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:
CES Live Blog: How Vice Media Dominates Multi-Platform Jan 6, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Multi-platform is all the rage, and Vice Media is one of the leaders of it. The company is discussing its approach in the “How Vice Media Dominates Multi-Platform” session at the CES conference in Las Vegas today.
CES Live Blog: 2016 Media Outlook: Group M & Nestle Jan 6, 2016 by Danny Sullivan What’s in store with media buying for 2016? That’s the topic of the 2016 Media Outlook: Group M & Nestle session at the CES conference in Las Vegas today.
Instagram Advertising: What’s Working? Jan 6, 2016 by Andrew Waber Are you looking to start advertising on Instagram? Columnist Andrew Waber discusses some key stats and has some tips to get you on the right path.
Amid Growth Doubts, Apple Touts App-Store Success: $20B In 2015, 4.5 Million Jobs Jan 6, 2016 by Greg Sterling According to earlier reports, Apple had roughly 50 percent of all device activations over the holidays. Now a press release from Apple reports a massive $20 billion in App-Store earnings in 2015, with just over $1 billion coming in the two weeks ending January 3.
Miss Piggy Leads The Way To A New Kind Of Marketing Channel Jan 6, 2016 by Barry Levine Today, the legendary puppet-hostess will again converse with fans on Facebook, using intelligent chat-bot technology from Israeli firm Imperson.
The Definitive Guide To Digital Brand Lift Jan 6, 2016 by Peter Minnium Columnist Peter Minnium explains why with the right metrics, marketers can prove the effectiveness of digital as a brand-building medium.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
German Publisher Group Sues Google Again Under Draconian Copyright Law
Google Revamps The Android App-Indexing Crawl Errors Report In The Search Console
Enhance Search Engagement With A Complementary Paid & Organic Visibility Strategy
“Illegitimate” SEO Sentenced To 37 Months In Federal Prison For Extortion
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Analytics
Beyond the 2015 Analytics Challenge: A Conversation with Epsilon’s John Young, thedma.org
Improved Analytics – more metrics, more ROI, www.conversocial.com
Making The Most Of Your Metrics – The Key To Success In 2016, www.webpresence.tv
Blogs & Blogging
Earning an Income Online with Intentional, Mindful Blogging, www.problogger.net
How to Get Started With WordPress: A Practical Guide, www.wpexplorer.com
How to Structure a Perfect Blog Post, www.searchenginejournal.com
Stop Using Stock Photos on Your Blog, www.blogherald.com
Business Issues
Microsoft Faces New Scrutiny in China, New York Times
Starboard’s Latest Letter to Yahoo Threatens Board Fight, blogs.wsj.com
The End Of The Acquihire – Silicon Valley’s Startup Severance Package Falls Out of Favor, www.cbinsights.com
Content Marketing
5 Big Ways Content Marketing Will Change in 2016, contently.com
Facebook, Outbrain & GDN: Which content promotion platform should I choose?, econsultancy.com
Fewer marketers plan to use native ads in 2016, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
How Consumers Perceive Native Advertising, www.marketingprofs.com
How to Consistently Create Remarkable Content, www.copyblogger.com
How to Create Profitable Content for 2016, www.searchenginejournal.com
How to Use Story and Humor to Rise Above Business Jargon, www.convinceandconvert.com
The Importance of an Integrated Approach to Content Marketing, www.toprankblog.com
Volume Won’t Win the Content Marketing Game, www.cmswire.com
Conversion Optimization
17 Obscure Persuasion Techniques for Conversion Optimization, conversionxl.com
Conversion and Experience Optimization Techniques, www.searchenginejournal.com
Realistic Conversion: Guiding Paths in Content Marketing, www.portent.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
13 examples of websites with confident typography, econsultancy.com
