With the ubiquity of mobile phones and the ease of SMS messaging, text-based marketing holds plenty of potential for supply chain marketers. Highlights: Many of marketers’ hesitations about text-based marketing are based on misconceptions. Research shows that text outperforms email in open and click-through rates. Currently, there’s a competition vacuum as business have been slow
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the way we live and do business. But can robots replace humans when it comes to content creation? Highlights Artificial intelligence is already creating content. Some analysts predict that human writers will become obsolete in time. At least for now, there are aspects of human-generated content that robots can’t replicate. What
Chatbots are a must-have lead generation and customer service tool for supply chain businesses in 2019. The newest generation of B2B buyers is increasingly dominating the two-way conversation between marketers and buyers. They prefer to gather purchasing information on their own — overwhelmingly via online searches, vendor websites, and peers and colleagues — rather than
Content marketing is no longer optional. It’s essential in creating brand awareness, educating audiences, and building credibility. Here’s a look at the biggest digital marketing trends for 2019. Highlights: The content marketing industry is expected to be worth more than $400 billion by 2021. Video is currently the most popular form of content being consumed online today.
With the power to drastically increase efficiency in all areas of the supply chain, it’s important brands are exploring the benefits of AI. Here are four examples of how AI can benefit your supply chain. Highlights: It’s estimated that supply chain firms could gain $1.3 to $2 trillion a year from using AI. Machine learning
Also this month in social media news: YouTube has reached nearly 2 billion monthly users; Instagram is developing a feature to simplify multiple account management; and YouTube addresses “dislike mobs.” Highlights: Social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn are working to streamline their platforms. YouTube usage continues to grow, as the platform begins addressing
Digital marketing has become essential to creating brand awareness, educating audiences and building credibility with customers. Here are the latest trends for 2019. Highlights: Digital marketing has become essential to creating brand awareness, educating audiences and building credibility and trust with customers. Video is currently the most popular form of content being consumed online today.
As content marketing continues to increase in popularity, here are six trends to consider when planning your 2019 strategy. A recent article by Forbes on content marketing notes: “As recently as a few years ago, marketers handled content mostly as a side project. It was more of a bonus than an essential role — something you
Consider these chatbot platforms for supply chain operations that can help you create artificial intelligence bots to interact with your prospects. Chatbots are on the lips of every marketer these days hoping to automate some of their processes. These artificial intelligence computer programs are designed to conduct conversations, simulating how a human would interact. If
Automation has two major benefits for supply chain marketers: it drives efficiencies and improves success rates in earning and converting leads. When you think about automation in the supply chain, you probably don’t immediately consider marketing and sales. Perhaps you envision robots scooting around warehouse floors, or maybe you think of applications in billing, compliance reports,
Here are our most-viewed supply chain and logistics blog posts from this year as of July 1, 2018. Throughout the year, we regularly write blog posts to help our readers stay on top of the latest news and happenings in the supply chain and logistics industries, particularly in regards to content marketing. We hope these
The growth of social messaging platforms is a big opportunity for your business to reach your audience with targeted content. Gone are the days when social messaging platforms are just about chatting or making plans with family and friends. You might be surprised to learn that “the combined total monthly active user count of the
