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:
Live Blog: CES Talk By Google’s VP Of Video Ads Neal Mohan What should brands be doing with video to gain engagement and consumer attention? Google has a few thoughts, which it’s sharing in a talk at CES today. The talk is by Neal Mohan, Vice President of Display and Video Advertising Products, Google. While “display” is there in his title, his talk looks to be focused […]
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Jeep ‘River In The City’ Stunt Transports Unsuspecting Drivers To Urban Wilderness Wonderland The SUV maker highlights the versatility of its Cherokee via a stunt it’s leveraging through online channels.
Live Blog: The CES Panel On Video Advertising The days of video ads being equal to TV ads are long gone. Today, video ads play on TV, in web browsers, within tweets, on Facebook, Instagram and even appear then disappear on Snapchat. So what’s your cross platform strategy? Perhaps some answers will come from a special CES session being held today — “Video […]
Live Blog: The CES Panel On Native Advertising Live from the massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas it’s … a panel on native advertising? That’s right, because CES isn’t just for gadgets, anymore. The show’s content related to marketing has grown substantially this year, including today’s panel on native advertising. The session — “Native Advertising: Digital Advertising Industry Innovates” — includes the following […]
Survey: 65% Of Marketers Plan To Spend More On Marketing Technology In 2015 Survey polled 182 marketing executives on their technology investment plans, data, content research and working across departments.
Meet The New Twitter Analytics Tools (From Twitter!) Twitter opened up its analytics platform to all users in mid-2014, but is it any good? Contributor Larry Kim explores this question.
Marc Poirier Appointed Acquisio CEO & President “Finding ways to leverage our talent pool and deliver more innovative solutions is one of the most exciting aspects of this role,” says Poirier.
When It Comes To Customer Expectations, One Size Does Not Fit All Consumers today make significant demands of the brands they engage with. Contributor Katy Keim lays out survey results that explain just what they’re looking for.
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When Twitter Suffers An Outage Who Will Hear Our Complaints? Twitter users can’t see new tweets in timelines. Company says its engineers are working on a fix.
What Twitter Is Currently Doing — And Not Doing — With Video The company plans to launch a native video product in the first half of 2015, but is keeping quiet about the details.
Allstate’s Mayhem Sold The Entire Contents Of This Couple’s House While They Were At The Sugar Bowl In a campaign some dismiss as fear-mongering, the insurance provider highlights the risks of being burglarized because thieves use social media to see who’s not home.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
3 Creative Affiliate Marketing Implementations, monetizepros.com
Analytics
Hot Strategic Analytics Predictions for 2015, www.webanalyticsworld.net
The Year Ahead In Web Analytics, www.cmo.com
Think Small: Why Big Data Isn’t For Everyone, adage.com
Blogs & Blogging
5 Techniques Top Bloggers Use to Write Successful Blog Posts, www.convinceandconvert.com
A Full-Time Income from Blogging in One Year: Interview with Stuart Walker, profitblitz.com
An Insider’s View on Bloggers, Sponsored Content and Ethics, relevance.com
Finding Readers: Strategies for Building Your Audience in 2015, www.problogger.net
How to Use Pinterest to Dramatically Boost Blog Referral Traffic, socialmouths.com
What Is Worth the Money When It Comes to Social Media and Your Blog?, www.highervisibility.com
What To Do When Your Blog Gets Hacked, www.bloggingwizard.com
Writing a blog: the text objective of your blogpost, yoast.com
Business Issues
FTC Closes Investigation of Yelp, Takes No Action, officialblog.yelp.com
Verizon Is Said to Approach AOL for Possible Takeover, Venture, Bloomberg
Yahoo job cuts claim half of Dubai staff, www.thenational.ae
Content Marketing
4 Content Marketing Frameworks That Jumpstart Your Traffic, blog.bufferapp.com
7 Content Monetization Engines You Should Pay Attention to in 2015, www.semrush.com
How to Know When You Need a Content Marketing Agency, contentmarketinginstitute.com
How to Promote Your Content to Influencers, www.ducttapemarketing.com
The 7 Skills Of Highly Successful Content Marketers, pushingsocial.com
The Rise of the Content-Driven Organization, relevance.com
What to Keep or Drop in 2015 Content Marketing, www.verticalmeasures.com
Conversion Optimization
10 Ways To Improve Conversion Rates For Your Next Product Launch, www.bloggingwizard.com
5 Techniques to Help Reengage Leads That Have Gone Cold, www.impactbnd.com
