The education game market continues to grow rapidly, and mobile learning games are a dominant force in this market. Newzoo, an industry analyst that provides insight for the generic games market, predicts the overall mobile game market across all game types will grow 40 percent between now and 2020. That’s a significant growth increase.
https://www.td.org/insights/when-games-go-small/
Most retail marketers would argue that the secret to effective sales is creating an outstanding customer experience. From investing in UX design and customer relationship management software to training customer service staff, frontline marketers know that every consumer touch point is critical to creating a compelling brand experience.
https://www.retailcustomerexperience.com/blogs/why-product-data-is-key-to-superior-customer-experience/
Every start to the year inspires newness and a point of reflection. Whether personally or in business, we pause to look back and plan forward. This is the time we at least attempt to reset our efforts. Learning from the good and bad of the previous year, with the hope of designing a better roadmap for achieving our goals. While we do not have a crystal ball to see the future, we can certainly take steps to be better prepared for what is ahead in marketing for 2018. Here are some trends we think you should not ignore.
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/314254/5-essential-marketing-tips-for-2018.html/
Safe, reliable, affordable. This multifaceted obligation for utilities to serve is the bedrock of the regulatory compact that still prevails today -- and it is evolving in states like New York, Minnesota, California and Hawaii.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/a-no-regrets-approach-to-the-distributed-energy-paradox#gs.CSZ3umA/
The ongoing 'fake news' saga highlighted a previously unseen flaw in Facebook’s model: allowing open access to all became a liability to the social media giant’s brand, and therefore to the wider company.
http://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2018/01/29/why-facebook-s-latest-facelift-should-provide-transparency-users-and-marketers/
Recently my CEO shared a nice thought provoking article titled law of sh*tty click-through rates. It was a great article with a lot of great insights. The main point the article highlights is that over time all marketing strategies result in shitty click-through rates.
https://www.business2community.com/seo/small-businesses-can-benefit-voice-search-user-experience-01998948/
Everything about your website — from the colors you use to the placement of your buttons — ties into your conversion rates.
The experience your users have on your website will not only determine your conversion rates, but may even be the difference between whether visitors choose to stay on your site or bounce away. You likely have spent a lot of time and effort getting traffic to your website, so the last thing you want is to turn those visitors off.
https://uxplanet.org/the-top-7-ux-design-tips-for-gaining-better-conversions-ee65d0bae8cc/
Is your landing page reaching out to the visitors exactly the way you want it to?
Every website no matter how big or popular will have a considerable bounce rate — A unit that measures the number of users who visit your website but leave without performing any further action.
https://uxplanet.org/how-to-build-super-effective-landing-pages-7fe9a3bab8f1/
Snapchat has copped backlash from its users following a major overhaul to its user interface, affecting users in Australia, UK and Canada. Plans for the new layout first emerged last year, with the intention to separate the social from the media. It also follows one year after the launch of Instagram Stories and slowing Snapchat user growth.
http://www.marketing-interactive.com/new-snapchat-layout-draws-flak-from-users/
Around this time each year, we like to look back at marketing and design trends that shaped the previous year, as well as what changes we can expect in the future.
The year 2017 brought us millennial pink, virtual reality, GIFs, and a step closer towards the possible end of the stock photo. What can we expect for the New Year on the horizon? Like its predecessor, 2018 will likely be full of mash-ups and changes. Here are a few emerging trends to keep your eye on, as they will probably become more popular in 2018.
https://usabilitygeek.com/design-trends-2018/
