The Cookie Apocalypse: Get Ready with Chat Marketing
While the so-called cookie apocalypse, i.e. Google banning the use of third-party cookies, is now pushed off until sometime in 2023, digital marketers still need to adjust their strategy to a model that delivers actionable insights, targeted outreach and revenue opportunities while ensuring compliance and customer privacy.
Core Web Vitals: What Every CMO Should Know
Website performance can be a complex topic, and with Google now throwing even more jargon into the mix (Core Web Vitals, anyone?) it’s easy to get lost. Here’s a breakdown of how page speed works, what metrics to pay attention to in order to retain consumers, and how to bring performance marketing into your CMO arsenal.
Biden Taking Big Stick to Big Tech
President Joseph Biden, in a sweeping executive order, is seeking to limit the power of big tech companies, including extra scrutiny of mergers and acquisition to check their monopolistic tendencies. It covers 72 different actions, including a reinstatement of net neutrality and asking the FTC to challenge prior “bad acquisitions.”
Voice Commerce: Coming Soon to a Device Near You
Although voice tech isn’t new, using it for ecommerce is a relatively recent development. The hands-free approach is novel, but consumers remain skeptical. When voice tech was first introduced, there were obvious capacity limits. Now, there have been significant improvements to enable voice commerce thanks to machine learning and AI.
Legislation Aimed at Breakup of Big Tech Firms
Bipartisan legislation being considered in Congress could force Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook to either shed private-label assets or effectively split in two in an attempt to regulate them, the WSJ said. Congress is also looking at limiting their ability to use their platforms to improperly direct consumers toward their own offerings.
Email Marketing and the Apple iOS 14 Update
Much to Facebook’s dismay, Apple’s planned privacy update to iOS 14 will prompt users to choose whether to allow Facebook to track their phone activity to provide personalized ads. This has left Facebook and Apple bickering like two siblings fighting over who rides in the front seat. Here are the implications for email marketing.
