Over 90% of smartphone owners use apps, and 72% of app users churn within the first three months of installing a new app. As marketers reevaluate acquisition programs, shifting payment down the funnel from installs to engagement, the approach should be centered around the consumer experience.
Focusing on minute optimizations of marketing and UX alone largely neglects users and user experience, from high-level acquisition through down-funnel engagement in-app. Marketers and developers alike have forgotten that a smartphone is likely treated as more of an appendage than an accessory. Phones are highly personal devices, filled with carefully organized and curated applications intended to make life easier (e.g. maps, banking, email) or fun (e.g. games, social media, shopping).
https://www.clickz.com/how-to-acquire-engage-mobile-app-users-feedback/
Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are finding their way into customer service, scientific development and more. Many marketers have been waiting for the option to use AI systems to solve problems in their niche. Many professional marketers are wondering when these systems will be ready.
Evaluating AI for a complex need in marketing ultimately comes down to examining the challenges that marketers face today. Not every average marketing agency has the budget aside that they can use to develop AI systems or use deep learning algorithms. The problem with most AI systems is that they commonly take a lot of computing power and development before they can get off the ground and produce reliable results.
https://www.business2community.com/marketing/is-marketing-with-artificial-intelligence-ai-now-a-user-friendly-experience-02137966/
Here are some predictions for the future of marketing in the year 2019 and beyond from some thought leaders I polled, plus a few of my own prognostications.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/henrydevries/2018/12/27/ten-digital-marketing-predictions-for-2019/
Forbes’s 2018 marketing trends overlapped with tech: virtual reality, artificial intelligence (AI) and voice search topped the list. In 2019, marketing may be about bringing these trends together, redefining the traditional chief marketing officer (CMO) job description.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2019/03/07/five-trends-redefining-the-role-of-chief-marketing-officer-in-2019/
