national level; How voters research candidates and their attitudes toward political advertising
What's that smell? Your Content R.O.T! Ethology Content Marketing WebinarMike Corak
Ā
The document discusses the problem of redundant, outdated, and trivial (ROT) content created by brands. It notes that many brands focus on creating more content without proper strategy, governance, or measuring performance. This results in piles of poorly performing content. The document provides tips for identifying ROT content, such as redundant pages from different years. It recommends cleaning up ROT content by auditing all content, removing what isn't useful, and implementing governance for future content creation, including clear stakeholders and processes. The goal is to improve the customer experience by focusing on quality over quantity of content.
American Banking Association Marketing Conference - Modern ConsumersMathew Sweezey
Ā
The new consumer is not like the old. This means your bank has to be more than a bank. They must be contextual to the needs of the consumer, which are far past just financial. Here's what you need to know.
Market Research Reports, Inc. has announced the addition of āWorldwide Hybrid Cloud Computing Market - Solutions, Service Model, Verticals, By Regions - Drivers, Opportunities, Trends, and Forecasts, 2016-2022ā research report to their offering. See more at - http://mrr.cm/JXN
Weāve collected a whole year of Mindshare āPoint of Viewā articles together to give you a complete picture of how the industry developed in 2016. POV topics explore livestreaming across social media platforms, the surge in popularity of Pokemon GO, Amazon Fresh, and more.
All POVs are written āin the momentā (we start with January and go through to November) and were correct at time of writing.Youāll also ļ¬nd some trends to look out for in 2017 that we think will matter to your business.
2015 Digital Marketing - Digital Trends 2015 - Technology & Life Trends & ReportTaner OzƧelik
Ā
The document is a presentation about digital trends in 2015. It discusses 15 trends, including digital privacy, security, biometric marketing, intelligent drones, virtual reality, a robot world, modular mobile, digital money, social payments, the sharing economy, mobile wallets, batteries and energy, digital detox, e-ink, and the "Tinderization" of various services. The presentation was created using various sources to highlight trends that may not have been widely known or discussed in other reports on 2015 digital trends.
Top Digital Trends Shaping Digital India by NASSCOMDivya Jain
Ā
Take a look at some of the best digital trends helping shaping up a digital India in 2018. Insights shared by NASSCOM experts.
https://community.nasscom.in
The new age organizations cannot even think of optimally promoting and selling their products and services without digital marketing. Large, medium and small enterprises have seen a lot of traction with this mode of marketing in 2016 and the trend will very well be continued in 2017 too.
Here are some of the top Digital Marketing trends to watch out for in the next one year and beyond.
The year 2021 will signal a turning point in marketing. Traditional marketing methods have already left a sour taste in the mouths of businesses. The pandemic has already wiped out traditional marketing and caused a substantial shift in consumer behaviour.The marketing seismic shift has already begun, almost like the emergence of a new age.
The document provides an overview of digital media and advertising in India. Some key points:
- Internet penetration in India is growing rapidly and is expected to reach 612 million users by 2018 and 924 million by 2021.
- The Indian advertising market was worth Rs. 61,878 crore in 2018 and is estimated to grow to Rs. 85,250 crore by 2021.
- Digital advertising accounted for 17% of the market in 2018 and is growing at a faster rate of 31.96% compared to 10.62% for the overall advertising market. The digital advertising market is expected to reach Rs. 24,920 crore by 2021.
The document discusses digital media and advertising in India. Some key points:
- Internet penetration in India is growing rapidly, reaching an estimated 612 million users by the end of 2018.
- The Indian digital advertising market was worth Rs. 10,819 crore in 2018 and is estimated to grow at a high rate of 31.96% to Rs. 24,920 crore by 2021.
- Currently, the biggest spenders on digital media are BFSI, consumer durables, e-commerce and telecom companies. Television and print currently take the largest share of total media spending.
Digital Marketing Megatrends - Breaking Taboos and NormsGeorgiana Ghiciuc
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Itās that time of the year again when we look back at 2017, gaze at the things that impacted the digital marketing scenario, and look ahead into what the future holds. We predict that 2018 will bring bigger, bolder changes to the world of digital marketing.
Break taboos and norms with our 10 digital marketing megatrends for 2018. Check them out, and you might have a chance of survival in the digital marketing āsharktankā.
By all accounts, 2019 will be the year marketers (finally!) get serious about customer experience (CX). Defined by BusinessDictionary.com as āthe entirety of the interactions a
customer has with a company and its products,ā CX has long been a hot topic, and in our age of endless distractions, an aspect of customer relationship management (or CRM)
that businesses canāt afford to get wrong. Armed with intelligent technologies capable of delivering the highest levels of customization and personalization, brands and their
partners will place big bets on CX ā and its impact on driving conversions ā in the year to
come.
Now onto a handful of the trends weāve been tracking, in no particular order
Criteo Commerce & Digital Marketing Outlook 2019Criteo
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At the end of every year, Criteo releases our big predictions for the year ahead. Itās a great time to reflect on whatās starting to emerge and what we expect to happen across the digital marketing landscape. For 2019, we thought through some of the major trends we've already started to see.
