Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.
From Marketing Land:
Lord & Taylor Instagram campaign crosses the line, retailer gets spanked by FTC Mar 15, 2016 by Greg Sterling Failure to disclose paid “influencer” campaign brings FTC settlement, draws censure.
App data firm App Annie adds advertising analytics with AppScotch acquisition Mar 15, 2016 by Barry Levine The San Francisco-based provider’s third acquisition in two years will help boost the capabilities of its upcoming Intelligence product.
Is modern SEO more than the sum of independent parts? Mar 15, 2016 by Jayson DeMers Columnist Jayson DeMers asserts that what we think of as SEO is actually just a combination of different customer experience strategies woven together to create the best online presence possible.
Google Posts are going to kill (at) local SEO Mar 15, 2016 by Andrew Shotland Columnist Andrew Shotland discusses the impact Google Local Business Cards may have on local businesses and local SEO. Will they help, or will they hurt?
Fight ad fraud through innovation… just like the ancient Greeks Mar 15, 2016 by Merrily McGugan The ad industry needs its own Trojan horse to battle ad fraud. Columnist Merrily McGugan outlines three innovative techniques to help marketers win the fight.
Sprout Social’s Landscape optimizes images for the social web Mar 15, 2016 by Tamar Weinberg Sprout Social launches Landscape, a free tool that resizes images for 7 social networks.
How live audiences in real-time marketing are key to programmatic success Mar 15, 2016 by Melody Gambino Columnist Melody Gambino believes it’s time for brands to stop annoying consumers with bad retargeting, and instead drive engagement with live, always-fresh audience insights.
Content marketing and personal branding go hand-in-hand Mar 15, 2016 by Rebecca Lieb How do you successfully build your personal brand? Columnist Rebecca Lieb says it all comes down to content marketing and ensuring that the content that represents you adds value.
Google launches its Analytics 360 Suite to provide better marketing measurement tools for “micro-moments” Mar 15, 2016 by Barry Levine The enterprise-oriented platform includes the tech giant’s first DMP and three other new tools, plus new versions of Google Analytics Premium and of the attribution product, Adometry.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Google 2016 candidate searches now include campaign funding details & search trends
7 proactive ways to jump-start your SEO before a site launch
Google to change smartphone user-agent of Googlebot from iPhone to Android on April 18th
What your teacher didn’t tell you about optimizing site speed
Google Posts now expands to cricket player cards in search results
Preparing to relaunch, Jelly wants to bring “humanity” back to search
Bing improves its math skills with interactive times table, geometry calculator & more
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Analytics
A Tale of Two Heatmaps and Analytics, www.webanalyticsworld.net
Blogs & Blogging
5 Ways to Get Inspiration for Your Blog, www.blogherald.com
How to Beat the Battle of an Ineffective Blog, contentmarketinginstitute.com
How To Lift the Quality of Your Blog Posts with Embeddable Content, www.problogger.net
How to Start a Successful Food Blog With WordPress, www.wpexplorer.com
Business Issues
Apple News: Sponsored content coming, Business Insider
Google Faces Challenges in Encrypting Android Phones, Wall Street Journal
Wikipedia’s Wales: We’re Becoming A News Publisher, MediaPost
Google adds support for Microsoft Office, Facebook at Work, Slack and others to its single sign-on solution, TechCrunch
Content Marketing
9 Ways to Repurpose Your Presentation, www.searchenginejournal.com
Content Repromotion Plan In 5 Steps, heidicohen.com
Is Content Marketing Heading for a Brick Wall?, www.cmswire.com
Link Development And Content Marketing: Why, When, How To?, www.verticalmeasures.com
What does content strategy mean at The Economist?, www.econsultancy.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
4 Examples of High-Impact Copy Using this Military Tactic, unbounce.com
5 Blissful Lessons These Nightmare Headlines Can Teach You, www.copyblogger.com
Smart UX: Designing For The Future, usabilitygeek.com
Domaining
ICANN’s transition plan for IANA will preserve the open internet, yahoopolicy.tumblr.com
E-Commerce
