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:
Social monitor BlabPredicts morphs into a data targeting firm for trends and keywords Mar 9, 2016 by Barry Levine The company is today launching a new platform so that marketers can direct ads immediately at not-so-obvious conversational threads on a given topic.
What “human-in-the-loop computing” means for marketers Mar 9, 2016 by Joshua Reynolds Don’t let artificial intelligence replace human judgment in your marketing analytics. Columnist Joshua Reynolds discusses why you need a combination of human intuition and intelligent data to make the right decisions.
How MeUndies gets people to buy products through its Snapchat account Mar 9, 2016 by Tim Peterson Clothing brand MeUndies’ Snapchat account has been posting special links to product pages and notched 10% to 12% conversion rates.
Report: For every $1 online influenced by reviews, offline impact at least $4 Mar 9, 2016 by Greg Sterling While e-commerce has grown to hundreds of billions of dollars annually, the influence of digital media on offline purchases is a multi-trillion-dollar phenomenon.
5 reasons people-based marketing will turn fed-up consumers into brand-loyal fans Mar 9, 2016 by Mike Sands It’s time to move beyond “people-based marketing” as a catchphrase and jump on board. Columnist Mike Sands discusses how it will help brands connect with people and create more relevant messages.
Beyond audience data: The critical need for better business intelligence in digital media Mar 9, 2016 by Rob Rasko Columnist Rob Rasko believes publishers need to move beyond audience data in order to get a complete picture of their business and learn how to efficiently structure it.
What does VR-based marketing offer that other tech does not? Mar 9, 2016 by Barry Levine We asked two ad/marketing executives to go beyond the “wow” and look at the technology’s essential value propositions.
17 leading social media management software vendors compared Mar 9, 2016 by Digital Marketing Depot “Enterprise Social Media Management Software: A Marketer’s Guide,” produced by Digital Marketing Depot and sponsored by Spredfast, examines the market for social media management software (ESMMS) and the considerations involved in implementing ESMMS platforms.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Brand Bidding & PPC Optimization: Partner Relationships (Part 4 of 8)
Destinations on Google delivers new travel planning experience for mobile users
Clara Rockmore Google doodle doubles as a theremin to celebrate musician’s 105th birthday
RIP Google PageRank score: A retrospective on how it ruined the web
Google begins massive migrations of their blogs from blogspot.com to googleblog.com
Bing search for “periodic table” returns interactive periodic table directly in results
Bing auto-tagging comes to Shopping Campaigns, Image Extensions
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Analytics
Beware of Automated Reporting: Software are NOT Analysts, www.internetmarketingninjas.com
Why You Need Analytics and Trust for Successful Influence Marketing, www.convinceandconvert.com
Blogs & Blogging
Business Issues
How Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Plans to Fix the Company, fortune.com
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak will be immortalized in a $350,000 wax figure, venturebeat.com
Flickr’s desktop auto-upload feature is no longer free, VentureBeat
Google Joins Facebook-Led Initiative That is Rewiring Data Centers, www.wsj.com
The Method to Your March Begins at Yahoo Sports, yahoo.tumblr.com
Content Marketing
Contently Case Story: How Better Weekdays Upped Its Efficiency and Redefined Content ROI, contently.com
Creating and Curating an Experience Your Audience Will Remember, dannybrown.me
Out of Ideas? 13+ Tools to Spark Content Creation, contentmarketinginstitute.com
The Secret To Reducing Your Content Creation Time, heidicohen.com
Conversion Optimization
Personalized Notifications Can Increase Conversion Up to 300%, www.adweek.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Beyond the False Bottom: How to Avoid This Costly UX Mistake, conversionxl.com
Topman vs. Next: who has the best purchase journey UX?, econsultancy.com
Trust as the Cornerstone of an Effective CX Strategy, www.martechadvisor.com