The document discusses strategies for creating effective notifications and triggers to drive user actions and engagement. Some of the strategies mentioned include leveraging a sense of achievement, urging caution with time-based triggers, boosting self-esteem, gently nudging users with courage, building curiosity, increasing expectations with habit loops, and amusing users with group offers. The goal is to motivate users through subtle persuasion rather than hard selling.
The document provides information about the Brand Book, which is a research-driven coffee table book for IT and telecom product users. It discusses the objectives of the 5th edition, which is to cover the Indian SME and enterprise segments, as well as how organizations can benefit from digital transformation. It encourages companies to feature in the Brand Book to reach their target markets. The Brand Book connects technology leaders and is positioned as a reference for CIOs to make informed purchase decisions. It also discusses how companies can improve their return on investment through advertising in the Brand Book.
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S O C I A L N E T W O R K S
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Hootsuiteās annual predictions
for social networks
REPORT / Social Networks Forecast 2019 2
SOCIAL NETWORKS
FORECAST 2019
In last yearās Social Media Trends report, we
predicted that 2018 would see social networks
focusing on emerging trends including mobile
video, livestreaming, AI-powered improvements
to social ad platforms, and visual search and
product discovery.
This year sees the major social networks building on these big bets with
new formats, technologies, and ways of engaging. Theyāre incorporating
augmented and virtual reality experiences into mobile video, using
artificial intelligence to deliver more personalized content and advertising,
and integrating shopping experiences seamlessly into visual search and
product discovery.
Theyāre also responding to increasing public demand for improved
security and transparency, updating their safety policies and exploring
ways to help users rediscover the authentic, personal connections that
brought them to social media in the first place.
Read on for our forecast of whatās next for each of the major social
networks, along with examples of best-in-class brands that are getting
results with the latest social media strategies and technologies.
The Social Networks Forecast 2019 is based on a survey of more than
3,000 Hootsuite business users, from large enterprises to small agencies,
conducted in Q3 2018 for our annual Social Media Trends report. Weāve
supplemented these results with insights from primary interviews with
dozens of industry specialists, as well as published reports and data from
Edelman, Gartner, GlobalWebIndex, Forrester, Econsultancy, Kleiner
Perkins, We Are Social, and others.
REPORT / Social Networks Forecast 2019 3
FACEBOOK
Increased transparency
Authentic connections
After facing a number of data breaches that compromised more than
137 million of their 2.23 billion users, Facebook will spearhead the charge
to restore trust in 2019.1
With a number of major elections happening in the next 18 months, Facebook
is enhancing security features and transparency for users around the globe,
with dedicated artificial intelligence tools, fact checking partners, and more
than 20,000 new safety and content reviewers.2
Along with a dedication to fighting fake news on the network, Facebookās
move towards increased transparency includes new tools that will let anyone
see the ads that any page is running, plus archives of political ads that are
labeled to show who paid for them.3
Facebook Stories announced a 150 million user count in 2018āalong with
plans to launch Stories Ads. While Facebook is currently testing these ads in
the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil, expect the rollout of the 5 to 15 second video
ads for all users this year.4
On the innovation front, Facebookās newest virtual reality headsetāOculus
Questāis set to ship in spring 2019. The Oculus Quest combines a wireless
d.
1) Digital assistants like Alexa and Siri will become the new gatekeepers between brands and consumers as they control the information consumers receive.
2) For marketers, success will depend on learning how to market not just to consumers but to the machines to ensure brands are relevant and delivered in responses.
3) Only the most hyper-relevant brands that truly understand individual consumer needs and behaviors will be able to ensure their brand is the one the digital assistant selects and delivers to the consumer.
5 Digital Marketing Trends You Canāt Afford to Miss in 2019Spark Eighteen
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If you are looking to stay one step ahead in the game from your competitors, itā time to update yourself with the latest digital marketing trends and strategies that are going to dominate the market in 2019 and beyond. Take a look at 5 prominent trends that you canāt afford to miss this year.
This document discusses several top digital marketing trends for 2021:
1. Artificial intelligence will be widely used for tasks like analyzing consumer behavior, product recommendations, and automating customer service through chatbots.
2. Programmatic advertising allows more targeted digital ad campaigns through real-time bidding automation.
3. Chatbots and conversational marketing are growing trends as consumers expect immediate, personalized responses from brands.
4. Personalization through customized content, products, and communications is important for standing out to consumers.
This document discusses several top digital marketing trends for 2021:
1. Artificial intelligence will be widely used for tasks like analyzing consumer behavior, product recommendations, and automating customer service through chatbots.
2. Programmatic advertising allows more targeted digital ad campaigns through real-time bidding automation.
3. Chatbots and conversational marketing are growing trends as consumers expect immediate, personalized responses from brands.
4. Personalization through customized content, products, and communications is important for standing out to consumers.
At Criteo, weāre proud to be at the forefront of rapidly changing commerce trends. Our direct relationships with over 17,000 advertisers and thousands of publishers allow us to watch emerging trends unfold and share valuable insights with you.
