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:
The human side to SEO: the power of personas Aug 24, 2016 by Ryan Shelley On a fundamental level, effective search engine optimization (SEO) is about creating connections with your target audience. Columnist Ryan Shelley shows how personas can help you achieve these connections.
Why the best email marketing happens when you don’t hit “send” Aug 24, 2016 by Cynthia Price Email automation can help marketers win with the inbox. Contributor Cynthia Price shares tips for using email automation to engage with consumers.
Integrate lifetime value to benefit a customer-led SEO strategy Aug 24, 2016 by Chris Liversidge Columnist Chris Liversidge explains why fixing your analytics gaps and taking lifetime customer value into account can lead to better results in your organic search initiatives.
It’s time to up your game on social media Aug 24, 2016 by Digital Marketing Depot Modern social media marketing is still marketing. So if you understand your audience by listening, and if you publish content that resonates, engage them and measure your success, you will make great social strides in this digital world.
Fuisz partners with Sizmek for automated object-recognition in video ads Aug 24, 2016 by Barry Levine The partnership is the first full integration between the interactive video provider and a major ad server.
Major internet companies support Yelp in case that threatens online reviews Aug 24, 2016 by Greg Sterling If the Hassell decision stands it would enable business owners to sue right and left over critical reviews and could eventually suppress online speech.
Do the Moz & Raven retreats back to basics signal the rise of point solutions over marketing suites? Aug 24, 2016 by Chris Elwell After years of martech companies assembling and launching all-in-one marketing suites, recent news suggests the tide has turned. Contributor and Third Door Media CEO Chris Elwell suggests what this might mean — renewed focus on single-point solutions and on the bottom line.
Chasm between GRP and digital metrics highlights need for cross-screen standards Aug 24, 2016 by Matt Nitzberg Columnist Matt Nitzberg says we need to bridge the gap between gross rating points and digital metrics and move towards using data standards that work across screens.
Google removes AdSense 3-ads-per-page limit, focuses on content-to-ad balance Aug 24, 2016 by Ginny Marvin With mobile, the ads-per-page limit lost relevancy. The update gives Google more discretion.
Report: Video ads on Instagram are more common and getting longer Aug 23, 2016 by Greg Sterling The average video ad length jumped from 15 seconds in January to 25 seconds in June.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Analytics
Analytics Are the No. 1 Marketing Technology, www.emarketer.com
Business Issues
An Exclusive Look at How AI and Machine Learning Work at Apple, backchannel.com
Exclusive: BuzzFeed Divides Its News and Entertainment Divisions in Company-Wide Reorganization, www.vanityfair.com
How Apple has performed since Tim Cook took over from Steve Jobs, qz.com
Project Loon is Latest Google Research Project to Get a New Business Leader, www.bloomberg.com
Content Marketing
15 Experts Reveal the No. 1 Thing You Should Do in Content Marketing, contentmarketinginstitute.com
7 Signals You Can’t Ignore With Your Content Marketing Metrics, www.jeffbullas.com
Branded Content Is Here to Stay, www.socialmediaexplorer.com
Execs Create Thought Leadership Content to Stand Out, www.emarketer.com
How To Really Make A Content Marketing Strategy, www.searchenginepeople.com
Scripps Networks Interactive’s Recipe For Platform-Specific Content, adexchanger.com
Conversion Optimization
How To Create Facebook Lead Ads That Convert, www.wordstream.com
Why Comparison Shoppers Aren’t Converting for You (and How to Fix It), conversionxl.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
How to Write a Headline for Facebook, Twitter and Search, blog.bufferapp.com
How to Write Winning Ad Copy on Facebook, 3qdigital.com
Mozilla invites the internet to design its new logo. What could possibly go wrong?, digiday.com
We’re Only Just Beginning To Understand How Color Impacts Users, www.fastcodesign.com
Which restaurants deliver the best mobile web UX?, econsultancy.com
Domaining
40% of banks in the US have registered a .bank domain, econsultancy.com
Domain names that get around: are they worth less?, domainnamewire.com
E-Commerce
How three beauty ecommerce sites integrate editorial content, econsultancy.com
The Digital Dash: Strategies to Keep Pace With Your Customers, www.cmswire.com
What would Alexa do?, venturebeat.com
Email Marketing
11 Surefire Secrets to Standout Subject Lines, blogs.constantcontact.com
7 Eye-Catching Email Subject Lines to Catapult Your Open Rates, unbounce.com
An inside look at Convince & Convert’s email marketing strategy, myemma.com
How to Write Email Content for Short Attention Spans, movableink.com
The basics of email marketing, yoast.com
What Does “Going Pro” Mean for Your Email Marketing?, www.verticalresponse.com
When Should You Switch Up Your Email Template?, blogs.constantcontact.com
General Internet Marketing
‘People go after a name, not a connection’: Marketers sound off on what’s wrong in influencer marketing, digiday.com
Brand Commerce: A new planning model for marketers, econsultancy.com
Can Your Business Benefit from Influencer Marketing? Intellifluence Says Yes, smallbiztrends.com
Do You Use the One Magic Question to Guide Your Marketing?, www.convinceandconvert.com
Why Marketers Fail at Influencer Marketing (Report), www.adweek.com
Internet Marketing Industry
Antavo and Emarsys Partner to Provide Powerful E-commerce Loyalty Programs to Further Strengthen Customer Retention and Increase Customer Lifetime Value, www.globenewswire.com
Introducing Contently Social, contently.com
Mood Media Hands the Customer a Virtual Remote Control to Influence Their In-Store Music Experience, www.businesswire.com
ScribbleLive Acquires Linkdex, The Enterprise SEO Platform, www.scribblelive.com
MarTech
Ad Tech Heats Up, Attracts Kobe Bryant’s Interest, www.cmswire.com
Building Your MarTech Stack: Selection Strategies for Success, www.cmswire.com
Who Is Responsible for Marketing Technology Purchase Decisions?, www.marketingprofs.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
Facebook Messenger Testing Feature That Makes It More Independent From Facebook, www.thestreet.com
Managing a Local Web Presence from an iPhone, www.practicalecommerce.com
Reputation Management
Creative Spotlight: How to Build Authority as an Online Writer, www.copypress.com
Social Media
5 Golden Rules for Engaging Your Social Media Audience, smallbiztrends.com
Facebook Page Design Changes: What Marketers Need to Know, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
How Are Journalists Using Social Media? (Report), www.adweek.com
How Businesses Are Starting to Use Instagram Stories, blog.business.instagram.com
Reaching Your Golden Influencers with Content Through LinkedIn Ads, moz.com
Snapchat Is Tearing Up the Social Media ROI Rulebook (and That’s Good), www.adweek.com
Social Marketers, CMO’s Are Most Worried About These Things, simplymeasured.com
Twitter’s new button lets you accept private messages from your website, techcrunch.com
Why Twitter Can’t Shake Its Harassment Problem, www.wsj.com
Video
For some reason, Facebook is testing video with autoplay sound, mashable.com
Has Your Company Found Its Video Marketing Leader?, www.thesaleslion.com
How Facebook Live Will Impact the Near Future of Video Advertising, www.adweek.com
Inside Backstage: YouTube’s plan to bring photos, polls, and text to the video service, venturebeat.com
Live video minus Facebook equals Alively, techcrunch.com
The Live Blog: August 23, 2016, media.fb.com
YouTube gets a new TV app, techcrunch.com
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