Marketing Automation

How to Automate Email Personalization While Maintaining Creative Control
March 20, 2019 at 12:34 pm

When youโ€™re interacting with millions of email subscribers, the only way to personalize content for each person on your list is with automation. But within many organizations, the idea of giving a machine control over email content isnโ€™t exactly an easy sell โ€” especially for brands that have spent decades refining their voice and visuals.โ€ฆ

Inner Circle Q&A: Renee Lopes Halvorsen, Senior Director, Marketing and E-Commerce, Marine Layer
October 31, 2018 at 11:53 am

For our Inner Circle Q&A this week, the folks at Custora, one of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle: On the Road, San Francisco sponsors, interviewed Renee Lopes Halvorsen, senior director of marketing and e-commerce for Marine Layer, a Custora client. A San Francisco-based company, Marine Layer is known for making โ€œabsurdly soft clothes (that are stylish too).โ€

The โ€˜Dog Daysโ€™ of Amazon Prime Day Advertising
July 25, 2018 at 11:21 am

Though it was temporarily sidelined by some otherwise adorable dogs, Amazon Prime Day offered millions of Americans a much-welcomed break from the recent hot snap by providing an oasis of cool deals and a few thrilling moments of holiday-like shopping frenzy. Meanwhile, brand advertisers across the world looked to cash in on Prime Dayโ€™s 36-hourโ€ฆ

5 Tips to Re-Energize Your Retail Marketing Strategy
June 1, 2018 at 10:29 am

Consumer behavior has shifted. While many shoppers now prefer smaller, more customer experience-oriented retailers, at the same time, they value e-commerce because they believe it offers better choice, convenience and price. While more than half of todayโ€™s consumers are regularly completing transactions online, several industry experts are finding that customers still want to feel connectedโ€ฆ

The Connected Consumer: IoT and Automation in Everyday Life
December 5, 2017 at 11:15 am

Consumers are eager to embrace connected devices and automation; however, they remain wary of the Internet of Things (IoT), security breaches and their long-term effects. People want the ease and accessibility that automation can provide but want assurance that there are protocols and security measures in place before they fully adopt these practices. Optimistic forโ€ฆ