In our just-published Commerce and Digital Marketing Outlook 2018 guide, weāre excited to share our findings on how marketers are embracing the rise of voice shopping and how itās more important than ever to connect offline-to-online sales.
We also dive into the new age of data protections as well as the data-collaboration imperative. There are some big shifts ahead of us in 2018, but weāre confident that we can help retailers and marketers stay ahead of challenges and make the most of the opportunities in 2018 and beyond. Happy New Year!
This document summarizes key digital marketing trends for 2018. It predicts that half of global advertising budgets will be spent online by 2020. It also outlines that machines will take on more roles in digital marketing like customer segmentation and email generation. One of the biggest trends is video marketing as consumers demand more interactive content on mobile. The document concludes that digital marketing is rapidly changing and 2018 will see new technologies, trends, and an increased focus on localization, voice search, mobile, security, and personalized targeting through data analysis.
The document provides an overview of the Indian digital advertising industry in 2015-2016. It discusses key trends such as the growth of digital advertising spending in India, the increasing importance of mobile and video ads, and the blurring of boundaries between traditional and digital media. Major players in the industry comment on areas like the rise of social media marketing, the focus on more data-driven and automated digital strategies, and expectations for continued strong growth in digital in 2016.
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Lead Generation Simplified: Essential Steps for Successdheerajpansare88
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Simplify your lead generation process with our essential steps infographic. This guide covers four key areas to help you generate and nurture quality leads:
Market Research: Conduct thorough research to understand your target market. Identify their needs, pain points, and preferences to create tailored marketing campaigns.
Content Creation: Develop engaging and informative content that addresses your audienceās challenges and interests. Use a mix of content formats such as blog posts, videos, infographics, and whitepapers.
Channel Promotion: Promote your content through a variety of channels to increase visibility and reach. Utilize social media, email marketing, SEO, and paid advertising to distribute your content.
Lead Tracking: Monitor your leads using advanced CRM and analytics tools. Track their engagement with your content and tailor your follow-up strategies to their behaviors and needs.
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Mastering Modern Marketing: Latest Techniques and Strategies for SuccessMuhammad Talha Rafiq
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In this comprehensive presentation, i explore the evolving landscape of marketing and branding. Dive into a detailed analysis of various marketing types, including traditional and digital methods, and discover how businesses can effectively promote and sell their products or services in today's competitive market.
Key Sections Covered:
Definition of Marketing: Understanding the core concept of marketing and its role in business success.
Major Types of Marketing: A deep dive into traditional and digital marketing, along with other specialized forms such as guerilla, emotional, and neuromarketing.
B2B & B2C Marketing: Differentiating between business-to-business and business-to-consumer strategies.
Principles of Marketing: An overview of the seven key principles: product, price, promotion, place, packaging, positioning, and people.
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Marketing Plan Components: Essential elements of a successful marketing plan, including market research, target market identification, competitive analysis, and more.
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2. About Digital Marketing Trends Report
Digital Marketing Trends Report is the annual report released by Adsyndicate team covering major digital
trends impacting the industry in India over the next 12-15 months. The report is prepared by in-house
digital experts in discussion with clients across a variety of Industries.
Printed at: Manipal Technologies Ltd., Manipal | Released: Jan - 2018
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3. Dear Friends,
It gives me great pleasure to release our annual digital trends report for the year
2018. The new year brings with it a new set of opportunities and challenges and
for those in my shoes, it's an exciting phase to be in to take on the challenges
head-on and win over the opportunities. The year 2018 will be more interesting
and will fascinate us even more than the last three years due to rampant
growth in digitalization across industries powered by mobile computing and
low-cost data connectivity.
I believe digital will witness yet another year of super-growth wherein new
digital products and solutions will be launched which will vie for larger eye-ball
share. Advertisers will look for performance over delivery and conversions over
clicks. Recent reports from IAB suggest mobile contributes 54% of the digital
advertising pie in the US. I have no doubt in my mind that we will move past that
percentage even faster that US with India being a mobile-ļrst country unlike the
western world.
In this report, we shall also throw light on three new platforms which we believe
will change the dynamics of the industry for giants like Google, Amazon and
Facebook forever.
At the current pace of growth, digital cannot be ignored by both small and large
enterprises. It is no more a platform which can be taken for granted.
Organizations will have to go back to the drawing board, develop strategies and
business models suiting the digital eco-system. The businesses will need to
signiļcantly shift their culture and approach to grow and replicate their oļ¬ine
success to digital platform.
I wish you all the best for 2018.
Akshay S Rao
akshay.r@adsyndicate.in
Message from the
Chief Digital Oļ¬icer
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4. The Indian economy has been on one of the brightest spots
globally with GDP growth of 6.4% in 2017. The economy is
expected to fully shelve the demonetization and GST impact
and achieve growth rate of 7.5% in 2018. The economy is on a
roll and the investment in digital stack especially Aadhaar and
Aadhaar-enabled services is going to further fuel the economy
with ease in credit access, availing government services and is
poised to become a $6 Tn GDP by 2027.
