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:
5 essential skills that great link builders know May 25, 2016 by Julie Joyce Think that building links is all a good link builder needs to do? Contributor Julie Joyce lists the five critical tasks that separate the great link builders from the mediocre ones.
In time for summer, Informatica opens its Marketing Data Lake May 25, 2016 by Barry Levine The company says this is the first such marketing-focused data repository, which accepts all data, organizes it on the way out, and enables fast integration.
Study: smartphone location only accurate to within 93 feet May 25, 2016 by Greg Sterling The report says data reflect bottom line for mobile location accuracy across the industry.
Competitive threats to Google, and what they mean for you May 25, 2016 by Eric Enge If the majority of your digital marketing is aimed at boosting your rankings on Google search results, contributor Eric Enge contends you might want to rethink your priorities.
A CMO’s View: How Dun & Bradstreet used MarTech to modernize its brand May 25, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues CMO Rishi Dave shares how his team leveraged marketing technology to completely overhaul its go-to-market strategy.
Surprising lessons from BuzzFeed’s most popular content May 25, 2016 by Kerry Jones Columnist Kerry Jones shares content marketing insights from an analysis of BuzzFeed’s 100 most-shared articles.
Adjusting to Google’s ad layout change with attribution tools May 25, 2016 by Eric Dezendorf Worried about the changes to Google’s ad layout? Don’t panic. Columnist Eric Dezendorf says attribution may help you determine the best next steps.
Why you should be looking at Facebook’s Audience Network May 25, 2016 by Andrew Waber If you haven’t started using Facebook’s in-app advertising network, it might be time to hop on board. Columnist Andrew Waber explains how FAN is improving performance and expanding the reach of advertisers.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Analytics
Does Data Analytics Help Deliver Superior Customer Experiences?, www.emarketer.com
Get Ready for Predictive Content Analytics, www.cmswire.com
Blogs & Blogging
13 Tips To Blog Consistently – But With Minimal Cost Effort, www.searchenginepeople.com
Blog Post Length, How Long Is Too Long?, smallbiztrends.com
The Science of Creating Highly Shareable Roundup Posts, unbounce.com
Business Issues
Apple Opening Siri, Developing Echo Rival, www.theinformation.com
Does Google Really Think It Doesn’t Have to Pay Taxes in Europe?, www.thedailybeast.com
Europe Seeks Greater Control Over Digital Services, New York Times
Microsoft is laying off 1,850 to “streamline” its smartphone business, takes $950M charge, techcrunch.com
Uber taps Foursquare’s Places data so you never have to type an address again, techcrunch.com
Yahoo Participates in Capitol Hill Encryption Panel, yahoopolicy.tumblr.com
Content Marketing
4 Content Trends Every Marketer Should Be Following, contently.com
4 Reasons to Publish Your Content Marketing Piece Today, www.verticalmeasures.com
5 Ways Sales Can Leverage Content Marketing to Close Deals, contentmarketinginstitute.com
Debate over short-form vs. long-form content irrelevant, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Dos and Don’ts for Repurposing Content Across Channels, movableink.com
Eliminating Your B2B Content Marketing Headache, www.97thfloor.com
How to Calm Your Content Anxiety in 5 Simple Steps, www.copyblogger.com
How To Monetize Relevant And Engaging Content? Reward Creators, adexchanger.com
Conversion Optimization
Boost Your Conversion Rates on Your Own Without Spending a Year Learning CRO, blog.crazyegg.com
How User Generated Reviews Affect Conversion Rates, conversionxl.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Best Practices of a Winning Customer Experience, multichannelmerchant.com
Is Your Writing Readable? 3 Concepts to Master for Copy That Converts, moz.com
Why It’s Time to Bring Creativity Back to Web Design, www.cmswire.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
The 7 Best Ways to Fight Banner Blindness, www.jeffbullas.com
Domaining
1,000th new gTLD goes live, domainincite.com
E-Commerce
Alibaba Faces U.S. Accounting Inquiry, www.nytimes.com
How to Deal with Negative Customer Feedback for your eCommerce Business, vwo.com
Mega-menu design trends in ecommerce: 2014 vs 2016, econsultancy.com
Report: E-commerce growth driving rush for warehouse space, www.retaildive.com
Email Marketing
How to Ask for Email Addresses (A Simple Script that Works Anywhere!), blogs.constantcontact.com
The Ultimate Guide to Email Design Best Practices for Marketers, www.convinceandconvert.com
Three Things Email Marketers Should Do to Stay Competitive, www.marketingprofs.com
General Internet Marketing
Customer service is the new marketing, myemma.com
Four Traits of a Successful CMO, adage.com
How the Availability of New Data Is Changing the Way We Do Influencer Marketing, www.convinceandconvert.com
MarTech
Building Blocks: Michele Dambach, Digital Marketing Manager at MedReps Talks Marketing Tech, www.martechadvisor.com
Tools, Technology Are Musts to Advance B2B Account-Based Marketing, www.emarketer.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
App Makers Missing the Mark on Engagement, www.adweek.com
Google Steps Up Pressure on Partners Tardy in Updating Android, Bloomberg
Menus, sharing, and dynamic CSS classes in AMP, amphtml.wordpress.com
People Actually Do Want THIS KIND of Mobile Advertising, www.tune.com
Why bots won’t replace apps anytime soon, venturebeat.com
Reputation Management
CustomFive Effective Ways to Build a Strong Online Reputation, www.marketingprofs.com
Social Media
3 Ways to Grow Your Audience on Snapchat, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Facebook Faces More Potential Privacy-Related Legal Issues in EU, www.adweek.com
Facebook Shuttering Ad Exchange FBX, adage.com
How online retailers can price for profit in the age of data, www.internetretailer.com
Instagram Partner Program Adds Media Buying Specialty, www.adweek.com
Twitter open-sources Heron, its real-time stream-processing engine, venturebeat.com
What Our Data Revealed for Brands on Facebook vs Instagram, www.newswhip.com
You Will Be Immediately Impacted by Twitter�s Revamped 140-Character Limit, simplymeasured.com
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