The 2015 edition of Gartner’s conversation-provoking “Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies.” Big Data was poised to tumble into the Disillusion, when early interest wanes and vendors either step up and deliver or drop out. But Big Data was nowhere on the curve because it’s gone mainstream. “It’s not special today,” says Gartner “It’s just the […]
Introducing the New Pocket API for Developers and Publishers
Introducing the New Pocket API for Developers and Publishers It has been an incredible year for Pocket: grown to more than 6 million users, and iOS, Android and Kindle Fire apps. With 10,000 developers integrating their apps and sites with Pocket, and 45% of Pocket’s more than 1 million daily saves come from third-party apps. […]
A Better Way for Social Sharing on WordPress Websites
Content with relevant images or content with visually stimulating images, is likely to generate 94% more views and shares on social networks, than content without appropriate images. While adding an image is an easy task, what you need to keep in mind, is that all social networks operate differently. Thus, a single image size may […]
BLOGGING IS ALIVE AND WELL
Some pundits have suggested that the blog is dead, but it’s not. Blogging has simply evolved from a consumer activity into a sophisticated marketing tactic. The best marketers have figured out that if you’re going to have long-term success in this content marketing evolution, investment in owned digital properties is mandatory. 71% of marketers are […]
Content Marketing Predictions 2016
Peek into the content marketing crystal ball and see what industry experts predict for the new year. “In 2016, content marketing exits its crazy college years. Grows up. Gets a real job. Pays its own bills,” states Ann Handley, author of Content Rules and Everybody Writes. Companies will increase their investments in content marketing. “As […]