The digital advertising revenues for the year 2017 in India has
reached INR10,150 crores and is further expected to grow at a
CAGR of 30% to reach INR 29,450 crores by 2021. As the
digital ecosystem continues to develop with low-cost
smartphones and access of high-speed data connection,
digital content consumption is likely to become more frequent
and more mainstream.
The data consumption has grown multi-fold over the last few
years largely fueled by Reliance Jio which brought low cost
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data plans in the marketplace. Today, Jio is the world's largest
data network operator carrying over 16,000 TB of data on its
network with over 13.8 crore users across the length and
breadth of the country. Furthermore, the launch of OTT by
Netļix, Hotstar, Voot and existing behemoth Youtube and
Facebook has only helped push the envelope further in terms
of per user data consumption which today stands at
3.9GB/Month.
This year, we will witness AI making an impact in areas such as
digital marketing and content marketing. On the other side,
chatbots will go mainstream and moving out of its cocoon
wherein brands will not only look for a vendor but a partner
who can deliver both automated as well as human
intervention for delivering good customer experience. The year
2018 will be an interesting year ahead for digital.
Source:
Morgan Stanley, FICCI KPMG M&E Report, 2017, Economictimes.indiatimes.com, Telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com
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6. Omni-channel Experience
Omni-channel is a term that has been making the rounds since
several years but with 75% of mobile searchers visiting a store
within 24 hours, the release of Project Beacon was no real
surprise. In the year 2018, businesses will better understand
how attribution works when tech giants like Google will shed
light on tracking store visits eventually being a key metric in
online marketing.
Not just retail but every company which falls under service
sector will make sure to provide an omni-channel experience
to their consumers in 2018. This impact will be seen spreading
to other sectors like banking, telecom, and hospitality. When
users visit your brand on the digital domain, they will expect a
similar experience in their customer relationship journey
oļ¬ine. Hence, experiences will be vital more than the journey.
Having diļ¬erent teams focus on metrics in their respective
channels will cause more harm than beneļt. It is important
that these teams are in sync to provide a better customer
experience. Every action taken by your brand will provide you
fruitful insights and data. To drive personalized and optimum
experiences it is vital to make the most of the data recorded.
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7. According to Nielsen's Global
Trust in Advertising Survey, two-
thirds of consumer trust opinions
were posted online. Images and
videos posted by inļuencers, as
well as custom recipes and
tutorials, tap into consumer
preferences for user-generated
content and tend to feel more like
recommendations from a friend.
Inļuencer Marketing
The year 2017 witnessed a good growth in demand for
inļuencer marketing. Many brands leveraged the popularity of
online inļuencers be it on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram or a blogger with huge traļ¬ic. Inļuencer marketing
campaigns were expected to give high returns compared to
traditional ways of online marketing. Many inļuencers were
able to overachieve the pre-decided success metrics and
provide some astonishing results taking a brand to the next
level.
The inļuencer marketing crusades in 2017 were a piece of a
considerably bigger incorporated activity, as restricted to
independent activities with constrained brand endorsements.
Going ahead in 2018, inļuencers will have a sense of duty
producing content with the most astounding esteems for
various upcoming and developing markets. Brands in 2018 will
demand for leads and conversions over mere factors like likes,
shares, views and engagement.
Inļuencer showcasing has consolidated its place in diļ¬erent
channels of marketing; the coming year will be about
advancement. Rather than keeping an eye on one tier,
marketing campaigns will be structured incorporating
inļuencers from multiple and diverse tiers. Adding to which,
marketers will also take the advantage of big data and
analytics platforms to ļnd and match the right inļuencer/s for
their marketing campaigns thus achieving successful results.
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8. Chatbots
Messaging is one of the most used features on smartphones
and when it comes to chatbots, India has been on-par with
global peers in terms of adoption. Companies large and small
across industries from Banking, e-commerce, insurance, and
entertainment have successfully implemented bots to assist
users across platforms.
The year 2018 will put an end to dumb chatbots and will
embrace smart AI and NLP powered chatbots which will allow
users to have seamless communication. The lack of smart
chatbots have traditionally ruined the experience of users
leading to conversation with little or no conclusion.
In India, businesses have restricted themselves to few
platforms for chatbots service i.e. website and Facebook
Messenger. The year 2018 and beyond will change the game
and will pave the way for chatbots becoming uniļed across
platforms i.e. Google Assistant to WhatsApp, every platform
will service users and provide uniļed communications with
up-to-date information with learned answers.
According to Twilio global study,
the ļnding claimed that 66% of
people prefer to talk to the
brands on messaging
platforms.
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9. 4 Content Marketing
Digital is the biggest platform from content marketing
perspective in India due to lower restriction on brand
promotion and the eco-system itself which is advertiser-led
than being subscription-driven. Video has by far been the
number-one preference for content marketing professionals
and the same will remain in the year 2018. The internet video
traļ¬ic is expected to be over 80% of the consumer internet
traļ¬ic by 2021, while content marketing will gain a whole new
dimension in the marketing mix.
