Meredith Leigh Pratt is a Information Design Manager based in Boston, MA.
The “Other” Tech Valley: Boston’s Route 128
When we think tech, we think Silicon Valley. That little piece of California just south of San Francisco has been the world’s most ubiquitously hyped tech hub. But long before Silicon Valley, back when the tech hype machine was still in its adolescence, there was another hub that in many ways enabled the framework for today’s Silicon Valley world, only from the other coast. The East Coast, West Coast thing started a long time ago in tech and, just like in hip hop, east coast seriously ruled f...
Niche Marketers, Is Your Customer Engagement Strategy Up-to-Date?
Digital transformation is racing across the business world with such vigor that it’s impossible for companies not to stand up and take note.
Mega-corporations and industries around the globe are migrating to digital records with built-in client portals, constructing not just beautiful but also practical websites, and implementing automation, live chat, social outreach, and much more. Because improving client communication is key, for many the mindset is “get on board, or get left behind.”
Oth...
Content: The New Marketing
Content marketing has always existed. Companies have always created and published material intended to stimulate interest in their products and services.
Digital technologies now enable any company to create content to build brand awareness and engage with a targeted audience and thus function as a media company.
This is true in B2C, but especially transformational in B2B where customers are tuning out traditional sales and marketing efforts to reach them and going online to research and inte...
The Role of Content in UX Design
In a 1996 essay about the future of the Internet, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates coined the legendary phrase: “Content is king.” More than 20 years later, his thoughts on the influential nature of interactive content continue to influence and guide digital design.
For some time now, those in the marketing industry have embraced his adage to be true. However, as the focus on user experience continues to grow in importance and popularity, it has become more apparent that, in many aspects of ma...
Niche Marketers, Is Your Customer Engagement Strategy Up-to-Date?
Digital transformation is racing across the business world with such vigor that it’s impossible for companies not to stand up and take note.
Mega-corporations and industries around the globe are migrating to digital records with built-in client portals, constructing not just beautiful but also practical websites, and implementing automation, live chat, social outreach, and much more. Because improving client communication is key, for many the mindset is “get on board, or get left behind.”
Oth...
The “Other” Tech Valley: Boston’s Route 128
When we think tech, we think Silicon Valley. That little piece of California just south of San Francisco has been the world’s most ubiquitously hyped tech hub. But long before Silicon Valley, back when the tech hype machine was still in its adolescence, there was another hub that in many ways enabled the framework for today’s Silicon Valley world, only from the other coast. The East Coast, West Coast thing started a long time ago in tech and, just like in hip hop, east coast seriously ruled f...
Content: The New Marketing
Content marketing has always existed. Companies have always created and published material intended to stimulate interest in their products and services.
Digital technologies now enable any company to create content to build brand awareness and engage with a targeted audience and thus function as a media company.
This is true in B2C, but especially transformational in B2B where customers are tuning out traditional sales and marketing efforts to reach them and going online to research and inte...
The "Other" Tech Valley: Boston’s Route 128
When you think tech, your first thought is probably Silicon Valley. However, long before this generations tech hub, there was Route 128, the birthplace of tech centrals.
Niche Marketers, Is Your Customer Engagement Strategy Up-to-Date?
Digital transformation is racing across the business world with such vigor that it’s impossible for companies not to stand up and take note.
Mega-corporations and industries around the globe are migrating to digital records with built-in client portals, constructing not just beautiful but also practical websites, and implementing automation, live chat, social outreach, and much more. Because improving client communication is key, for many the mindset is “get on board, or get left behind.”
Oth...
The “Other” Tech Valley: Boston’s Route 128
When we think tech, we think Silicon Valley. That little piece of California just south of San Francisco has been the world’s most ubiquitously hyped tech hub. But long before Silicon Valley, back when the tech hype machine was still in its adolescence, there was another hub that in many ways enabled the framework for today’s Silicon Valley world, only from the other coast. The East Coast, West Coast thing started a long time ago in tech and, just like in hip hop, east coast seriously ruled f...
Niche Marketers, Is Your Customer Engagement Strategy Up-to-Date?
Digital transformation is racing across the business world with such vigor that it's impossible for companies not to stand up and take note.
Mega-corporations and industries around the globe are migrating to digital records with built-in client portals, constructing not just beautiful but also practical websites, and implementing automation, live chat, social outreach, and much more. Because improving client communication is key, for many the mindset is "get on board, or get left behind."
Oth...
Content: The New Marketing
Content marketing has always existed. Companies have always created and published material intended to stimulate interest in their products and services.
Digital technologies now enable any company to create content to build brand awareness and engage with a targeted audience and thus function as a media company.
This is true in B2C, but especially transformational in B2B where customers are tuning out traditional sales and marketing efforts to reach them and going online to research and inte...