Like many industries, banking underwent a massive digital transformation during the Covid-19 pandemic. In April 2020 alone, there was a 200% increase in new mobile banking registrations and an 85% rise in mobile banking traffic. William Demchak, Chairman and CEOof PNC Bank, describes it as a ten-year shift in consumer behavior that occurred in two ...

Sweepstakes campaigns are a great way for marketers to generate leads. According to an analysis by Wishpond, contest email CTRs are 5.5% higher than other emails, and contest landing page conversions are 7.3% higher than typical landing pages. When your sweepstakes is also an identity marketing campaign, you can see even greater success. Why You ...

When Covid-19  hit, it disrupted families and schools across the United States. Parents were overwhelmed, teachers were displaced, and children had to start learning from home. A year and a half later the pandemic continues to take an unthinkable toll on our communities, creating social, emotional, and academic burdens - especially for students and teachers. ...

Marketers have long relied on third-party data to target and acquire customers, personalize messages, and drive growth. However, those days are numbered. Increased digital privacy concerns are driving investments in new data sources, customer content, and community-building programs.  Data collection and the understanding of customer identity is changing. Marketers are discovering that first-party and zero-party ...

As a frequent mover, I’ve changed my address with USPS many times. I always sign up to receive the new-mover offers, and I’m always disappointed when the packet arrives. The discounts are often too small to make much of a difference, and keeping track of paper coupons in the chaos of my move is nearly ...

This article originally appeared here. Google’s recent announcement that it won’t allow cookie-based tracking in Chrome is the latest admission by big tech that consumers take their privacy seriously. Much of the discussion since then has focused on ways in which to do cookieless advertising. But, if we understand what makes a potential customer tick, ...

When you’re meeting someone for the first time, how often do you ask, “What do you do?”  It’s a popular first question because someone’s profession isn’t just a title, it’s a part of their identity and reveals a great deal about them. Finding out what someone does for a living can jumpstart a conversation and ...

Data drives personalization, but for campaigns to be effective, you need quality data that’s collected and used responsibly. When it’s not, consumers feel stalked and brands miss an opportunity to create truly inviting experiences.  To learn how this applies to financial services, the Money20/20 podcast “MoneyPot” spoke with two senior leaders at SheerID—Julie Cox, VP ...

The role of affiliate marketing in the digital advertising ecosystem is well established, as tens of thousands of merchants rely on affiliate marketing as part of their revenue today.  Recent research projects that the US affiliate marketing spend will increase to $8.2 billion by 2022, up from $5.4 billion in 2017 according to the source. ...