Just 11 short months ago, Instagram announced a new feature that took many social media marketers by surprise: Instagram Stories, which both looked and felt a lot like Snapchat. Related: How to switch your account to Instagram for…
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Workflows aren’t just for development teams. Typically, a workflow consists of several steps, along with a review period. If you’re on a dev team, you might think of moving tickets from ready for development to the in-progress stage. Or if you’re working…
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I was fortunate to travel to the Corporate Social Media Summit in Brooklyn to take in an intimate, two-day working session with colleagues, primarily on the client side. This gave me a unique look at some of the top issues that corporate…
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Procrastinating on your holiday gift shopping just got more costly. As The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, UPS will now charge retailers a $0.27 surcharge fee (for standard ground shipping) on packages shipped between Nov. 19 and Dec. 2 and again…
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Amazon once again drew the attention of the business world on Friday with the purchase of Whole Foods for $13.7B. While people have suspected that Amazon would like to expand into physical stores, many — such as myself — thought Amazon would…
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Summer in Chicago. What could be better? For marketers, pair it with a jam-packed agenda at IRCE 2017 and it is perfection. As always, “mobile” and “personalization” were two of the biggest buzzwords at the Internet Retailer Conference and Expo last week…
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As a cross-cloud Salesforce partner, we at DEG have sponsored and attended our share of Salesforce events: Dreamforce, World Tours, Connections (R.I.P.), etc. XChange 2017 felt a lot like Connections. The conference was run exceptionally well and it truly was an event designed for marketers…
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When Helix was released, the Sitecore community was very excited. For those of you who may be new to Sitecore, Helix is a set of overall design principles and conventions authored by Sitecore itself. Many partners had been following some…
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As the name would imply, the Email Evolution Conference (EEC) in New Orleans last week was all about the evolution of email, helping marketers find ways to take their programs to the next level. It was the ultimate lesson in “Crawl, Walk,…
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Last week the Social Media Strategies Summit landed in Chicago, taking place over a three-day period at the Union League Club. Day one consisted of hands-on workshops, while day two began the general summit. The conference boasted speakers from Kraft Heinz Company,…
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