The year 2018 will witness brands further pushing into brand
integrations and invest more and more in long term value
creation through thought leadership, tutorials and
testimonials. Companies will also not shy away from creating
digital video studios to deliver content on social media
platforms through in-house team.
The content in itself will undergo drastic changes wherein a
one-size ļts all strategy will make way for specialized content
for speciļc target audience. Also, the content will move
towards more personalization than being generic to the TG.
The future is clearly becoming speciļc, unique and will
communicate in a crystal-clear manner and not just in views
and likes.
By 2022, Content Marketing will
transform itself to be content
selling and ROI will be key
enabler for investment in
Content Marketing as per
Content Marketing Institute.
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11. Gamiļcation
Gamiļcation has been around for a while wherein media
companies and startups have successfully provided
challenging opportunities to crack. Media companies such as
Times Internet have received humongous success in terms of
user engagement with content and comments which acts as a
barometer of success for news stories.
Gamiļcation has over the years been used by companies for
its consumers and employees alike to bring competition. As
the attention span of users for consuming ad and content is
going down. Gamiļcation is acting as a catalyst for
engagement and stickiness to platforms.
The year 2018 will witness new gamiļcation initiatives by
companies across industries to motivate shoppers to buy
more, engage consumers, enhance customer loyalty, and
retain-encourage talent. The coming of age of Gen Y and the
overcrowding of digital space will make it even more harder for
companies to stand out in the marketplace wherein
Gamiļcation will play a major role.
According to research and
advisory ļrm Gartner, today
more than 70% of global 2,000
organisations have at least one
'gamiļed' application operating
across their footprint.
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12. Gen Z
Gen Z or the generation which was born around 2000 and who
are in the age group of 11-18 years will slowly become part of
the mainline society. The generation has grown up in a digital
world where mobile and internet were synonymous. The
generation likes to think and work practically and are no more
in the look-out for a perfect world or a real-world scenario but
believe in real world.
The generation is always online and active on social media
platforms sharing content freely with a larger audience. The
brands will have to be present and listen closely to the
generation as they applaud or complain on platforms. The
lower attention span time is yet another challenge brands will
have to overcome while conversing with the generation.
The brands will have to create a uniform experience across
stores, websites, online communities wherein the Gen Z can
walk and check out and make decisions. They are just
beginning to enter the labour force, and will have increased
buying power for sometime. We further see investments on
new-age platforms such as Snapchat and Instagram to target
the audience than on generic Facebook and Google-led
communication plan.
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13. Videos
Video consumption has been on a rise in India with the advent
of Jio and low-cost smartphones. The year 2016-17 saw many
national and international players entering the segment with
their OTT services i.e. Netļix, Viu, Voot and Hotstar. Existing
social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have
upped their ante against YouTube and other video incumbents.
The competition for content and eye-balls has been ļerce over
the years and will remain so in 2018 and beyond.
The new year will bring more live stories on Instagram,
Facebook and YouTube. The trend of going live will further get
a push with organizations setting up live studios similar to
Selļe Stations for going live across platforms. In the race to
supremacy, platforms will try to diļ¬erentiate themselves with
content type and communication leveraging their existing
strategy.
Globally, IP video traļ¬ic will be
82% of all consumer Internet
traļ¬ic by 2021, up from 73% in
2016. Global IP video traļ¬ic will
grow threefold from 2016 to
2021, a CAGR of 26%. Internet
video traļ¬ic will grow fourfold
from 2016 to 2021, a CAGR of
31%. Live Internet video will
account for 13% of Internet
video traļ¬ic by 2021. Live video
will grow 15-fold from 2016 to
2021 as per CISCO VNI.
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14. 8 Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality has been growing at a blistering pace
compared to its peer virtual reality. The addition of AR by
Google-ARCore, Apple-ARKit and the likes in their handsets
have further strengthened the growth prospects with AR
becoming a handy tool for content consumption and
decimation.
The recent adoption of AR by Amazon for its iOS apps will help
it grow faster than most experts believe. The continuous
upgradation of device performance, battery life and app-store
eco-system will further push AR into mainstream.
The use of AR in industries apart from retail into real-estate,
ļnancial services & healthcare will further broaden the horizon
and adoption. The broadened horizon for AR will surely push
existing players across sectors to leverage the platform to
deliver more, with better content for users to consume and
embrace.
As per DigiCapital Report,
Mobile AR could become the
primary driver of a $108 billion
VR/AR market by 2021.
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15. Artiļcial Intelligence
Artiļcial Intelligence has been making progress in leaps and
bounds in IoT, Chatbots, self-driving cars. The year 2018 will
witness Artiļcial Intelligence impacting the digital marketing
arena like never before. The impact of AI will be seen in a wide
variety of products and services from content marketing to
social media and performance marketing.
Digital Marketing for brands with Artiļcial Intelligence can be
ground breaking. The data crunched in terms of customer
searches, buying behaviour and interest can be used to
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customize content better and design ads for the target
audience. Each time a user engages online, a new data point is
created which can be leveraged for providing personalized
services.
