Consumer expectations for a superior user experience are growing rapidly — users expect a consistent experience when switching between devices and the expectation level for user experiences is no longer set by direct competitors. Instead, global giant vendors such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook and Netflix dictate and set the bar for user experience, and there are only a few ways to compete against them; one of which is personalization.

We’ve been talking about features that increase productivity, flexibility and customizability that’s not limited by frameworks nor specific programming languages, and letting you scale content as high as the sky — but what about privacy and security surrounding your content?

Contentful has raised an additional financing round of $33.5 million.

As developers, we know that selecting the best stack for the job is never easy. That’s why we at Contentful have been working hard to give you The Example App — a series of reference applications that walks you through the basics of Contentful.

There’s no point in producing compelling content if no-one knows it’s been published. And despite its ancient status, email is still an extremely popular and effective method for notifying subscribers. Contentful, via its webhooks functionality, provides a thoroughly modern, highly flexible approach to generating email notifications that keeps your code and design entirely separate. So, let’s delve a little deeper into what’s required to trigger the creation of a campaign in MailChimp.