Using app data to improve the customer experience, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
What is customer experience? 18 industry experts weigh in, www.usertesting.com
Domaining
Donald Trump is #1 in .Com, domainnamewire.com
Governments Still Split On ICANN Accountability Plan, But Will Not Block It, domainincite.com
E-Commerce
Amazon to start air delivery network with leasing deal, www.reuters.com
Ecommerce in South Korea: Aggressive Discounting, Rewards, www.practicalecommerce.com
Ecommerce product descriptions: Are they always necessary?, www.econsultancy.com
Email Marketing
Canadian Email Ad Spend Continues Double-Digit Growth, www.emarketer.com
How email helps Car Talk drive incredible results, myemma.com
The DMA Email Experience Council (eec) releases Global Email Marketing Compliance Guide!, thedma.org
Tired of Your Newsletter Design? Try These 14 Templates, blogs.constantcontact.com
General Internet Marketing
The Definitive Guide to Web Personalization, blog.marketo.com
What Makes Audiences Trust Your Influence Marketing, www.convinceandconvert.com
Internet Marketing Industry
AerServ Partners With Pixalate to Support Fraud Detection and Ensure Viewability for Mobile Media Brand Marketers and Agencies, www.marketwired.com
IAB Promotes Chris Glushko to Vice President of Marketing, www.businesswire.com
VideoAmp Appoints Former Vizio Exec Nick Chakalos As Vice President Of Global TV And Data, www.prnewswire.com
MarTech
Mobile/Local Marketing
Facebook Lite, now Facebook’s fastest-growing app, reaches 100M monthly users, techcrunch.com
How mobile developers can conquer overcrowded app stores, digiday.com
How Reddit hopes its first mobile apps will improve its advertising business, digiday.com
Marketing Your Local Business: Waltz & Sons Propane, www.takeflyte.com
Mobile Ad Blocking Installs Just Spiked 3X (but Advertisers Shouldn’t Panic Yet), www.tune.com
Mobile transforms shopping for staples, opening door for CPG brands, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
N, as in: so early, it’s Not Named yet ;) – Google Developers, medium.com
The Ultimate Guide To Mobile Site Speed Optimization, www.searchenginepeople.com
Why engagement is the best measure of mobile monetization, venturebeat.com
Reputation Management
4 Reasons Natural Authority Rocks and 4 Ways to Build It, www.copyblogger.com
Social Media
5 Media Types That Will Boost Your Sharing, www.searchenginejournal.com
Explore links in Moments, www.Twitter.com
Facebook buys popular MSQRD face swapping app, www.techinsider.io
Facebook Reactions: What Small Businesses Need to Know, blogs.constantcontact.com
Google+ now gives verified profiles, early access to new features to some Collections and Communities users, techcrunch.com
How To Build An Instagram Following From Scratch, www.jeffbullas.com
How to Make Technical Products Relatable on Social, simplymeasured.com
Instagram kills newly launched “Being” app, which saw 50K downloads its first week, techcrunch.com
New Research Reveals Paid Social Media Effectiveness, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Pinterest’s Buyable Pins Help Retailers Gain New Customers, Sell Midpriced Items, www.emarketer.com
Snapchat’s new font change triggers meltdown online, digiday.com
Social Media Guide to Holiday Marketing for Non Profits, www.searchenginejournal.com
Social media management essentials for Instagram, www.cornwallseo.com
Use Lead Ads to Connect with the People Who Want to Hear from Your Business, www.facebook.com
What the Wall Street Journal has learned from Snapchat Discover, digiday.com
Young Social Network Users in France Love Facebook, Snapchat, www.emarketer.com
Video
5 Amazingly Successful Brand Video Marketing Campaigns, www.toprankblog.com
Extend Your Marketing Video’s Shelf Life: How and When to Iterate, www.marketingprofs.com
Heavy Adoption for Facebook Lite: 100 Million Monthly Active Users, www.adweek.com
The Top 10 #Marketing Blab Channels, www.searchenginejournal.com
To Cut Video Ad Fraud, Heineken Focuses On Partners And Contract Terms, adexchanger.com
Very short video ads have advantage on smartphones, www.mobilemarketer.com
What Factors Hinder Digital Video Ad Spending?, www.emarketer.com
YouTube cofounder Steve Chen launches Nom, a livestreaming service that’s Twitch for food shows, venturebeat.com
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