Thanks to social media outreach and big data, we now know
customers better than we ever did. Businesses will start
incorporating AI into their daily processes such as assisting
customers in purchase decisions, answering chats, and deliver
personalized web experience.
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16. 10 Hyperlocal
Google being the dominant search engine in the market today,
took its ļrst step towards localization with My Business
services. Over the years, competition and players alike have
invested in localization of their search and services to
personalize it to the consumer needs. The localization has
even made companies big and small invest in local SEO in their
marketing arsenal.
However, with the advent of 'Near Me' phenomenon growing
exponentially followed by new avenues to explore local events
and activities in the neighborhood. The inclusion of social
media has taken hyperlocal a step further with local business
pages and events providing easy access of users split in the
geography and a much speciļc target audience.
In 2018, localization of search will no more be restricted to
brands and bigger chains. Each and every organization in the
eco-system will have to be present when users look for
information be it in the form of location, direction, contact nos.
Digital platform will force each and every oļ¬ine activity to be
available in search to be relevant in the business place.
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17. The Rise of...
Search
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the new, single seamless user experience will revolutionize the
āhere and nowā,what with upbeat global technology majors
blurring the lines between physical and digital user experiences
18. Jeļ¬ Bezos and his mammoth company Amazon are growing
faster than ever and there has been a theory that the business
tycoon now wants to take on Google and Facebook giving a
run for their digital advertising business dollar. These steps
will catapult Amazon amongst the top 3 players in the digital
ad market. Despite dominating the ecommerce business,
Amazon hasn't made much impact in the ad market. As of
now, Google and Facebook have a clear duopoly of the digital
advertising market. Their combined market share was nearly
50% in 2017, according to eMarketer, also estimating that they
may have accounted for 89% growth in the same year.
When it comes to digital advertising, Amazon is still treated as
a small ļsh in a very big pond and clearly its ļght is against the
sharks. But now there are signs that Amazon is ready to have a
bigger slice of the ad market.
As per eMarketer, stats show that Amazon saw its global ad
revenues rise by 60% in 2016 to $1.4bn. eMarketer also
predicts that Amazon's ad revenues will grow to become
$2.84bn by 2019 which is still just a tiny portion of the total
market. Comparatively, Google and Facebook generated digital
ad revenues of $62.59bn and $26.89bn in 2016 respectively.
Again, Amazon will have a lot of catching up to do as it is
predicted that by 2019 Google will generate ad revenues of
$100bn. This won't demotivate Amazon as it has proved time
and again to rise and rise high in the quickest session possible.
History has shown Amazon's dominance in diļ¬erent areas;
recently being the purchase of Whole Foods and spreading its
presence to the groceries sector. Having revolutionised
ecommerce, it is now seeking to establish itself in sectors like
events, music, content, and automobile. Advertising would just
be one more string to its bow.
By the year 2020, Amazon's advertising model will target
bigger brands, include more websites which are non-Amazon
and provide ad spaces which will encompass more
sophisticated tools. Only time and Jeļ¬ Bezos will tell if
Amazon's advertising eļ¬orts will aļ¬ect those of Google and
Facebook.
Source:
marketingweek.com, cpcstrategy.com, cnbc.com, practicalecommerce.com
Can Amazon put an end to Google and Facebookās digital duopoly?
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19. Your Google search results arenāt just based on the context of
the query you seek answers to, but a lot goes behind it. Itās
nothing new that the search results are personalized and are
not just dependent on the traditional ranking factors. Search
results take information such as userās location, browser
history, interests, whether logged in via google accounts etc.
All these variables will provide the user with the most relevant
results factoring personalization. More than half a decade ago,
an experiment showed personal search results accumulated to
little over 50%. It is no surprise that this number has gone high
since and continues to grow. Daily, about 4 billion search
queries are commenced, 15% of which are relatively new.
A recent upgrade was made by Google in their ranking
algorithm arsenal, it was called Rank Brain. The eļ¬ects of Rank
Brain algorithm can only be assumed as it already considered
as one of the important ranking factors. Due to Rank Brainās
machine learning ability it is expected that the search results
will become more and more personalized. Therefore, it is likely
that the whole concept of rankings will slowly and steadily
diminish.
You may soon see Google adding social media posts from your
connections to the search results. It will push results endorsed
by your networks higher up the search results page, and subtly
tailor the search results you get to your proļle. A few concerns
have been brought up by experts and users regarding this
feature.
To mention a few, personalization of search results will
decrease the likelihood of ļnding new information as it biases
search results towards what the user has already found. The
user may not be aware that their search results are
personalized thus giving rise to some privacy issues. It will also
aļ¬ect the search results of other people who might be using
the same computer.
The personalization feature has a profound eļ¬ect on the SEO
(search engine optimization) industry as well, since search
results are not ranked the same way for every user. This
makes optimization more diļ¬icult and gives a hard time
identifying the eļ¬ects of SEO eļ¬orts. Furthermore, the feature
makes search experience inconsistent for diļ¬erent users
requiring SEO experts to be aware of both personalized and
non-personalized search results. Personalized search caters to
creating plenty of background noise to search results. This can
be seen as the carry-over eļ¬ect where one search is
performed followed by a subsequent search. The second
search is infuenced by the ļrst search if a timeout period is not
set at a high enough threshold. An example of the negative
eļ¬ects of the carry-over eļ¬ect is a search for a store in
Mumbai could carry-over the results of a previous, failed
search that showed the same store in Pune, creating noise.
