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:
EBay Celebrates 20th Anniversary With “20 Days Of Deals” Promotion & Major Update To Mobile Apps Sep 8, 2015 by Amy Gesenhues Launched in 1995, the online marketplace now includes 25 million sellers, 157 million buyers and more than 800 million product listings.
YouTube Reportedly Prepping For Independent Viewability Measurement Sep 8, 2015 by Ginny Marvin A report by the Financial Times cites advertiser pressure for the move.
A New Definition For Marketing: Lessons From MyFitnessPal Sep 8, 2015 by Sanjay Dholakia Columnist Sanjay Dholakia says marketers should take a page from MyFitnessPal, which has crafted its marketing strategy to think about users throughout the customer journey and across all channels.
4 Reasons Brands Should Sell Directly To Consumers Online Sep 8, 2015 by David Rekuc A strong online sales channel can give you a leg up on the competition. Columnist David Rekuc offers some strategies to get you started.
4 Characteristics Of A Contextually-Aware Email Marketing System Sep 8, 2015 by Chad White Are you looking to create more relevant emails? Columnist Chad White lays out key elements of an email marketing system that tailors your message more closely to your audience.
Engagement Vs. Monetization: How Small Media Companies Can Walk The Fine Line Sep 7, 2015 by Keith Fagan Columnist Keith Fagan offers some steps to help independent publishers benefit from the growing trends of engagement and viewability.
Final Agenda For MarTech Europe Is Up. Register Now! Sep 7, 2015 by Marketing Land Attend MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference. Marketing technology experts from Europe’s leading companies will share successes and learnings. They’ll discuss implementing marketing solutions and re-engineering their organisations to optimise the investment.
Factual Announces Deals With Apple And Facebook For Improved Location Data Sep 4, 2015 by Greg Sterling Marketers and publishers are just starting to understand that as the cookie was to desktop advertising, location data is to mobile.
Bing Pushes Microsoft’s Edge Browser When People Search For “Chrome” Or “Firefox” Sep 4, 2015 by Danny Sullivan Tactic of using search for self-promotion is common, but it could hurt Microsoft’s case that Google shouldn’t favor its own products in Google search.
Heineken USA Buys Facebook & Twitter Users A Beer In A Bid To Expand its Customer Base Sep 4, 2015 by Pamela Parker The American arm of the Dutch brewer hopes the social media sampling effort gets its iconic green bottles in some new hands.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Analytics
5 businesses that benefit from data science, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Blogs & Blogging
How to Choose the Best Comment System for Your Blog, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
How to Create and Manage a Corporate Blog, www.copypress.com
Old Navy leverages bloggers to extend summer sales into autumn relevancy, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Super Niching: The Dirty Little Secret Of Successful Bloggers Everywhere, www.problogger.net
Why Site Speed is Crucial for Every Blogger, www.blogtyrant.com
Business Issues
Apple’s Real Rival Isn’t Google, www.wsj.com
Former Twitter CFO Mike Gupta on Why He Joined the Startup Docker, Wall Street Journal
Google Express: Now available to over 25 million more people in the Midwest, googlecommerce.blogspot.com
Google Wanted To Invest In Uber So Badly, It Gave CEO Travis Kalanick A Blank Term Sheet, www.fastcompany.com
The Clinton Campaign Taps Silicon Valley Talent As 2016 Approaches, techcrunch.com
Content Marketing
“Is that our product placement?”: A brief history of native advertising, digiday.com
51 Content Marketing Hacks, heidicohen.com
6 Bad Content Marketing Habits, www.toprankblog.com
Content, Shares, and Links: Insights from Analyzing 1 Million Articles, moz.com
How Qantas Uses Employees to Tell the Brand Story, www.convinceandconvert.com
How to Get the Right Content to the Right People at the Right Time: A Look at This American Life, contentmarketinginstitute.com
How to Use Content Marketing to Sell Products Online, www.jeffbullas.com
Three Content Strategy Mistakes Every Marketer Should Avoid, www.martechadvisor.com
Conversion Optimization
5 Interactive Calls to Action That Prospects Can’t Resist, contentmarketinginstitute.com
How to Have an Effective Conversion Optimization Strategy Without Wasting Time or Money, blog.crazyegg.com
The “Test Window” Methodology for Conversion Optimization Testing, www.goinflow.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
A plea to agencies: let designers get back to designing, digiday.com
Audience-Based Navigation: 5 Reasons to Avoid It, www.nngroup.com
