MarTech Today: The trends within the trends, the fallout from Apple’s war on cookies & more

Here’s our recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, Marketing Land and other places across the web.

From MarTech Today:

• It’s not the trend that you need to watch for. It’s the trend inside the trend.
  Dec 27, 2017 by Barry Levine
  Here’s a partial list of the hidden consequences inside some of the biggest trends in 2017.
• We’re already seeing the fallout from Apple’s war on cookies
  Dec 27, 2017 by Joe Sabol
  Is Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature a sign that the death of the cookie is imminent? Columnist Joe Sabol believes advertisers shouldn’t wait to find out and should start to adapt to a post-cookie world.

From Marketing Land:

• Unique international trends require a unique marketing approach
  Dec 27, 2017 by Brendan McGonigle
  Trends and interests change from one market to another, so why do so many advertisers apply the same approach across markets? Columnist Brendan McGonigle shares Yandex’s top search trends of 2017.
• CMOs in the know: Our top 10 Marketing Strategies columns of 2017
  Dec 27, 2017 by Desiree Everts DeNunzio
  What were the marketing tactics and tips that captivated our readers over the past year? Check out our most widely read Marketing Strategies columns of 2017.

From Around The Web:

• An Era of Social Media Optimization (SMO) Is Ahead: What Can We Expect in 2018?, Socialbakers
• An inflection point for the real-time display advertising market, Digiday
• Marketers Need Artificial Intelligence to Reach the Segment of One, eMarketer

Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech Today. Staff authors are listed here.

About The Author

Barry Levine

Barry Levine covers marketing technology for Third Door Media. Previously, he covered this space as a Senior Writer for VentureBeat, and he has written about these and other tech subjects for such publications as CMSWire and NewsFactor. He founded and led the web site/unit at PBS station Thirteen/WNET; worked as an online Senior Producer/writer for Viacom; created a successful interactive game, PLAY IT BY EAR: The First CD Game; founded and led an independent film showcase, CENTER SCREEN, based at Harvard and M.I.T.; and served over five years as a consultant to the M.I.T. Media Lab. You can find him at LinkedIn, and on Twitter at xBarryLevine.