Location.World Recap - DevHub

November 7, 2016

SEA → NYC Location based marketing combines with digital experiences unlike ever before - and it’s evolving fast! For DevHub’s co-Founders it was a busy week. Mark Michael and Daniel Rust traveled to NYC to attend Yext’s Location.World conference and meet with prospective new customers and shake hands with current. “We have several integration partners for business listing management, Mark Michael/ co-Founder/CEO of DevHub describes - but Yext has continued to evolve their ...

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DevHub Login Screen - The Hub of Activity

November 7, 2016

From Australia to Japan to Latin America and places in between, DevHub login screens capture the pulse of the cities/ countries we operate in - and yes, we feature Seattle prominently. Every quarter we release a new batch of login screen themes for DevHub. This quarter the focus is: cities in which we operate. It takes seconds to login into the DevHub Dashboard and that experience starts within the login screen. There are 9 cityscapes in ...

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On-Boarding Related To Google ETA/ Bing Text Ads

November 4, 2016

With the rapidly approaching deadlines for text ads and destination URLs, DevHub is emerging as a leading solution for product managers at performance marketing companies/ agencies. Deadlines: Google — January 31, 2017 + Bing ~ 1st QTR 2017 (subject to change) Expected Sites/ Landing Pages Migrated to DevHub: 40,000+ First ETA Migrations Began: August 2016 Average ‘Bulk’ Migration Duration: 3–4 weeks DevHub not only supports URL requirements for both Google and Bing but also allows for ...

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Domain Names Through DevHub - TLDs

November 4, 2016

One of the longest running integrations in DevHub is Name.com (now part of eNom). Registering a domain name is built right into the work flow of DevHub - so that last thing you have to worry about is 'pointing name servers.'  Additionally, getting access to TLDs/ gTLDs is an easy process. Learn more about how DevHub handles domain names at scale. 

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Our People - Experience

November 3, 2016

Much of the basis of who we hire is centered around thinking of usability at scale. In fact, every single person who uses DevHub wants to solve one thing - scale. Whether that is building 5,000 profile pages for agents or managing 10,000 landing pages for marketing campaigns - DevHub’s people solve this everyday. Undoubtedly we face new challenges everyday. First there was video at scale - solved. Then, rolling out unique content across hundreds ...

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Product Managers - Finding Peace With DevHub

November 2, 2016

The many solutions provided by DevHub represents a vital shift in what is expected between CMS platforms of yesterday and today. By 1st Quarter of 2016, DevHub had already participated in 4 RFPs from major media companies - and while we lost initially - WE WON the long game. NOW those media companies and other markets including: agencies, performance marketing, martech, adtech, brands, large enterprise and IT consulting - NOW utilize some piece of the DevHub ecosystem. This ...

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DevHub at Location.World

November 2, 2016

We are in NYC today/ tomorrow for Yext's Location.World conference. Location.World brings together the leading location marketing and technology companies to learn about the current trends and next wave of winning local.  Yext is available to all current/ potential DevHub customers for business listing management. Learn more.  As the mobile web continues to dominate local search - trends in consumer behavior is entering a new age of location based marketing - DevHub is here ...

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Recap of October Releases

November 1, 2016

6.4.0 New Initial Media Gallery enhancement for stock photos Integration with LetsEncrypt for SSL certificates Option to auto-replace phone numbers with click to call phone numbers Age Verify plugin/popover Instagram module Improvements Added street2 field Proxy enhancements Bugs/fixes Fixed issue with not being able to edit full path redirects to / 6.3.0 New New proxy filters for GA tracking code Pinterest URL added to Location Improvements Active products setting (i ...

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6.5 Release - And So It Begins

November 1, 2016

As Google and Bing have both extended their deadlines for standard text ads and destination URLs - DevHub is on the front lines with advertisers. Product managers are now deciding which approach is better for expanded text ad requirements. The choices -  1) continue with hacks and javascript workarounds or 2) migrate to a platform that not only allows for flexible URLs but also creates opportunities to expand other product initiatives. Daniel Rust Chief Technical Officer of ...

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Mobile Web and Google ETA - Behind the scenes

October 31, 2016

Last week eMarketer reported that Google’s worldwide ad revenue will almost be 50% from mobile. Managing digital experiences via mobile should be on every product managers near term road map. On one road map we saw this week, the client had planned on rolling out a new way to comply with Expanded Text Ad requirements in the previous three months. Between javascript hacks and a reluctance to want to purchase domains the client is ...