Source:
searchengineland.com, link-assistant.com, searchengineland.com, searchengineland.com, searchengineland.com, en.wikipedia.org, tobias-dziuba.de
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20. Since its inception and for nearly two decades, the search
engine giant Google has been dominating the online industry.
Their name itself has become a verb as people seek
information through it on a daily basis. Google has also been
dominant and successful in providing other products such as
Google maps, Gmail, Google cloud storage etc. Adding useful
and relevant information entries, live news, videos, operating
systems, and countless other services for free to everyone
around the world. Google has evolved from not just being a
search giant but also been able to spread its wings to diļ¬erent
areas and making themselves a technology enterprise. Google
has been authoritative in becoming the biggest inļuencer in
terms of generating revenue. Only a handful companies have
been able to compete with it.
Facebook is no slump in the world of online brands. If Google
has successfully provided information to users globally,
Facebook has successfully connected these users. It is the
dominant social media platform and it's making a fortune with
advertising revenue. With over 1.5 billion monthly active users
and a brand that has become synonymous with online social
interactions, Facebook stayed within its own niche. Now, it has
slowly started to branch out, and wants to lock horns with the
search bull that is Google. Facebook provides robust search
capabilities that allows users to ļnd out anything that has
been posted by or about a business. With its huge base of
users and volume of personal data on them, Facebook has
great potential for helping users in their search for local
products/services and helping businesses get found. All the
components are there: millions of business pages, location
data, behaviour data, demographic information, social
networks and engagement. Just in case you're looking for
If we speak of direct competitors, Bing and Yahoo together are
the brands that come to mind. Baidu, Yandex and Duck have
recently gained popularity in their domestic markets.
Considering Yahoo and Bing, both account for less than a third
of all search traļ¬ic. Despite them being recognized brands,
many users don't prefer using them as they aren't nearly as
sophisticated as Google. They don't have access to the
abundant resources that Google does.
But there are other competitors encroaching on Google's
territory, and they are social media platforms, e-commerce
giants and video platforms. Yes, we are talking about
Facebook, Amazon and YouTube.
SEO 2.0 ā The rise of other search engines
some pizza place nearby, you can try related searches. As
Facebook supports search for places, you'll be able to search
for hotels, businesses, restaurants, services, etc. You can
combine phrases like liked by my friends, liked by me, etc. to
get more speciļc results. Facebook is also home to various
games and music. You can search for games like Candy Crush,
Words With Friends, etc. You can also search your favourite
music artists and bands and get updates on their latest
releases and videos. You might have not realized but you can
do shopping on Facebook. Simply search for the thing you're
looking for and narrow down the query using the top ļlters.
Adding to which you are also getting options to sort shop
results according to their current price. The future is uncertain,
but one thing is apparent: Facebook is serious about
developing new functions for its users, and it's quickly catching
up to Google's scale of oļ¬erings. As a business or an individual,
it's worth your while to stay abreast of these updates.
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Facebook and its Social Search
21. Amazon and the everything
search
The everything store - Amazon has successfully established its
name in the ecommerce sector. Itās rare that you havenāt
looked up at Amazon whenever you are about to purchase
anything. One tries the Amazon app or directly visits the site
for searching and buying products thus avoiding Google. Some
time ago, Bloomberg came up with a ļnding that 55% users
start their online product searches on Amazon, compared to
28% who opt for search engines like Google. Amazon's
marketplace has many features like enabling vendors to build
and stock their own stores. Amazon thus carries a lot of
personal information and insights about the users who are
connected to them. All your browsing history, wish lists, gifting
friends and ability to pull that data together gives Amazon a
massive advantage. It also stores retailer's reputation for
price-competitiveness, reviews, authenticity making it a go-to
destination for comparison shopping. Another powerful
weapon Amazon has in its arsenal is AWS or Amazon Web
Services. Just imagine how much of the internet it powers
through with an early investment, development and constant
innovation in the vast cloud computing space.
Predictions from Gartner show about 30% of all searches will
be done without a screen in the next four to ļve years. After
text search, Voice search is driving the next generation of
navigating technology appealing more to Gen Z users, and
Amazon is one of the signiļcant leaders of voice with its Echo
platform & Alexa already in high demand. No prizes for
guessing that Amazon has already started collecting data,
information and analytics based solely on voice commands. It
also has the capability to listen to your background
environment. Not just retail but Amazon is causing disruption
in other areas with constant innovation and understanding
consumer behaviour.
YouTube and the search for video
YouTube is today the second largest search engine after
Google. The user generated video content platform is playing
an important role when audio visual aids are concerned.
Google will consider itself fortunate and proud at the same
time for acquiring YouTube in 2006. The way we search and
consume content on the web has been totally transformed by
the video sharing platform. Currently, YouTube gets hit with
over 3 billion searches a month. This is more than the
combined search of Bing, Yahoo, Ask and AOL.
