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:
Super Bowl LI advertisers: Here are the brands gearing up for game day Jan 24, 2017 by Amy Gesenhues Marketing Land is keeping track of this year’s Super Bowl LI brands, with updates as new advertisers and campaign details are announced.
Oracle complains to EU that Google now has unfair ad-targeting advantage Jan 24, 2017 by Greg Sterling The company argues that Google’s ability to combine datasets exceeds rivals.
7 easy wins to add to your email marketing to-do list Jan 24, 2017 by Chad White Looking to step up your email marketing program this year? From animated GIFs to responsive email design, columnist Chad White shares seven ways to give your email marketing a boost.
Sales, awareness of Amazon Echo skyrocket in Q4, analysts say Jan 24, 2017 by Matt McGee Amazon’s aggressive marketing push and price discounts appear to be paying off.
Zvelo releases ‘first free bot detection service’ Jan 24, 2017 by Barry Levine The new service from the Denver-area detector of malicious data can show percentages of non-human traffic to ads or sites.
Shopping centers reinvented: 2017 and beyond Jan 24, 2017 by Allan Haims From parklike atmospheres to in-store mobile offerings, columnist Allan Haims explains how shopping centers can shake up the brick-and-mortar experience to stay relevant.
Trump’s tweets dampen social sentiment toward brands, even when they’re nice Jan 24, 2017 by Tim Peterson When @realDonaldTrump mentions a brand, positive social media sentiment around that brand declines, according to an analysis by 4C.
Report: Digital ad spend growth slowed in 2016; Snapchat overtook Pinterest Jan 24, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Retail and consumer electronics pulled back from digital in favor of TV in Q4, according to Standard Media Index.
Google starts releasing live Android Instant Apps Jan 24, 2017 by Barry Schwartz BuzzFeed, Wish, Periscope and Viki are the first Android apps released with Android Instant App availability.
Report: By end of 2017 there will be more than 30 million voice assistants in US homes Jan 23, 2017 by Greg Sterling Voice app retention turns out to be a bigger problem on intelligent assistant devices than on smartphones.
Yahoo beats Q4 earnings expectations, pushes closing of Verizon deal into Q2 Jan 23, 2017 by Greg Sterling MaVeNS (mobile, video, native, social) properties and ad units generated over $2 billion for the year, or 39 percent of total revenue.
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
Top 7 Affiliate Marketing Companies and Top CPS Network, blog.affiliatewindow.com
Analytics
Marketers Want to Start Measuring Emoji Viewability, www.adweek.com
Whither Web Analytics: A Review of 2016 and What’s to Come, www.webanalyticsworld.net
Blogs & Blogging
Blogging in 2017: How to Disrupt and Get Noticed, www.problogger.net
How To Measure The Success Of Your Guest Post, www.searchenginepeople.com
Tumblr Adds Snapchat-Like Stickers and Filters for Photos and GIFs, www.adweek.com
Business Issues
New York Times editor Quentin Hardy is heading to Google, www.recode.net
LinkedIn’s Kevin Scott Named CTO at Microsoft, www.adweek.com
Content Marketing
Conversion Optimization
8 Proven Ways to Skyrocket Your Website’s Conversion Rate, www.jeffbullas.com
How Intuitive Website Design Is The Key To Better Conversions, usabilitygeek.com
What Does the Future Hold for Conversion Optimization?, conversionxl.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
How to Easily Translate Your WordPress Website, www.wpexplorer.com
Intuitive Copywriting: How to Say The Right Thing, in The Right Place,, company-enterprise.myshopify.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
Display Advertising Statistics for Different Types of Digital Ads, smallbiztrends.com
Domaining
E-Commerce
13 Chatbots on Facebook Messenger, for Merchants, www.practicalecommerce.com
Amazon’s U.S. Echo sales top 8 million, www.internetretailer.com
Amazon’s next frontier to conquer? Auto parts, nypost.com
B2B Companies Struggle with Outdated E-Commerce Software, komarketing.com
China’s Alibaba reports a 54% increase in revenue in Q3, www.internetretailer.com
Does Cart Abandonment Really Come Down to Cost?, www.emarketer.com
How to Set eCommerce Prices, smallbiztrends.com
Email Marketing
3 Ways Top Brands Create Engaging Year-In-Review Emails, movableink.com
Fresh start for 2017: 8 steps to spiffing up your email campaign, www.verticalresponse.com
How to Reach Mobile Email Subscribers: Tips for Email Marketers, www.marketingprofs.com
Making Responsive HTML Email Coding Easy With MJML, www.smashingmagazine.com
General Internet Marketing
“Hey $FNAME” is Dead. Here’s How to Personalize Marketing in 2017, blog.kissmetrics.com
6 Proven Strategies for Effective Community Marketing, www.searchenginejournal.com
Why 2017 Will Be The Year of Targeting, www.socialmediaexplorer.com
Internet Marketing Industry
Localytics Launches Major Update to True Impact Campaign Reporting, www.prnewswire.com
New Research Reveals Global Social Media Use Increased by 21 Percent in 2016, Market Wired
Newly Enhanced Evergage Recommend Changes the Way Digital Marketers Provide 1:1 Experiences, www.evergage.com
Tapad Partners with WideOrbit to Offer Programmatic TV Inventory, PR Newswire
MarTech
4 pressing problems that AI marketing can solve, venturebeat.com
AI Could Help Community Managers Boost Engagement, www.cmswire.com
How AI will impact marketing and the customer experience, econsultancy.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
App Stores Start to Mature – 2016 Year In Review, blog.appfigures.com
Apple will finally let developers respond to App Store reviews, techcrunch.com
What mcommerce retailers can learn from a mobile shopping addict, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Why 2017 Will Be the Year of the “Micro Moment”, streetfightmag.com
Why Mobile Adoption Is Punishing The Biggest Department Stores, adexchanger.com
Social Media
139 Facts About Instagram, www.adweek.com
3 Tips To Better Understand Your Facebook Audiences, www.ppchero.com
5 Ways to Sell More Products via Social Media, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Create Your Own Snapchat Geofilter, www.copypress.com
Facebook’s Creative Shop: What Can It Do For Small Businesses (And Itself)?, www.fastcompany.com
Getting Extra Mileage From Your Social Media Engagement, www.compukol.com
Here’s How You Can Post To Instagram From Your Computer, www.socialmediaexplorer.com
How to Become a Social Media Marketing Superstar, www.adweek.com
How to Make Use of Pinterest’s Shopping Features, www.searchenginejournal.com
Instagram Emoji Study – Emojis lead to higher interactions, www.quintly.com
Snapchat Lets Advertisers Buy Ads Based On Nielsen Ratings, adage.com
Video
Australian & NZ YouTube Ads Leaderboards, www.thinkwithgoogle.com
Facebook bug would’ve let anyone delete any video, techcrunch.com
Instagram Is Getting Ready to Introduce Live Stories to Users Globally, www.adweek.com
The Millennial Woman on YouTube, tubularinsights.com
YouTube Super Chat: How It Works, Features, & More, mediakix.com
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