Conversation Rate Optimization: Fundamentals You Can’t Revisit Enough, www.adviceinteractivegroup.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
3 Practical Reasons to Invest in UX Research and Design, www.usertesting.com
Designing for Place at The Home Depot, uxmag.com
How to Design a 404 Error Page That Saves a Sale, www.bruceclay.com
The History of Web Design, www.americommerce.com
Domaining
2014 in Review: A look back at the past year in the domain name business, domainnamewire.com
Schilling laughing as Uniregistry beats Google to .lol, domainincite.com
Sell a Domain Name via PR Firm, www.domaininvesting.com
E-Commerce
4 Ways You Can Increase Post Holiday Sales, smallbiztrends.com
Amazon marketplace sales double in 2014, www.internetretailer.com
Have online retailers finally gotten to grips with mobile?, econsultancy.com
Email Marketing
3 Ways Marketers Are Tying Email to Paid Advertising, www.nanigans.com
6 Design Tips to Make Your Email Newsletter Visually Appealing, www.verticalresponse.com
Email Marketing: Creating a customer profile, sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com
Email Open Rate on Mobile Impresses in the UK, www.emarketer.com
How to beat email fatigue in the new year, myemma.com
How to Send Marketing Emails That Actually Make You Money, lkrsocialmedia.com
The Most Important Elements of an Email Campaign, www.marketingprofs.com
General Internet Marketing
12 Infographic Tips That You Wish You Knew Years Ago, blog.kissmetrics.com
Engage or Die: John Hagel on The Next Era of Marketing, blog.marketo.com
Google’s Top 3 Tech Trends For 2015, And What They Mean For Marketers, www.searchenginejournal.com
Internet Marketing Industry
Delivery.com Taps Kate McGee as Vice President of Marketing, www.prweb.com
Digital Advertising Veteran David Karnstedt Joins Demandbase Board of Directors, www.demandbase.com
Raycom, Meredith and FOX Join Verve Portfolio of Premium Mobile Content Publishers, www.vervemobile.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
Track Your Packages Now in the Yahoo Mail App, yahoo.tumblr.com
2015 Mobile Predictions: The Director’s Cut, blog.biakelsey.com
8 Mobile Landing Pages Get Spanked for Conversion’s Sake, unbounce.com
Amazon’s challenge to PayPal in mobile-enabled online payments gains steam, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Apple May Become the Facebook of Wearable Advertising, www.adweek.com
Integrated mobile messaging makes gains, but is it enough?, www.mobilemarketer.com
Just How Essential Are Referrals For Mobile Apps?, blog.similarweb.com
Mobile’s Best Brands: Walgreens, Home Depot, L’Oreal, Sephora, MediaPost
Significantly Insignificant: The “Absurd Precision” of Location Marketing, streetfightmag.com
Target tries out a mobile app that lets shoppers pick up online orders at the curb, www.internetretailer.com
Why This Mobile CMO Is Psyched About the Apple Watch, adage.com
Social Media
10 Easy Ways to Get More Retweets on #Twitter, www.mediabistro.com
10 LinkedIn Tips and Strategies You Need to Know, www.searchenginejournal.com
12 Reasons Why Your Business Needs Pinterest Marketing, www.jeffbullas.com
20+ Instagram stats marketers need to know, econsultancy.com
5 trends that could change how businesses use social media in 2015, blog.hootsuite.com
6 Ways to Attract More LinkedIn Leads, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
9 B2B Companies that Excel at Social Media, www.practicalecommerce.com
Admins of Places’ Facebook Pages Can Add Maps, Check-Ins, Ratings, allfacebook.com
Are marketers underestimating the power of Facebook ads?, www.internetretailer.com
Determining ROI for Paid Social Media Campaigns, www.searchenginejournal.com
Facebook algorithm changes: What they mean for brands, www.insidefacebook.com
Go-to Social Media Tools Guy Wants to Blast “Social Media”, contentmarketinginstitute.com
How Long Does It Take to Plan Facebook, Twitter Content?, www.emarketer.com
How Much Time do Marketers Spend Planning #Twitter and #Facebook Content?, www.mediabistro.com
How to Build a Social Community: 4 Tips, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
How To Measure The Impact Of Your Social Media Campaigns, blog.getresponse.com
How to Use the 2014 Holidays to Set Your 2015 Social Strategy, simplymeasured.com
Social Media Advertising Predictions For 2015 And Beyond, www.techwyse.com
Taking Social Media By Storm, blog.raventools.com
The 20 Most Popular Brands on #Twitter, www.mediabistro.com
Twitter Marketing Tips, www.blueinteractiveagency.com
What Does It Take to Win the Super Bowl on Social Media?, www.adweek.com
What will replace Facebook? Six considerations, www.businessesgrow.com
You’re Not Properly Tracking Your Facebook Traffic, www.seerinteractive.com
Video
Facebook Video Ads from Brands Doing Them Right, www.adknowledge.com
How-to Change a Facebook Video Thumbnail, www.reelseo.com
YouTube Tests a Player With Hidden Controls, googlesystem.blogspot.com
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