MarTech Today: People-Based Marketing, voice-device purchases & consumers over bots

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Will People-Based Marketing take over? Jul 13, 2017 by Barry Levine Maybe, but first let’s define what it is. Report: Native ad buying surges 74%, programmatic slips 12% Jul 13, 2017 […]

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Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech TodayMarTech and other places across the web.

From MarTech Today:

From Marketing Land:

  • Consumers over bots: Why site crawlers don’t hold all the answers
    Jul 13, 2017 by David Freeman
    Site crawlers are valuable tools in the SEO toolbox, but columnist David Freeman warns that search marketers should not use them as a replacement for manual analysis.
  • LinkedIn starts letting people natively upload videos that play automatically
    Jul 13, 2017 by Tim Peterson
    In addition to letting some users upload videos, LinkedIn will share viewership stats, including information about viewers’ companies and job titles.
  • SMX East agenda is now live! Check out the SEO & SEM sessions in store for you.
    Jul 13, 2017 by Marketing Land
    Feed your obsession for SEO & SEM with actionable and proven tactics by attending Search Engine Land’s SMX East, October 24-26 in New York City. The agenda is packed with 50+ sessions and led by search marketing experts in paid search advertising, search engine optimization, conversion and analytics, social media and much more.

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Barry Levine
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Barry Levine covers marketing technology for Third Door Media. Previously, he covered this space as a Senior Writer for VentureBeat, and he has written about these and other tech subjects for such publications as CMSWire and NewsFactor. He founded and led the web site/unit at PBS station Thirteen/WNET; worked as an online Senior Producer/writer for Viacom; created a successful interactive game, PLAY IT BY EAR: The First CD Game; founded and led an independent film showcase, CENTER SCREEN, based at Harvard and M.I.T.; and served over five years as a consultant to the M.I.T. Media Lab. You can find him at LinkedIn, and on Twitter at xBarryLevine.