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:
Brief change suggests local SEO ranking factors are different for branded queries Jun 17, 2016 by Joy Hawkins What are the differences between branded and non-branded local packs in Google, and how might ranking factors be weighted differently for each? Columnist Joy Hawkins shares her observations.
Why video needs to be part of your paid advertising strategy Jun 17, 2016 by Mona Elesseily As video consumption continues to rise, columnist Mona Elesseily discusses three ways to successfully make video content a part of your online advertising program.
3 strategies to survive the “Adblockalypse” Jun 17, 2016 by Peter Minnium With the rise of ad blocking, is an “Adblockalypse” on the horizon? As grim as it sounds, columnist Peter Minnium says it’s not all bad news and explains what advertisers can do to turn it around.
Bring your “dead” customers back to life Jun 17, 2016 by Loretta Jones How do you re-establish a connection with customers who have gone dark? Columnist Loretta Jones offers a step-by-step guide for first getting their attention and then bringing them back on board.
How Facebook turned an end-to-end ad tech strategy on its head Jun 17, 2016 by Tim Peterson Facebook’s shutdowns of FBX and LiveRail and expansion of Audience Network show an ad tech strategy oriented to advertisers and geared to protecting its data.
Twitter adds live video button for iOS & Android & says Periscope embeds are on the way Jun 16, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues Twitter confirmed users will soon be able to embed Periscope broadcasts across the web the same way they can embed tweets.
Wayin + EngageSciences = a different push/pull engine for user expression or a new Frankenstein? Jun 16, 2016 by Barry Levine Wayin’s recent acquisition of EngageSciences creates a platform for showcasing user content while capturing user opinions and info.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
What your boss actually wants from your local search reports
Search in Pics: SEO & Chromebook cookies, Beatmania IIDX & Google garden
Announcing the 2016 Landy Awards sponsors and supporting partners
Google is removing the custom date range search filter for mobile users
SMX Advanced Local Workshop: tactics from Google, Bing, leading local experts
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Analytics
Better Understand Your Customers with Digital Analytics, www.silverpop.com
For advertisers, measuring an influencer’s influence is still a struggle, digiday.com
Predictive Analytics Has a Scaling Problem, and Bad Data Is to Blame, www.marketingprofs.com
Signal To Noise: Finding False Positives In Media Measurement, adexchanger.com
Blogs & Blogging
A Look Behind the Curtain of the Fashion Blogging World, www.blogherald.com
Business Issues
Buffer is laying off 11 percent of employees, venturebeat.com
Read the emotional speech LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner gave employees after the Microsoft deal, venturebeat.com
Salesforce Said to Have Been Rival Suitor for LinkedIn, www.bloomberg.com
Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer Stumbled After Secret Truce With Investor, www.wsj.com
Content Marketing
13 Content Marketing Secrets I Learned From My Dad, heidicohen.com
5 Phenomenal Tips To Make Your Content Go Viral On Medium, www.jeffbullas.com
He wrote about clickbait but what happened next will stun you, techcrunch.com
What is Content Marketing? 10 Expert Video Responses, www.komarketingassociates.com
Conversion Optimization
9 Content Conversion Tips, www.searchenginepeople.com
Eliminate Jargon on Your Landing Pages With Our Free Chrome Extension, unbounce.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Calculating the value of UX research, www.usertesting.com
The Long Road to the Logo: 5 Things Brands Should Consider, www.cmswire.com
E-Commerce
4 Killer Referral Marketing Lessons From Fast-Growth Ecommerce Businesses, blog.crazyegg.com
Consumers’ surging online spend sets the stage for happy holidays, www.internetretailer.com
Legal: How to Sell (or Buy) an Ecommerce Business, www.practicalecommerce.com
Most Retailers Want to Know Who You Are, www.emarketer.com
Study: Avid Online Shoppers Make Over Half Their Purchases On Web, smallbiztrends.com
Email Marketing
7 Keys to Reaching Email’s “Tomorrowland”, www.silverpop.com
How to make a bang with your July 4th email marketing, www.internetretailer.com
General Internet Marketing
3 Marketing Automation Gambles You Will Lose, blog.marketo.com
3 Steps to Identify Influencers in Your Industry, contentmarketinginstitute.com
5 Essential Tips to Redefine B2B Marketing Success, www.martechadvisor.com
Customer-centric Marketing: 5 more takeaways on consumer behavior from researchers and strategists, sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com
Examining Influencer Marketing, yahooadvertising.tumblr.com
July 2016 Marketing and Holiday Planning, blogs.constantcontact.com
Revenge of the Goldfish: Marketing to the 8-Second Generation, www.cmswire.com
The 4 Types of Dads Marketers Need to Know This Father’s Day, www.adweek.com
The State of Digital Media, in 5 Charts, contently.com
Internet Marketing Industry
Cision Finalizes PR Newswire Acquisition, www.multivu.com
Location Insights Company Cuebiq Joins NAI; Earns Privacy Seal of Approval, www.prweb.com
Radius Names Mark Woollen as Chief Product Officer, www.prnewswire.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
Apple iPhones Found to Have Violated Chinese Rival’s Patent, adage.com
FXNOW app available for all Windows 10 devices, blogs.windows.com
How SMS = Real-Time Engagement, Lifetime Loyalty, www.martechadvisor.com
Messenger Makes It Even Easier to Start Conversations, newsroom.fb.com
The Mobile Marketing Funnel: Your Questions, Answered, www.tune.com
Reputation Management
How to tell if you’re a ‘thought leader’, digiday.com
Social Media
2016 Facebook and Instagram Awards Winners, www.adweek.com
3 Creative Ways to Use Twitter Polls, simplymeasured.com
3 Ways to Target Millennial, Gen-Z Customers on Snapchat, www.adweek.com
5 Tips for Creating Shareable LinkedIn Posts, www.searchenginejournal.com
Branded Content in Instant Articles, media.fb.com
Facebook wants chatbots to learn the way people do, venturebeat.com
How This Digital Agency Drives Revenue From Social Media, blog.bufferapp.com
Is Snapchat Stealing for Its Filters?, theringer.com
Snapchat is starting Real Life, an online magazine about technology, venturebeat.com
What You Need to Know About Instagram’s New Business Tools, authoritylabs.com
You Now Have 3 New Ways to Target Pinterest Users, www.searchenginejournal.com
Video
Is Your CEO on Facebook Live?, www.adweek.com
T-Mobile USA in Talks for Data-Free Facebook Video Streaming, www.adweek.com
Twitter Advertisers Can Now Get More Stats on How Their Videos Are Performing, www.adweek.com
Video might be the future, but text is the present for digital news, digiday.com
What the Rise of Virtual Reality Means for Marketers, www.convinceandconvert.com
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