Instagram Stories and their usefulness for a Marketer

Social Media Platforms are looking out for ways and means to encourage its users to create and share more and more content on the platform. Recently, Instagram launched its Instagram stories (a feature similar to Snap chat stories) feature that lets users post content (photos/videos) that vanishes after 24 hours. The content of stories will not appear on your profile grid or main feed section. How Instagram

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10 Reasons brands should have CHAT BOTS!

Ever since the chatbots have been introduced, there is a lot of buzz that these bots will become the next paradigm shift in marketing brands. Though it’s too early to predict things with only a few brands using it, the developments surrounding these chatbots are surely unleashing a wave of innovation for businesses/brands. Starting with customer service to the new user experiences, these chatbots are here to

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Facebook Bot Messengers: A New Revolution

In its F8 Developer Conference in April 2016, Facebook introduced the ‘Chat Bots’-which the developers can build into Facebook Messenger via an AI (artificial intelligence). Theoretically, these messenger bots will allow any user to interact with a brand/business/company or service over Facebook Messenger in a way as if they are conversing with a human being. Let’s take a look at the overall concept of these chat bots.

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Why one should invest in Digital Marketing?

Gone are the days of ‘interrupt marketing’ wherein people were interrupted to pay attention to product promotion. For example TV/radio ads, telemarketing calls, email campaigns, etc. Online/digital marketing gives the ability to reach customers to the door of the company. Planning to invest in Digital marketing? Today an average business spends around 2.5% of its annual revenue on digital marketing, as per Gartner. This seems to be

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Content Marketing in next 100 Years!

Content Marketing is all about adapting to the changes of the targeted consumer base. With the increased usage of tablets, smartphones and growing technology has made the content production easier but the sole purpose of marketing seems to be getting lost. Businesses today are spending billions of dollars on content marketing making it a verifiable opportunity to drive revenue. So what is the future of Content Marketing

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Prisma – The New Photo Editor!

Prisma a new camera app, released in June this year, transforms your photos into artworks. The app is said to use a combination of neural networks and artificial intelligence to give your photos a look of Picasso’s brush strokes. The app has taken social media by storm as it goes beyond overlays and basic filters, unlike other popular photo apps. It recreates the image from scratch exploring

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Live Video Streaming – FB Live Vs Google Hangout Vs Periscope

Social Media Players are again competing on the Mobile Live Video Streaming arena. What is Live Video Streaming? We all love to watch ‘Live’ sports or celebrity events. With social media taking over our maximum time and effort, there are businesses that broadcast live seminars, workshops, discussions, webinars, etc to its global audience. Your viewing device could be your laptop, desktop, Smartphone, tablets or any digital screen

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How to influence your influencers

Who are the influencers? Now-a-day, social media plays a crucial role in promoting a brand or spreading any criticism. Gone is the age when people used to get influenced by newspaper ads. Today’s smart generation looks upon internet reviews, feedbacks and overall brands presence in the social market before putting their money into buying or selling something. Here is when an ‘influencer’ comes into the picture. Influencers

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The Video Battle: Facebook vs. YouTube vs. Amazon Video Direct

When it comes to online video, YouTube seems to have the popularity as well as the monopoly for the past decade. But with digital age setting in and online videos becoming pretty popular to create a buzz, marketing, and building brand awareness, many social media platforms entered this arena and tweaked it for better user experience. So will YouTube be losing its monopoly? Will platforms like Facebook

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