4 Shopping Apps to Keep Small Business Retailers Ahead of the Competition, blogs.constantcontact.com
5 Solutions to Boost Ecommerce Revenue and Customer Engagement, multichannelmerchant.com
6 ways to disrupt shopping cart abandonment, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Amazon files patent for payment-by-selfie tech, www.retaildive.com
Groupon launches new Merchant app that puts the daily deal front and center, techcrunch.com
How can e-retailers battle abandoned shopping carts?, www.internetretailer.com
How Retailers Will Survive In The Amazon Era, www.fastcodesign.com
How ZALORA’s Product Page Optimization Grew Checkouts By 12.3%, vwo.com
The Rise of Social Media in Online Retail, multichannelmerchant.com
The Science and Strategy of Building Social Proof for Your Ecommerce Store, blog.crazyegg.com
What Are Subscribers Buying From Amazon’s Prime Now?, www.emarketer.com
Email Marketing
11 new content ideas to inspire your email marketing, myemma.com
4 conversion opportunities when you combine email with Facebook ads, blogs.constantcontact.com
7 Ways You May Be Getting Mobile Emails Wrong, www.silverpop.com
Do Consumers Read Emails Sent by Businesses?, www.marketingprofs.com
Smart Reply comes to Inbox by Gmail on the web, gmail.googleblog.com
Specifically Targeted Email Campaigns – Get the Right Content to the Right Customers, www.martechadvisor.com
The 2016 Complete Guide to List Segmentation, www.verticalresponse.com
The secret to email success isn’t luck, myemma.com
General Internet Marketing
11 Must-Have Tech Skills For Every Digital Marketer, www.portent.com
13 Actionable Tips For More Awesome Marketing Presentations, www.wordstream.com
5 Ways to Become a Marketing Torchbearer, www.silverpop.com
6 Reasons Why Interactives Should Be Included in Your Marketing Mix, www.copypress.com
Agency Clients More Interested in Digital Advertising, www.emarketer.com
Making Your Marketing Strategy Happen, www.goinflow.com
March Madness: 4 Lessons for Digital Marketers from Basketball, www.internetmarketingninjas.com
More Digital Business = More Chief Digital Officers, www.cmswire.com
Nine incredibly helpful influencer marketing tools, www.econsultancy.com
The most tech-savvy part of the US is also the least likely to click on ads, qz.com
Internet Marketing Industry
MarTech
Confessions of a MarTech Tool Underachiever, www.cmswire.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
Ad blocking on mobile: Who’s doing it … and why, www.tune.com
How to Adapt Your Content With Google AMP, www.searchenginejournal.com
Managing Mobile Performance Optimization, www.smashingmagazine.com
Social Media
5 Effective Options For B2B Advertising on Social Media, www.komarketingassociates.com
5 Ways to Partner With Influencers on Snapchat, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
An exclusive look at how the First Lady mastered social media, www.theverge.com
Birdy Ben on Bringing Playful Animation to Instagram Feeds, www.facebook.com
Demographic Targeting Is Becoming Less Effective on Social, www.adweek.com
Facebook Sees Big Growth in Asia Despite Free Basics Controversy, blogs.wsj.com
Four Social Media Game-Changers to be on the Lookout For, www.problogger.net
How to allocate social media budgets as options grow, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
How to Make Twitter Actually Useful, www.wsj.com
How to Promote Pins Using Pinterest Ads Manager, blog.bufferapp.com
How to Successfully Target a Niche Facebook Audience, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
How to Use Social Media to Delight Customers Across 11 Brands, www.convinceandconvert.com
How To Use Tailwind To Explode Your Pinterest Account, blog.tailwindapp.com
Instagram Hits 11-Month Low: Growth Down 93% And Engagement Down 70%, locowise.com
Instagram Update Displays Exact Dates of Posts, www.adweek.com
Luxury marketers bullish on Instagram, wary of Snapchat, www.retaildive.com
Stop Being So Antisocial on Social Media, www.cmswire.com
The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Your Twitter Event, www.jeffbullas.com
Video
Examining Facebooks Dive Into Live, www.adweek.com
It’s Tough to Predict the Future of Video Marketing, www.reelseo.com
Pandora wants to ‘evolve out of’ autoplay video ads, digiday.com
Why YouTube Is a More Important Platform Than Snapchat for Luxury Brands, www.adweek.com
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