Marketing Day: December 31, 2013

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on

Marketing Land and other places across the web.

From Marketing Land:

1. Top Columns On Marketing Land In 2013

What were the hottest subjects for discussion and exploration among digital marketers in 2013? Looking back at the year in contributed columns, we’d deduce that mobile marketing, changes at Google, LinkedIn developments, and programmatic media buying were top of mind. On Marketing Land, we published columns contributed by practitioners in a variety of disciplines: Email […]

1. 10 New Year’s Resolutions For Marketers

It’s the Eve of a New Year. Aside from the celebrations, it’s a fine time to spend a few minutes contemplating goals for the New Year ahead. For us marketers, perhaps the single biggest perennial challenge we face (aside from getting a little more exercise) is keeping up with the phenomenal pace of change in […]

1. Our 10 Most Popular Mobile Marketing Columns Of 2013

QR Codes are dead and Responsive Design is controversial. Those are two of the takeaways from our most popular Mobile Marketing columns in 2013. There’s no denying that Mobile is one of most explosive and fast-changing sectors in digital marketing, and we’re thankful to have had such knowledgeable experts share their views and insights about […]

1. Leaked: Facebook’s International Mobile Numbers Show Successful Global Adoption

A leaked Facebook magazine was obtained by TechCrunch that touches on first ever breakdown of international mobile use. The verdict? Facebook’s mobile adoption is quite healthy with most countries up over the 50% mark of total mobile users. Previous reports clumped this data by region, but this glimpse shows the breakdown across 7 countries. The […]

Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:

1. Infographic: The Biggest Changes To Google Search In 2013

2. PPC Excel Tips For Every Level: Part 3, Advanced Level Keyword Research And Data Visualization

3. Top Search Marketing Columns of 2013

4. The Global SEO & Content Marketing Landscape

5. Year Of The Hummingbird: Our Top SEO Columns Of 2013

6. New Year’s Eve 2013 Google Logo Is Bringing In The New Year With A Disco

Online Marketing News From Around The Web:

Analytics

1. Internet Marketing and Web Design: The Truth is Out There, internetmarketingninjas.com

Blogs & Blogging

1. Six Blogging Predictions for 2014, Babble

Content Marketing

1. Content marketing, it’s about to get louder, brafton.com

2. How To Double Your Content Marketing ROI In 2014, Forbes

Display & Contextual Advertising

1. Google Attempts To Reinvent Display Advertising, Forbes

Domaining

1. Sedo and Tucows ink domain listing distribution deal, Domain Name Wire

E-Commerce

1. One e-commerce platform to rule them all, Internet Retailer

Email Marketing

1. An Email Carol: Ghosts Of Predictions Past, Present And Future, MediaPost

General Internet Marketing

1. Pirate Bay Uploads Surge 50% in a Year, Despite Anti-Piracy Efforts, TorrentFreak

Mobile/Local Marketing

1. Eric Schmidt makes 2014 predictions, says mobile has won, The Verge

2. iOS 7 snags 78 percent of all Apple devices, CNET News

Social Media

1. 2013 – 25 Women That Rocked Social Media, Online Marketing Blog

2. 5 things to expect in social in 2014, CNET

3. Facebook Photo Sizes Cheat Sheet for Marketers: Apps, Ads, Albums & More, Search Engine Watch

4. Social Media as a Megaphone to Pressure the Food Industry, New York Times

5. Social media is not a zero-sum game and Facebook isn’t going anywhere so get used to it, Quartz

6. Top Posts of 2013, Stats, and Snoo Year’s Resolutions, blog.reddit

Video

1. Ignoring video marketing? These 11 stats reveal why you shouldn’t, Wamda.com

2. YouTube Mania – 7 Simple Ways To Attract Website Traffic From YouTube, Search Engine People