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Continuous Improvement

October 29, 2016

Our CEO/ co-Founder Mark Michael at Ken's Foods learning about continuous improvement. Thank you Michael Julian for the hospitality. 

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Guide to DevHub -Digital Experiences You Control - at Scale

October 29, 2016

DevHub.com covers most information about what is being used, deployed and rolled out across markets. Below is a quick guide to what you can find on DevHub.com as of Oct 29th, 2016 - note: updates daily to blog and weekly to home page.  Markets DevHub Serves Media Companies → https://www.devhub.com/case-studies#smb Performance Marketing Companies → https://www.devhub.com/case-studies#agency Advertising Agencies → https://www.devhub.com/case-studies#national Adtech/ Martech → https ...

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Agile Marketing Cloud

October 28, 2016

As spending on IT/ software in 2017 will hit $3.5 trillion accordingly to Gartner - with a bulk of that spending headed toward cloud hosted solutions including thoughtfully robust experience platforms - DevHub. Markets DevHub Serves: Media Companies Performance Marketing Companies Advertising Agencies Adtech/Martech Large Enterprise National Brands/Franchises IT Consulting/Professional Services Controlling digital experiences at scale is becoming more necessary. As Google and search changes to the mobile world - managing scaled experiences (25 ...

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Verticals and DevHub

October 27, 2016

There are solutions and marketing strategies out there, that require vertical expertise - whether that is integrating call tracking for service based businesses or utilizing an IDX feed for agent sites - DevHub has the experience. DevHub can work with your tech teams to build solutions for vertical specific markets; included so far Real estate, Service based, Legal, Healthcare, Home Services, Education, Auto. We are at the Zillow Premier Agent forum here in Las Vegas - learning more ...

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Monkey Media Ordering Software

October 27, 2016

Last week our CEO/ co-Founder Mark Michael did a guest post for Monkey Media Online Ordering software (read in full here). Excerpt below: Problem: Integrating Franchisees’ Location Pages into a National Brand’s Digital Strategy Location pages with no dedicated URLs, or URLs with poor structure One corporate-level Location page listing all location addresses No SEO or geographic information in Location URLs Franchisees’ orphaned web presence or Google+ pages with outdated info Inconsistent NAP (Name ...

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Navigating The Crowded Marketing Technology Landscape

October 26, 2016

It’s funny that I write this from inside a box - CMS & Web Experience Management. Here in a crowded ecosystem of marketing technology companies - product managers have to learn which ones are the real deal v. vaporware. Here too, each solution provides a piece of puzzle that may not sync with the player next to them. DevHub is your marketing suite built around the foundational experience of websites to landing pages and everything in between ...

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Web Experience Marketing Strategy

October 25, 2016

Reporting from the front lines of web experience and marketing strategies. An interesting mix of web strategy and scaled execution are emerging from a previously hacked together approach to web/ digital experience. Product managers are wanting to control large swaths of the digital footprint their clients need -in order to allow marketing to execute efficiently. Whether, vertical specific sites for real estate agents or franchise sites controlled at the corporate level for branding consistency but ...

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Seattle Technology Community - Code Fellows

October 22, 2016

DevHub has always believed in the Code Fellows philosophy and students.  If you haven't visited Code Fellows Seattle (we) encourage you to do so. There in the lobby is a collage of photos on loan from Jon Staenberg - from the early days of tech from Amazon, Boeing, Eddie Bauer, Microsoft, Cisco, Yahoo and more.  Learn more about Code Fellows.

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Tap Into Twilio Directly In DevHub

October 21, 2016

Tap into Twilio telephony tools, Call Tracking Numbers and analytics directly in the DevHub platform. Utilizing DevHub you can start building your use case involving Twilio.  3 Way Twilio Is Unique: SMS Platform which is constantly being innovated on Create better experiences via mobile One API to power your use case Learn more about Twilio and DevHub. 

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What Is A Marketing Cloud

October 20, 2016

Depending on where you are looking - a definition by Wikipedia - or a solution by Salesforce, Adobe or IBM - the general definition is: connecting marketing tools with a customers journey across digital experiences from a centralized hub.  Against a crowded backdrop of marketing and advertising technology companies, DevHub encompasses what a modern technology stack or ‘marketing cloud’ should be - AGILE.  “For our customers, it’s never been - here is who you have to use for email ...

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