Have you ever gotten past a website login error, or been able to establish a new online account, only after getting a security code delivered to you via text to your phone?
Late last year, TechCrunch reported on a security oversight that illustrates the danger of sending passwords or passcodes over SMS: The message itself may have been exposed to attackers, as it was when at least 26 million authentication text messages were left unprotected by password or encryption on a server at California communications provider Voxox.
At a technology-focused agency like DeLaune, we’re called on to create a lot of digital marketing assets. That means we think a lot about the ideal form of different collateral types—and white papers are a good example.
Focused, practical and digestible
The most defining characteristic of white papers is that they’re focused, practical, and digestible. Whatever their topic, even in the world of information-laden digital marketing assets,
Someone who emerged from a decade-long nap beneath a technological rock (decades-long, really) might be shocked to see how much of today’s IT landscape, from programming languages to virtual environments, infrastructure standards to critical networking software, and even entire operating systems, belong to no one.
Or at least, belong firmly to no single, particular person or organization—and are freely available to try out,
Continuing our discussion on developing and executing a successful blog strategy, we mentioned that having defined personasis important to both your target audience and your blog writers. A persona is a description of your ideal target prospects and customer(s) for your offerings. In the old days, the idea would be to focus only on target markets and their requirements. However, that definition is too broad and does not include the wide diversity of audiences that can be accessed.
In the ‘90s, I had the pleasure of helping create the IBM Internet Briefing Center. I was part of a group of subject matter experts who were hired to become the hosts and presenters for IBM solution presentations at the beginning of the Internet era.
Because the team came from the field, labs, and development centers of IBM, we attended what we fondly called “charm school”
It’s now less than 86 days till the 2016 Summer Olympics open in Rio de Janeiro on August 5th.
No matter what story lines unfold with polluted water, deadly mosquitoes and the inevitable doping scandals, companies will be looking for ways to use the cache of the Olympics to build their brands. But is the promotional impact of the Olympics limited to those companies with big budgets and a direct sports connection?
Building your Brand
If your company doesn’t have an obvious tie-in to sports and you lack the big bucks budgets to pay for high-dollar endorsements,
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