Virtual reality: Connected camera revolution is just beginning
Virtual reality: Connected camera revolution is just beginning
After the dust settles, the real takeaway from Instagram’s cloning of Snapchat is that the connected camera...
Why ‘Pokémon Go’ still isn’t available in the largest mobile game...
"Pokémon Go" is the most popular mobile game in the world. China is the largest mobile gaming market, and the most populous country on...
Mimo popularizing the idea of learning to code on mobile devices
Apple’s new iPad app Swift Playgrounds is popularizing the idea of learning to code on mobile devices, not desktop computers. But its focus is...
Make your life easier with 6 social media tools
Social media has been hailed both as a powerful business tool and one of our greatest time-wasters. In many cases, it's actually both concurrently, but...
How does Pokémon Go influence on new tech?
Pokémon Go has changed the trajectory of the world on a scale just slightly smaller than Google Search and Facebook, but still to a...
Samsung will reveal its latest Gear S3 smartwatch in IFA event...
No confirmation, but tons of rumors and precedent for a reveal at the German trade show.
Samsung typically has a strong presence at the IFA...
Snapchat needs to start stealing from Instagram
Why Snapchat needs to start stealing from Instagram? What's the biggest threat of Snapchat?
With the introduction of Instagram stories this week, the internet had a...
Pokémon Go launches 15 more countries in Asia, but not India...
The wait is over for many Pokémon Go fans in Asia, after the smash hit game went live in 15 new countries in the continent.
The...
Adding hashtags to Instagram just got way easier
This app makes adding multiple Instagram hashtags so much better.
Right now, deciding on and typing out more than one or two hashtags is a pain....
Ofcom digital and media consumption report shows people try ‘digital detox’
Ofcom found that one in three UK Internet users (or some 15 million people) have, in 2016, deemed there’s too much tech in their life...
China’s Meitu review: Eye-widening, skin-lightening, chin-narrowing photo apps
Their eye-widening, skin-lightening, chin-narrowing photo apps and “beautifying” video platform are ubiquitous in China, downloaded a billion times in total, according to the company....
Snapchat launches location-based Geostickers
Instagram may be copying Snapchat today, but the latter still has some new tricks up its sleeve.
The ephemeral social network today introduced ‘Geostickers,’ which are basically...
Apple updated over a hundred emoji
Apple is going all in when it comes to emoji in iOS 10.
Apple just released the fourth beta for the next iteration of iOS,...
Pokémon Go’s new update makes more difficult to cheat in the...
Pokemon Go players had complained that is much harder to cheat because of new update.
Almost a month after the app took the world by...
This app helps you decide what to post on social media
BetaList features the newest startups. Today, we look at an app that helps you decide what to post on social media and what not....
Google Maps’ new feature makes much easier road trips
It could sure make planning for road trips much easier.Google is rolling out Maps' multi-stop feature to the iOS app, making it easy to...
Digital technology brings to life American Museum of Natural History
Technology and tradition come together at the American Museum of Natural History to better educate tourists about native cultures.
Museums, for all the wonders they...
Curioos Review: Curioos goes beyond the digital art prints with die-cut...
Curioos Review: Curioos goes beyond the digital art prints with die-cut aluminum prints. Curioos has experimented with other formats in the past, but its...
Workflows make setting up automated email drip campaigns easy
Visually create your automated marketing campaigns using our new Workflow tool. This easy-to-use, drag-and-drop tool allows you to visually see how your campaign will...
Introducing the new Query Builder
In the past, we have always helped our customers set up dynamic groups for their automated campaigns. Our newest feature puts control back in...
Integrated Social Media Marketing at the KCDMA-SMCKC Luncheon
A few of my favorite takeaways from KCDMA/SMCKC LuncheonLast week I attended a lunch co-hosted by the KCDMA and SMCKC called, “Integrated Social Media Marketing.” ...
Spring Cleaning Round II: Why It’s Time to Clean Your Contact...
Last year, we suggested a Spring Cleaning for your emfluence Platform account to clean out your users, files, and inactive groups. This Spring, it’s...
How Contact-Based Pricing Changes Your Email Program
A few years ago, we sat down with one of our uber savvy clients, as they were preparing to use the emfluence Marketing Platform...
Email Marketing Metrics Benchmarks 2016
One of the most frequent questions I hear from email marketers is “What’s a good open rate?”First, it’s important that you create your own...