So to all marketers, have you ever wondered how important
YouTube is? How important it is now to plan and strategize for
YouTube SEO as well. Last year YouTube was logged-in by
more than 1.5 billion users. SEO for YouTube works very
diļ¬erently and you can imagine the same as the platform is
very visual as compared to Google which is loaded with text
information. Producing video content is one thing, and getting
them to reach out to people is another. The ones who have
already tried their hands at YouTube marketing, know it's
easier said than done. Just like web optimization, app
optimization not just optimizing your Facebook pages.
YouTube optimization has it's own characteristics. YouTube
videos need to be optimized so that users can ļnd them
through search and within YouTube itself. To make the most of
YouTube, videos should be optimized not only to make them
appear on search but also provide users with optimum
experience. When optimizing videos, elements to look out for:
One thing to always remember is that to ļnd the most
eļ¬ective method, you need to regularly A/B test to determine
what works best for you.
Source:
searchengineland.com, forbes.com, fossbytes.com, travelmediagroup.com, medium.com, searchenginewatch.com, develomark.com, searchenginewatch.com, mushroomnetworks.com
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22. Gossip about Gossip involves attaching a tiny extra quantity of
data to a pair of hashes (Gossip) that contain the last 2 users
talked to. By doing this, a Hashgraph will be engineered and
updated whenever extra info is gossiped, on every node.
When the Hashgraph is prepared, we tend to also awake to the
knowledge that every node has and precisely after they knew
it. As a result, it becomes simple to understand how a node
would vote and this data can be used as an input to the voting
algorithm and to search whichever transactions have reached
consensus quickly.
Why is it Better?
Hashgraph is said to be a superior distributed ledger
technology system than Blockchain. It eliminates the necessity
for large computation and unsustainable energy consumption
like those of Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies.
250,000+ Transactions Per Second: 50,000 Times Faster than
Bitcoin which is limited to only 7 transactions per second as of
now.
Fairer than Blockchain: Mathematically evidenced fairness (via
consensus time stamping) which means no individual will
manipulate the order of the transactions.
THE FUTURE: Hashgraph vs. Blockchain
Bitcoin emerged in 2008, and conferred the globe with a digital
currency that was primarily based upon a revolutionary
technology called Blockchain that utilised a distributed ledger
system. This helped turn out a brand new standard of
monetary system that did away with centralized management
and helped move the globe towards the adoption of trustless
technologies. Although its introduction is just under a decade,
the Blockchain system that Bitcoin uses might already be
extinct because of another, may be better technology called
Hashgraph.
Hashgraph may be a new approach that greatly diļ¬ers to
alternative interpretations of the distributed consensus and
appears to produce associated upgrade to the systems of
distributed ledger technology (DLT). Hashgraph will resolve
todayās scaling and security problems, whereas additionally
pushing the utilization of distributed consensus applications
into broader areas.
Essentially, Hashgraph is a data structure and consensus
algorithm that's quicker, fairer, and safer than Blockchain. It
uses 2 special techniques so as to outmatch the Blockchain.
These include:
-Gossip about Gossip
-Virtual Voting
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23. Source: squawker.org, coincodex.com
A miner can opt the order for which transactions occur in a
block in the Blockchain. He or she can delay orders by inserting
them in future blocks, even stop them entirely from coming
into the system.
Once an event occurs, everyone on the node will know within a
couple of minutes. Only the consequences of the transaction
are necessary in storing; everything else can be discarded. This
shrinks the quantity of storage presently required (Bitcoin:
60GB) to a fraction of 1GB, permitting a wise phone to
currently act as a node.
Better Security: Asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerant: No
member in the Hashgraph can prevent the community from
reaching a consensus, and once the consensus has been
reached, it canāt be changed.
In the Blockchain world, it is only a probability that increases
over time whereas with Byzantine, a consensus can be
reached. Conļicts will always occur if no consensus is ever
reached. This is the primary reason why so called hard forks
that result in alt coins, such as Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold
are occurring.
Eļ¬icient: 100% eļ¬iciency as no mined block ever becomes
stale.
In the Hashgraph, every container is used and none are
discarded. As compared to Blockchain, transactions are put
into containers (blocks) that form a single, long chain. Suppose
at a given time, two miners create two blocks, the community
will eventually choose one and discard the other.
Inexpensive: Hashgraph avoids PoW or proof-of-work which
means it does not have to waste computations to slow itself
down, thus spending on expensive, custom hardware which is
no longer necessary.
Members can create transactions and containers whenever
they want with Hashgraph. And because of Gossip about
Gossip, Hashgraph is extremely fast, (250,000
transactions/sec), with fair ordering and time stamping on
every event that occurred.
When central banks were just trying to get rid of Blockchain,
along came Hashgraph to spoil the party even more.
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Digital Marketing Trends Report Team
Atish Hemade
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Prathik Kini
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Ashutosh Tiwari
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Bhavesh Sharma
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Prashanth R
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Mahesh Nirodi
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