Design is key to engage distracted, skeptical online consumers, www.internetretailer.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
Two innovative display advertising case studies, econsultancy.com
Domaining
How to Buy Back a Domain Name, www.domaininvesting.com
E-Commerce
eBay Enterprise Aims To Corner “Post-Click” Commerce, adexchanger.com
Embed a book? Amazon starts offering Kindle book previews for third-party sites and apps, www.geekwire.com
How to take photos and write product descriptions for e-commerce sites, www.internetretailer.com
Personalization and Hyper-Localization will Drive Explosive Growth in Global Commerce, multichannelmerchant.com
Email Marketing
Email Innovators: How Some Brands are Killing it with Email, blog.movableink.com
How to Retain New Donors with an Effective Welcome Email Series, blogs.constantcontact.com
Transactional Emails: 10 Tips for Driving More Value and Engagement, www.martechadvisor.com
General Internet Marketing
5 Smart Marketing Strategies for Niche Businesses, www.convinceandconvert.com
Fullscreen Sets Up an Influencer Marketing Group Dedicated to GroupM and WPP Clients, www.adweek.com
Marketing 2016: Out with the Old, in with the New, www.martechadvisor.com
Why Target Advertising is an Important Marketing Component Today, www.martechadvisor.com
MarTech
Ad Tech Is Merging With Mar Tech, But Who’s in Charge?, adexchanger.com
Ad Tech Is the Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Advertising, adage.com
Bridging the CMO-CIO Disconnect, www.cmswire.com
How a major nonprofit used automation to lift results by 30%, myemma.com
How marketing technology could transform healthcare, chiefmartec.com
How One Man Did the Impossible: Make Ad-Tech Jargon Fun, contently.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
How the Rise of “Mobility as a Service” Will Impact Local Marketing, streetfightmag.com
In Synergistic Turn, Samsung Says Smartwatch Will Work With Apple’s iOS, www.wsj.com
Mobile coupons work if you follow some basic rules, www.internetretailer.com
Mobile devices deliver holiday e-commerce sales, www.internetretailer.com
The mobile tipping point: 16 predictions for 2016, www.tune.com
Top 10 mobile marketing trends for 2016, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Reputation Management
How Many Views Do Your Reviews Get? Find Out Now!, officialblog.yelp.com
Social Media
2016 Facebook Awards: Submissions Begin Jan. 8, www.adweek.com
5 Ways to Make Big Bets on Social in 2016, simplymeasured.com
50 Tweetable Twitter Statistics For Marketers, www.searchenginepeople.com
6 Ways Longer Tweets Could Give Branded Messages More Character, www.adweek.com
Dear Twitter: Please Don’t Do It, www.webinknow.com
Don’t Miss These 5 Twitter Targeting Tactics, www.ppchero.com
Facebook Continues to Experiment in Local, But Its Focus Is Long-Term, streetfightmag.com
Facebook’s Secret Chat SDK Lets Developers Build Messenger Bots, techcrunch.com
Five reasons Twitter’s character limit increase is a terrible idea, econsultancy.com
How teen-focused retailers do Instagram, digiday.com
How to Run a Successful Twitter Contest, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
LinkedIn Content Marketing Tactical Plan, business.linkedin.com
Pinterest Hires Its First-Ever Head Of Diversity, techcrunch.com
Snapchat is already shuttering its lens store, digiday.com
What Publishers Can Expect From Social Media In 2016, blog.newswhip.com
Your CMO Doesn’t Take Social Seriously: How Do You Fix It?, simplymeasured.com
Video
19,000 People On Periscope Are Currently Watching English Pedestrians Hop A Puddle, www.fastcompany.com
5 ways brands are using Facebook and YouTube 360-degree video, digiday.com
Brands Prefer Facebook Native Videos, www.emarketer.com
Rediscovering Online Video in 2016 : How To, Why To, and Who to Watch, www.reelseo.com
Video And Native To Rule Mobile In 2016, www.prnewswire.com
What 5 Digital Video Players Are Planning for Their NewFronts Presentations in May, www.adweek.com
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