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Using Live Video for Business

Posted by Lisa Smith on Mar 10, 2017 11:10:00 AM

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In 1951, the first live televised broadcast took place when former U.S. President Truman spoke at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in California. The world has come a long way since then; many things have come and gone, but live video has remained steady as a popular mode of mass communication and source of entertainment.

 

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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0: Making Your Site ADA Compliant for Level A

Posted by Lisa Smith on Mar 1, 2017 2:25:34 PM

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has set the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 to go into effect in 2018. With less than a year left until the enforcement begins, businesses are looking at ways to make their sites WCAG website compliant. If you’re already planning to update your existing website — or build a new one — be sure that these guidelines are implemented in the design.

 

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The Inbound Marketer's Dictionary

Posted by Lisa Smith on Feb 15, 2017 11:47:14 AM

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Have you ever been immersed in an interesting conversation one minute, only to find yourself lost in a sea of technological jargon the next?

 

Our inbound marketing team throws around a myriad of terms and abbreviations throughout our work week — but such terminology could be confusing to business professionals unfamiliar with the industry and our agency.

 

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Why Facebook is Testing Ads in Messenger and What It Means

Posted by Lisa Smith on Feb 10, 2017 11:15:00 AM

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There aren’t many social platforms with “one billion monthly users” in the world, so when the opportunity arises for social media marketers to create and target ads on such platforms, they practically drool. That’s exactly what’s happening as Facebook begins “very small” testing in Thailand and Australia to implement targeted ads inside Messenger itself.

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Get a head-start on voice search optimization

Posted by Lisa Smith on Feb 1, 2017 9:05:00 AM

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What makes search engine optimization (SEO) so fascinating? At InVerve, we love it because the process is constantly evolving. As the world continues its pattern of technological innovation, people regularly change how they consume information.

 

Google CEO Sundar Pichai claims that 20 percent of queries on its mobile app and Android devices are voice searches. This percentage is only expected to grow; comScore predicts that 50 percent of all searches are going to be voice searches by 2020.

 

You get the point. Voice search is the next “big thing.”

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Dark Social: What It Is and Why It Matters

Posted by Lisa Smith on Jan 9, 2017 11:05:00 AM

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Picture this: You’re sitting at the doctor’s office, patiently waiting to be seen. After an hour, you need a pick-me-up so you pull out your phone and head to Buzzfeed. Lucky for you, there’s a list of the most Instagram-worthy travel destinations. And just a day prior, you told your partner you had to get out of town for a week.

 

Hoping to travel to one of these newly-found destinations, you copy the URL and paste it into your Facebook Messenger. Off it goes to do your convincing for you (you hope). Guess what? Your action just became a part of “dark social."

 

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