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How Blockchain Can Help Marketers Build Better Relationships with Their Customers

Harvard Business Review

Blockchain has important implications for marketing and advertising. There are implications for marketers and advertisers as well. Ending the Google-Facebook Advertising Duopoly. We believe that the Google-Facebook duopoly in digital advertising will soon be threatened by blockchain technology. RyanJLane/Getty Images.

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The Scale of the Climate Catastrophe Will Depend on What Businesses Do Over the Next Decade

Harvard Business Review

But how many big brands use their advertising, social media, or their packaging to talk directly to consumers about climate change? Use all available platforms to engage consumers. Within companies, the level of internal conversation about sustainability and climate change is rising. Besides a few messages around Earth Day, not many.

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Where Predictive Analytics Is Having the Biggest Impact

Harvard Business Review

However, looking at the surveys and consulting reports, it is unclear what the precise use cases are that will drive this positive ROI from big data. Our experience with pricing advertising on the Bing search engine is that using big data can produce substantial gains by better matching advertisers to consumers.

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7 Marketing Technologies Every Company Must Use

Harvard Business Review

Many marketers have reported rapid and significant ROI from adopting these tools; but first, they had to convince higher-ups to make the up-front investment. Over a century ago retail and advertising pioneer John Wanamaker said, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”

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7 Marketing Technologies Every Company Must Use

Harvard Business Review

Many marketers have reported rapid and significant ROI from adopting these tools; but first, they had to convince higher-ups to make the up-front investment. Over a century ago retail and advertising pioneer John Wanamaker said, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”