Create and modify your own email templates with Template Builder
One of the many benefits of the emfluence Marketing Platform are the custom-branded templates for your brand, loaded in your account for easy, beautiful...
How to Pass Spam Filters: What to Tweak When your Spam...
Thanks to an integration with Litmus, emfluence Marketing Platform clients can send their emails through spam filter tests before they deploy. (They can also...
More fun with Online Listening: “Brand” Monitoring for Andy Serkis
With Star Wars: The Force Awakens opening in theaters next week, fans’ excitement and Internet buzz is at a fevered pitch. Intrigued by what...
Barbeque (Also) Takes the Crown During Baseball World Series
Few things are more “Kansas City” than barbeque. We’ve had some fun using emfluence’s sentiment monitoring tools to listen for the most popular brands...
6 Questions That Brand Monitoring Can Help Answer
Social media monitoring has been around for a while, but especially in 2015 is becoming more and more common place for agencies and businesses....
Oops Recovery: Having a Little Fun With Mistakes in Email Marketing
I wanted to die.Ok, that’s too dramatic. We do email marketing here, not life saving surgery. But when I accidentally included our entire (REAL)...
Oops Recovery: What To Do When You Delete Your Contacts
There are a few conversations going around this Fall about that gut-wrenching moment when you realize you’ve just OOPS’d. You sent to the wrong...
Bigger Isn’t Better in Email. Smaller, Engaged Lists Mean Better Inbox...
My favorite “secret” to share with marketers who are new to the world of email marketing is: Just because you’re sending emails, doesn’t mean...
The Anatomy of an Email
Email marketing boasts a $28 return on investment for every $1 you invest, according to the Direct Marketing Association. Email is reported as driving...
Email Design Tips for the Non Designer
If you’re like me, you may have uttered the phrase “but I’m no designer…” in your team meetings, usually right after giving some creative...
How Listening Leads to Pitcher Perfect Picture Results
Listening. How can one word be so important? And how can so many companies skip over a crucial step when implementing a marketing or...
Hashtag Round-Up – #AskBobby & #DontJudgeChallenge
Since the introduction of the hashtag to social media in 2007 it has been used to promote discussion from everything ranging from brand marketing...
How to emfluence Brand Monitoring with Spiral16
As you might have heard, Spiral16 was recently acquired by emfluence. It’s been an exciting couple of weeks for us as we’ve learned about...
4th of July by the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]
July 4th isn’t only about fireworks. Really. Just in time for the holiday we are sharing this infographic courtesy of History.com offering a few...
Spiral16 Acquired in a Move to Gain emfluence in Kansas City
If you’ve stopped by our Overland Park offices the past couple of days you may have noticed that Spiral16 has moved. On Monday the...
How to use hastags on social media?
Have you ever been harassed or threatened online? Created by HeartMob, the hashtag #MyTroll is an attempt to counteract online bullying. The hashtag #MyTroll...
How to become a freelancer or entrepreneur
Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. – Farrah Gray
Being a freelancer or entrepreneur can provide you with...
What does Selfie mean sociologically?
A self-professed observer of selfie culture, Lianna Pisani gave a talk at this year’s Canadian Communication Association in which she argued that the Internet...
Air Guitar/music and Creative Process & Creativity is a learned skill
In his recent TEDx Talk our good friend Eric “Mean Melin” Melin discussed how his air guitar career can be used as an example...
What is Sling TV: Customers will also have access to the...
Along with Polaris+, Sling TV customers will also have access to the Maker channel, which will feature “popular short-form videos from Maker’s vast library of...
Google believes search should reflect the entirety of the Web, revenge...
Senior vice president of search Amit Singhal explained that while Google believes search should reflect the entirety of the Web, revenge porn is “intensely...
eBay sells equity back to Craigslist: Craigslist filed suit against eBay,...
The partnership began in 2004, when eBay purchased equity interest in Craigslist. Things turned sour in 2008, when Craigslist filed suit against eBay, alleging...
How to schedule your startup? Determine what’s most important
For startups, the wrong call during product development doesn’t just waste valuable company resources, it puts the entire product (and, by default, the company),...
What is TripPix for iOS? How to use TripPix?
Shutterfly, a digital photo veteran, has cooked up a way to lure a new generation back into making old-fashioned photo books, complete with scrapbook-y touches —...
