Despite ongoing speculation and investor pressure, Netflix is still declining to adopt an advertising-based business model as a means to boost its revenue, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings confirmed on Tuesday. The company on its Q4 earnings call again shot down the idea of an ad-supported option, with Hastings explaining there’s no “easy money” in an…
Days before Christmas, at the height of the last-minute holiday shopping rush, an ominous message appeared on Amazon.com. It warned shoppers who used a popular browser extension called Honey that the service, which promises to track prices and discount codes, was “a security risk.”“Honey tracks your private shopping behavior, collects data like your order history…
LumApps, the cloud-based social intranet for the enterprise, has closed $70 million in Series C funding. Leading the round is Goldman Sachs Growth, with participation from Bpifrance via its Growth Fund Large Venture. Others participating include Idinvest Partners, Iris Capital, and Famille C (the family office of Courtin-Clarins). The round brings the total raised by…
It may seen counterintuitive, but in 2020, email won’t get it done. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy Image credit: Drazen Zigic | Getty Images Gregg Schwartz Guest Writer Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Strategic Sales…
It’s ironic, but brands — even the smallest advertisers — often make the mistake of believing they need a rigid personality, a monolithic look, and a singular voice. Rigidy reinforces the idea that there’s one mythical, perfect customer for these brands. That hinders their advertising and growth potential. In reality, if they all became more…
In recent years, the retail category has become one of the biggest and best-funded robotics categories — particularly when coupled with connected verticals like warehouse fulfillment and logistics. Berkshire Grey has flown mostly under the under the radar, but is kicking 2020 off with some pretty sizable funding news. The Massachusetts-based company just announced a…
Do you manage social media for other businesses? Wondering how to request the assets and information you need to do your job? In this article, you’ll discover a checklist for onboarding new clients so you have what you need to manage their social media marketing effectively. Why a Social Media Marketing Onboarding Process Is Important…
By starting at the bottom, Lara Merriken got a quick education to food-product sales and marketing. January 20, 2020 4 min read This story appears in the January 2020 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » Lara Merriken needed to make some changes. In 2000, after an intense decade spent earning a psychology degree and building a…
Image copyright The Paper/Screenshot Image caption The stunt was held to mark the opening of the new bungee attraction A Chinese theme park has triggered a wave of outrage on social media after it forced a pig to bungee jump off a 68-metre high tower.Video footage shows the pig tied to a pole, carried by…
Facebook claims that a “technical issue” in its system caused Chinese President Xi Jinping’s name to be translated to “Mr Shithole.”Photo: Lintao Zhang (Getty Images)Facebook has apologized for translating Chinese President Xi Jinping’s name as “Mr Shithole” on its platform during his visit to Myanmar this week. The company said the incident was due to…
Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images)Democratic presidential contender and former Vice President Joe Biden called the Silicon Valley set “creeps,” said that Facebook and “other platforms” should lose their Section 230 protections under the Communications Decency Act, and argued that Mark Zuckerberg should face lawsuits and possibly criminal charges over political ads smearing him in an…
Discover what it takes to create an omnichannel digital marketing strategy. January 20, 2020 1 min read Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. In…
TLDR: You can start the new year as a true digital marketing expert with this 12-pack of courses, now under $40. Do you know how artificial intelligence is playing an increasing role in digital marketing? Do you know how programmatic advertising works? And do you know about the social media platform changes coming in 2020…
Looking for a unique way to increase your social media engagement? Have you considered gamifying an Alexa flash briefing? In this article, you’ll discover how to create a voice marketing funnel that increases social media reach and engagement. Using Voice Technology to Improve Social Media Engagement Voice technology is becoming increasingly prevalent with the explosion…
E3 is still an exciting show with an unmatched selection of press conferences and video game reveals. But it’s an expensive place to exhibit, which is partly why so many companies have moved their events to a location outside the Los Angeles Convention Center. EA’s sprawling Play event, for instance, takes place at the Hollywood…
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, leaves after speaking at her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill, January 16, 2020, in Washington, DC. Photo: Olivier Douliery (GettyShameful. Irresponsible. Accomplices.These are the words House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used to describe Facebook and its executive board this week during one of the most…
Photo: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP (Getty)There are a few things Facebook’s proven, time and again, that it can’t get quite right—like keeping its user data under wraps, curbing partisan political ads, and, as proved this week, blogging. Truly though, you need to give props to the multibillion-dollar tech giant for perfecting the art of the well-timed news dump in…
New York (CNN)A few years ago, then President Barack Obama was appearing at dinner and on stage with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Nancy Pelosi was heaping praise on COO Sheryl Sandberg for “inspiring women across the world to believe in themselves.” No…
