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How the blockchain could save the ad industry
Mary Keane-Dawson believes that something is fundamentally broken about the way we advertise.
Demystifying the hype around blockchain for marketers
Most business leaders understand that innovation typically comes from the edges of the business, not its core. That is why many companies will create R&D or innovation functions, separate from day-to- day operations.
Where are the key transformative tech trends of 2018?
It’s the beginning of September (and no, I don’t know how that happened either), and as the summer lull winds to a close and we prepare for a renewed frenzy of activity, it’s a good moment to take stock of the year so far.
The week in martech: Oracle’s tech stack, image tracking & overhyped blockchain
Welcome to The Week in Martech, a new column in which we round up some of the most interesting developments from the world of marketing technology over the past week.
This week, cloud-based software platform Oracle wants its clients to know that its tech stack is not a 7-Eleven (but it’s happy to help them make a chocolate cake), and the blockchain hype in advertising is starting to lose momentum.
Demystifying Blockchain: Guidelines for Marketers
1. Introduction Powerful technological forces are impacting the marketing profession and the companies and industries where marketers work. Econsultancy identifies, analyses and writes about many of these forces; ubiquitous connectivity[1], artificial intelligence[2] and the Internet of Things[3] to name a few. The same technologies are also enabling new and agile innovators to launch digitally enabled […]
Blockchain: Three ways to enhance the social media ecosystem
As if augmented reality and machine-learning strategies aren’t enough to plan for, in walks blockchain.
We’ve all heard the buzzword and its relationship to cryptocurrencies, but few have dug in to see how this technology can change the world of social media – where centralized channels and user-produced content consumed by platforms is the norm.
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How the blockchain can be applied in healthcare
While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies face dramatic price swings and are still the focus of controversy, interest continues to grow in the blockchain technology behind cryptocurrencies.
Ask the experts: Blockchain and its use in marketing
Come on you reluctant marketers, you can only dismiss the utility of blockchain for so long without making an effort to properly understand it.
So here’s the article you need – a trio of marketing experts (who use blockchain) helping you to understand the possible use cases, challenges and opportunities of blockchain.
Kodak demonstrates why brands should tread carefully with blockchain initiatives
Fueled by the dramatic rise and, more recently, fall in prices of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether, the blockchain is all the buzz.
While some believe that cryptocurrencies are in a bubble the likes of which the world has never before seen, many, including major companies in a variety of industries, also believe that the blockchain technology behind cryptocurrencies has legitimate and meaningful uses that could benefit if not revolutionize the way they do business.
Four ways the blockchain could be applied to digital advertising
The astonishing rise of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in 2017 was arguably the trend of the year and the headlines keep coming in the first weeks of 2018.
While much of the interest in cryptocurrencies is purely financial – many new millionaires and even some billionaires have been minted in the past year – lots of observers believe that the blockchain technology behind cryptocurrencies could revolutionize many markets.
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