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:
NFL, Google announce deal to show NFL videos in Google search results and on the NFL’s new, official YouTube channel.
Tracking IDs regenerate even after a user opts out of advertising tracking and deletes cookies.
Activision enlists a comedian to play a hilarious combo of Rambo, MacGyver and Seth Rogan.
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There’s a pending class-action lawsuit that exploits a strange federal copyright loophole to target Google, Apple, Sony and others. As reported late last week by The Hollywood Reporter, at stake in this case is the digital availability of popular music recorded before 1972. That includes all the big-name ’60s bands which are a staple of today’s current rotation. […]
Columnist James Green notes that the growth of digital media has given brands the perfect opportunity to capitalize on the Super Bowl — without spending the big bucks on TV.
Shareaholic report shows Facebook with a 10% increase in share of visits in Q4; Social media continues to drive more referrals than organic search.
Transparency and training are the keys to digital marketing client success, contends contributor Travis Wright.
If you think “email marketing” only involves subscribers and existing customers, let contributor Daniel Faggella open your eyes to another possibility.
Ad expert Anita Newton shares how brands can take advantage of the Super Bowl without dropping $4.5M on a halftime spot.
Marketers that are really into promoting their Google+ content now have a few more tactics in their advertising arsenal.
The Super Bowl Dad-love continues as Nissan teases its TV ad with custom videos by web celebs.
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Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Blogs & Blogging
10 Things All Bloggers Need to Know to Know About WordPress, www.jeffbullas.com
15 Most Creative Tumblr Blog Ideas to Inspire, www.internetmarketingninjas.com
5 Keys to Running a Successful Blog, www.domaininvesting.com
7 Lessons and 3 New Strategies I Learned From Launching My 5th Blog, www.quicksprout.com
Blogging and Privacy: How to Blog Authentically Without Losing Your Voice, www.problogger.net
Getting the Most Out of Your Business Blogging Efforts, www.searchenginejournal.com
How To Optimize Images For WordPress, www.wpexplorer.com
Make Your Blogging a Raging Success, www.compukol.com
Business Issues
Content Marketing
3 Content Marketing Practices You Should Be Following, www.impactbnd.com
3 Ways to Ignite Your Content in 2015, relevance.com
7 Content Marketing Tools to Improve Your Productivity, contentmarketinginstitute.com
A look inside Fender’s rock’n’roll content strategy, econsultancy.com
Does Posting More Content Lead to More Engagement?, www.marketingprofs.com
Don’t Let Your Secret Sauce Kill Your Content Marketing, www.convinceandconvert.com
Facebook and Twitter’s Native Video Plans Are About to Transform Content Marketing in a Big Way, contently.com
How to Build an Amazing Content Marketing Machine for Half a Million Bucks, contently.com
How to Create Influential Content With Social Media, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
How to Make Sure Your Website Content is Unique, upcity.com
How to Use Seed Content to Build Relationships with Influencers, contentmarketinginstitute.com
The Genius of Delivering Content via Web Push Notifications, relevance.com
The Quick Guide To Content Promotion For Beginners, smallbiztrends.com
The Risks of Content Marketing, www.searchenginejournal.com
Why You Need a Content Promotion Budget, www.searchenginepeople.com
Conversion Optimization
6 Attitudes That Will Guide Conversion Optimizers in 2015, blog.crazyegg.com
9 Writing Tricks For Building A Killer Landing Page, usabilitygeek.com
Generate Even More Leads With These Simple Landing Page Tweaks, www.impactbnd.com
How to lift B2B conversions with the simple words: “You’re pre-approved”, www.internetretailer.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
14 Tools for Feedback on Web Design, Usability, www.practicalecommerce.com
Super Logo Bowl: The Design History Of The Patriots and Seahawks, www.fastcodesign.com
The (Sometimes) Giddy Experience of Learning Design, uxmag.com
Domaining