Customer Experience Optimisation should be on every brand agenda, www.branded3.com
How the Top 50 Marketing Blogs Rock Design, www.jeffbullas.com
UX Generalists or Specialists?, www.uxmatters.com
Your Actionable Usability Checklist: Usability Mistakes to Fix, www.searchenginepeople.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
Domaining
Where Are the Domain Registrars of China?, www.domaininvesting.com
E-Commerce
3 Methods for Cross-selling on Product Pages, www.practicalecommerce.com
Designing The New Customer Experience: What Happens After Checkout?, company-enterprise.myshopify.com
E-retailers’ holiday hurdles include inventory, delivery, shipping and service, www.internetretailer.com
Market Segmentation 101 For Retail Businesses, www.verticalresponse.com
Product Descriptions: Should You Hire a Content Agency or Bring it In-House?, www.copypress.com
Where are the best places to upsell and cross-sell on ecommerce sites?, econsultancy.com
Email Marketing
7 Ways to Create Impactful Email Marketing Campaigns, www.toprankblog.com
A Procrastinator’s Approach to A+ Email Marketing, blogs.constantcontact.com
Complete Guide to Email Marketing Metrics, www.verticalresponse.com
The Metrics that Matter: How to Measure the Effectiveness of Your Email Program, blog.returnpath.com
Tips to Improve Your Email Click-Through Rate, blogs.constantcontact.com
General Internet Marketing
10 inspiring experiential marketing examples, econsultancy.com
3 Ways to Get User Feedback on Your Marketing Initiatives, www.usertesting.com
Getting Started with Influencer Marketing, www.searchenginejournal.com
How to Leverage Your Internal Resources in External Marketing Efforts, www.convinceandconvert.com
Internet Marketing Industry
Attend Launches Next Version of Event Management Platform with New Mobile App, blog.attend.com
gShift Launches Smart URL to Measure the Value of Content and Influencers, www.gshiftlabs.com
Pixability Accelerates International Expansion with Appointment of EMEA Managing Director, www.pixability.com
Taptica Further Expands by Adding Social to Mobile Offering Through Acquisition of AreaOne, www.marketwired.com
MarTech
7 Tips for Efficient Marketing Technology Adoption and Management, www.martechadvisor.com
Cracking The US Isn’t Always Easy For International Ad Tech, adexchanger.com
How 5 brands have used facial recognition technology, digiday.com
Meet WPP’s firm of strategic marketing technologists, chiefmartec.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
36 Percent of Smartphone Owners Use Messaging Apps, Says Research, smallbiztrends.com
6 Tips to Create a Successful Mobile Marketing Plan, www.martechadvisor.com
8 Mobile App Trends Of 2015, usabilitygeek.com
Amazon plans to sell $50 tablet, www.reuters.com
Android Can Dominate The Enterprise Mobility Game, techcrunch.com
Chat App Kik Introduces QR Codes To Connect Users And Brands, techcrunch.com
DAM Tips to Improve Mobile Marketing, www.cmswire.com
The Not-So-Low-Hanging Fruit: Why the Local Market Remains Elusive, streetfightmag.com
Update Your Attitude & Prepare for Mobile Advertising Success, www.clixmarketing.com
Why Southeast Asia Is Leading The World’s Most Disruptive Mobile Business Models, techcrunch.com
Reputation Management
How Negative Yelp Reviews Could Help Your Rep, www.searchenginejournal.com
Social Media
Twitter clutters up iOS and Android timelines with ‘Who to Follow’, www.engadget.com
5 reasons your small business should be using Instagram, blogs.constantcontact.com
9 Ways to Use Facebook Groups for Business, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
How to Curate Content on Twitter in 10 Minutes a Day, www.adweek.com
How to Find Your Social Media Niche, blog.bufferapp.com
Six Simple yet Effective Ways to Make the Most out of Twitter, www.marketingprofs.com
The New Standard of Social Media for Retail, www.conversocial.com
Twitter, Pinterest, or Snapchat…Which Social Media Company Should Google Buy?, blog.similarweb.com
Why Startups Favor Social Media When It Comes to Marketing, www.martechadvisor.com
Writing a Compelling Status Update on LinkedIn, www.compukol.com
Video
Google Chrome reportedly bypassing Adblock, forces users to watch full-length video ads, www.neowin.net
How Do We Ensure A Creative And Accountable Future For TV And Video Ads, adexchanger.com
IKEA Executes B2C Video Storytelling with Style, contentmarketinginstitute.com
Must-Use Lead Conversion Tactics for Video Marketing, www.ducttapemarketing.com
Snapchat viewers are quick to skip video ads if brands don’t impress, digiday.com
Video Is The Future Of Content Marketing, marketingthink.com
Why luxury brands are betting on video, digiday.com
YouTube Creates Highest Brand Engagement, ListenFirst Reports, smallbiztrends.com
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