This Week in MarTech: Mobile Technologies and Contextual Marketing To Drive the Next Marketing Technology Wave

We’re observing some trends within the digital marketing industry that are already having an impact on budgets and resources – and will continue to in the future. Mobile technologies, contextual marketing and automation tools are altering the MarTech landscape sooner than we expected. Read on to keep yourself abreast of the latest insights from the digital marketing industry.

Here’s how marketers are using different mobile technologies to reach consumers – Business Insider

According to the article, mobile marketing has gained momentum recently. Per IAB, revenue from mobile advertising accounted for 30% of total ad spend in the first half of 2015, and it’s on track to account for more than one-third in the second half of the year. In a new report from BI Intelligence, the article takes a close look at the different mobile marketing tactics being used today, spanning legacy mobile technologies like SMS to emerging capabilities like beacon-aided location-based marketing. It also identifies some of the most useful mobile marketing technologies that mobile marketers are putting to good use as parts of larger strategies.

Let’s Put Enterprise Marketing Technology Into Context – Forrester

In this post, analyst Rusty Warner takes a deep dive into why it’s critical for marketers to embrace customer context. According to Rusty, winning in the age of the customer depends on the interactions that people have with brands, and compelling customer experiences materialize only when a firm understands its customers and anticipates their needs.  The context of all those interactions determines whether customers will engage and, more importantly, transact with your brand again. Marketing’s job is to harness the power of customer context to create a repeatable cycle of interactions, drive deeper engagement, and learn more about the customer in the process.

Facebook opens Messenger to publishers – Business Insider

At Facebook’s annual F8 conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced new tools that developers can use to harness the power of Messenger, positioning the messaging platform as a way for businesses and publishers to connect with consumers they wouldn’t otherwise reach.

Today the messaging apps have evolved beyond simple tools for communicating with family and friends. They are full ecosystems that include communication, commerce, and more.

Everything the tech world says about marketing is wrong – Tech Crunch

The biggest problem in marketing in the tech world today is that too many marketers do not know the first thing about marketing. Digital marketers — who, as marketers, really should be cynical enough to know better — have fallen into an echo chamber of meaningless buzzwords.

5 Essential Facts for Marketing to Millennials – Huffington Post

Advertising has evolved at lightning speed over the past decade, with millennials – now totaling 77 million (or about one-fourth of the US population) – leading the charge against old ad platforms.

Millennials view traditional forms of advertising as dishonest. When they make purchasing decisions, they rely on the opinions of their friends and family, their own research, customer reviews, and use every tool at their disposal before making a buying decision.

Airports around the world to embrace mobile apps 2018 – Business Insider

According to Skift, an industry intelligence platform provider, by 2018 it is expected that 91% of global airports will have navigation tools within their mobile apps and 83% of the airports will offer mobile notifications about the airport’s status. Another report by Business Insider suggests that mobile will make up over half of all digital bookings (including lodging and airfare) by the end of this year. And this share is forecast to jump to almost 70% by 2019.

It has become more important than ever for travel companies to expand their mobile capabilities in order to better reach their customers.

Forrester Consulting study confirms that best-of-breed marketing stacks are “thriving” – Marketing Land

In a recently released Forrester Research study commissioned by a data management provider (DMP), titled “Put Data Management at The Core of 1:1 Marketing,” 74 percent of all surveyed marketers are employing a “best-of-breed” approach as they mix and match their choice of tools. Only 23 percent are choosing a “full-stack” provider that offers a marketing cloud or suite.

The report points out that high-maturity teams usually have more leeway to experiment, so they could consider different mixes of tools and approaches. In other words, they have the resources and authority to mix and match their marketing stack, which could offer both bigger integration headaches and a more “flexible customization.”

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