Crain’s Covers .NYC Domain Name Auctions, www.domaininvesting.com
Pop-ups boost most-popular new gTLD domains, and it’s not just .xyz any more, domainincite.com
To Celebrate The 30th Anniversary Of .Com Verisign Is Giving Away Over $100K In Cash Prizes, www.thedomains.com
E-Commerce
2014 Global Online Retail Seasonal Shopping Report, kenshoo.com
7 areas for retailers to pay attention in year of cautious optimism, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Amazon will soon collect sales tax from 74% of U.S. consumers, www.internetretailer.com
Christmas Ecommerce Becomes Increasingly Mobile in the UK, www.emarketer.com
How to Hire an Ecommerce Consultant in 2015, www.practicalecommerce.com
Successful B2B e-commerce takes thinking for the long haul, www.internetretailer.com
Who Is the Affluent Consumer? 29 Revealing Stats, blog.hubspot.com
Email Marketing
Can We Get 10,000 Email Addresses In 2 Weeks?, madlemmings.com
Double opt-in or single opt-in? That is the question, www.changetheworldmarketing.com
Microsoft Changes List-Unsubscribe Requirements, blog.returnpath.com
What is CASL?, blogs.constantcontact.com
General Internet Marketing
B2B marketing chiefs expect bigger budgets in 2015, www.internetretailer.com
Brands Need to Use Real-Time Caution During #Blizzardof2015, www.adweek.com
Is traditional marketing dead?, www.searchengineguide.com
The 6 Step Online Marketing Strategy Every Small Business Should Follow in 2015, www.problogger.net
Mobile/Local Marketing
15 Mind-Blowing Stats About Mobile Measurement, www.cmo.com
4 Questions to Ask When Optimizing Your Site for Mobile, uxmag.com
How mobile helped Starbucks boost foot traffic by 2%, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
In APAC, Mobile Consumers Are Very Different – From Each Other, adexchanger.com
Leverage your app rating and “free” status in your next “Promote Your App” campaign!, advertising.microsoft.com
Local Marketing a Rising Priority for National Brands, streetfightmag.com
Sheriffs pressure Google to disable Waze feature that warns when police are near, saying it endangers officers, hosted.ap.org
Smaller SMBs Show Distinctive Behaviors in Latest Local Commerce Monitor Survey, blog.biakelsey.com
The Reason To Be Cheerful About HoloLens, techcrunch.com
Trivia Crack Dominates App Store Charts, techcrunch.com
Why It’s Like 1995 on the Mobile Web Right Now, www.getelastic.com
Social Media
10 Ideas To Get You Integrating Your Offline Marketing With Social Media, www.socialbro.com
15 Ways to Optimize Your Facebook Ads, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
5 Questions to Determine if You’re Winning on Twitter, www.adweek.com
5 Reasons Social Media May be Totally Screwing Up Your Content Marketing, www.thesaleslion.com
Average User has 5.54 Social Media Accounts, Says Study, www.adweek.com
Brands Disappointed Fans in Q4 with Poor Social Customer Care, www.socialbakers.com
Certain Words Trigger Facebook Prompts to Page Admins, Urging Them to Create Ads, www.adweek.com
Do You Know What Your Audience Is Doing On Social Media?, heidicohen.com
Facebook Is Testing A Simple App For Low-End Android Phones, techcrunch.com
How to Promote a Podcast with Facebook Ads, www.jonloomer.com
In One Chart, the Story of How Facebook Came to Take Over the Media and Marketing Worlds, contently.com
Let’s Get Down To Business: 6 Twitter Metrics You Must Measure In 2015, www.socialbro.com
Reach Niche Audiences with Overlap Targeting for Facebook Ads, blog.adstage.io
Report Shows Social Channel Effectiveness, www.socialmediaexplorer.com
The BBC’s new tool pairs your life to global news events using Facebook data, qz.com
There’s A Big Difference Between Using Facebook “At Work” And “For Work”, techcrunch.com
Top B2B Instagram Feeds You Should Follow Today, blog.visual.ly
Tumblr pairs its star contributors with advertisers, www.internetretailer.com
Video
4 ways to combat programmatic video challenges, digiday.com
Social Media Video – Essential Tips and Takeaways, www.toprankblog.com
The NFL’s cautious embrace of YouTube, digiday.com
The Video Marketer’s Playbook for Winning the Super Bowl, www.reelseo.com
Why President Obama Agreed to be Interviewed by YouTubers, www.adweek.com
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