iGB Affiliate 52 AugSept | Page 36

FUTURE OF DIGITAL MARKETING One of the major hindrances to social marketing is the sheer volume of content that is shared every minute, even every second. Whether it’s the speed at which a timeline passes on Twitter or the incessant tweaks Facebook makes to the EdgeRank algorithm, marketers have a constant struggle to be heard in the wall of sound, and this is only going to get more difficult. In fact, even Facebook’s most recent changes will have a profound effect on corporate messages. will be a welcome evolution, it’s going to be available only in a limited capacity to gambling operators due to the legal and jurisdictional implications. Affiliates driving traffic to an interim site however will better benefit from this and should make the most of the advantage they have over the operators in this respect. Engagement is changing. We are long past the days when a like or a retweet was all that was counted. Critically, Facebook engagement, and therefore ongoing visibility, now includes time spent on posts (yes, Facebook is tracking the lengthy of time a us \