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:
SPONSOR MESSAGE: Marketer’s Guide- B2B Marketing Automation Platforms This free guide analyzes the current market for marketing automation platforms including the types of vendors serving the market and the capabilities available.
Humane Society’s Brilliant Puppy Drone Stunt Achieves Viral Success What if a puppy was packed by a robot and delivered by a drone? The non-profit asks this question in its new campaign highlighting the plight of animals in puppy mills.
What Mobile Millennials Want: Structure Without Obligation Marketing to millennials is tricky. But columnist Anthony Bursi explains how brands can step up to the challenge and woo this fickle generation.
Want To Win Fights With Your Web Designer? Use These CRO Tactics When should you take off the gloves and have a dustup with your designer? Columnist Jeremy Smith shows you how to make your CRO case in a powerful way.
Surprise, In-App Purchase Behavior Peaks Before The Workday Even Starts [Study] New study shows mobile e-commerce behavior doesn’t mirror online purchasing habits.
A New Way To Look At Hiring An Agency Columnist Scott Rayden takes a look at why traditional hiring practices are flawed and how you can find an agency with the right vision and culture.
All-In-One Marketing Platform Percolate Raises $40 Million In Series C Financing Start-up plans expansion to offer CMOs a central system for managing global marketing operations.
Report: Google Communications SVP Rachel Whetstone Leaves For Uber Re/Code is reporting that Google’s SVP of Communications and Policy Rachel Whetstone is leaving for a similar role at Uber.
Facebook Now Lets People Call Businesses From News Feed Ads The social network adds “Call Now” button, enhancing the local awareness ad program for local businesses.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
AdWords Editor 11 Adds Support For Labels, Call-Only Ads, Ugraded URLs & More
Demanding More Detail, Legal Group Calls On Google To Disclose RTBF Criteria
Bidding & Optimization Strategies To Take Your Search Marketing Results To The Next Level
Bing Will Roll Out Their Mobile Friendly Ranking Algorithm In The Upcoming Months
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
Growth of Mobile Commerce in Affiliate Marketing, blog.affiliatewindow.com
Analytics
In the Data Era, Theater Marketers Can No Longer Act Like Digital Understudies, www.adweek.com
Keeping Customer Trust in the Age of Big Data Collection, customerthink.com
Blogs & Blogging
12 Quick Tips for Writing Better Blog Posts, www.komarketingassociates.com
3 Effective Ways to Use a Blog to Boost Your Retail Business, www.ducttapemarketing.com
A Beginner’s Guide To WordPress Website Maintenance, www.wpexplorer.com
Business Issues
Content Marketing
A Content Marketer’s Guide To Surviving Mobilegeddon, www.koozai.com
A Glimpse at Content Marketing’s Future, www.cmswire.com
Boost Your Content Marketing ROI With This Secret Weapon, www.convinceandconvert.com
Content Marketing Pro Tip: 3 Ways to Track Your Social Content Mix, www.socialbakers.com
How Can You Create Pinnable Content If You’re Not a Visual Brand?, blog.bufferapp.com
What is stock and flow content and how should you use it?, econsultancy.com
Conversion Optimization
41 Detailed A/B Testing Strategies to Skyrocket Your Testing, raphaelpaulindaigle.com
5 Human Touches That Grow Conversions Everyday, usabilitygeek.com
8 Reasons Your Marketing Funnel is a Hot Mess, www.convinceandconvert.com
An Overlooked Method for Increasing Conversions, blog.kissmetrics.com
The Power Behind Your Call-to-Action, www.compukol.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
9 Pieces of UX Advice I Stole From People Smarter Than Me, www.usertesting.com
A Quick Guide to Collaborative Usability Testing, www.usertesting.com
Experience Design and the Apple Watch, uxmag.com
Functional Animation In UX Design, www.smashingmagazine.com
Landing Page Copywriting Secrets the Pros Never Share, unbounce.com
USA Today’s FTW redesign ditches the infinite scroll, digiday.com
Words on Fleek: 12 Writing Rules for Digital, www.adweek.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
How Display Remarketing Can Destroy Marriages, www.wordstream.com
E-Commerce
Alibaba to Focus on Expansion Abroad, CEO Says, www.wsj.com
Distinction between online, offline blurs for shoppers, but not retailers, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Dynamic & Targeted Content: Stay Competitive in e-Commerce, blog.crazyegg.com
The Real Cost of an Exasperating Online Returns Process, www.marketingprofs.com
Walmart is Gearing up to Take on Amazon Prime, smallbiztrends.com
Why the Ecommerce Catalog Must Die, www.getelastic.com
Email Marketing
Gmail’s New Login Screens Hints At A Future Beyond Passwords, TechCrunch
Email Anti-Spam Laws Around the World [Infographic], www.verticalresponse.com
How Pretty Are Your Email Subject Lines?, www.emarketer.com
How to Design a Responsive Email, blog.movableink.com
General Internet Marketing
3 Simple Steps to Finding the Right Words to Use in Your Marketing, blogs.constantcontact.com
3 Ways to Create a Lasting Customer Relationship Online, www.toprankblog.com
Five Proven Elements of B2B C-Suite Marketing, www.marketingprofs.com
How We Built a Partner Network That Increased Revenue by 1,983%, blog.kissmetrics.com
Taylor Swift’s Seven Marketing Lessons, www.distilled.net
Internet Marketing Industry
Eventbrite Research Reveals Food, Wine and Beer Festivals Feed Millennials’ Desire to Gather and Capture Their Discretionary Income, www.marketwired.com
Jivox Dynamic Ad Platform Upgrade Debuts First-Ever Dynamic Canvas, www.prweb.com
JUICE Mobile first in market to guarantee 100% viewability across app and mobile web ads, blog.juicemobile.com
Verto Launches Content Watch Audience Measurement Service, www.vertoanalytics.com
MarTech
Behind All Good Ad-Tech Is Data, adage.com
Verizon Now Owns an Ad Tech Company – Here’s What It Means for Local, streetfightmag.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
4 Key Tips To Stay Ahead Of The Mobile Curve, thedma.org
Amazon unveils advertising platform for mobile-app developers, www.internetretailer.com
Despite Concerns, Interest in Mobile Audience Targeting Rises, www.emarketer.com
How to Create a Mobile-Ready Site using WordPress, www.wpexplorer.com
Report: More Than Half of Mobile Location Data is Inaccurate, streetfightmag.com
What does Wearable Tech mean for Digital Marketing?, www.branded3.com
Social Media
Facebook Hires Former FCC Chairman Martin for Access Policy, Bloomberg
4 Steps To Social Media Spring Cleaning, www.searchenginepeople.com
Are LinkedIn Groups Worth the Trouble? 17 Tips for Success, contentmarketinginstitute.com
Boost Facebook Engagement and Drive Event Marketing, www.searchenginejournal.com
Creating Social Media Marketing Plan From Ground Zero, www.searchenginejournal.com
FbStart distributes $100 million in benefits to more than 3,800 startups in the first year, developers.facebook.com
How to Create a Social Media Marketing Plan, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Notes on the Surrender at Menlo Park, www.theawl.com
Reassess How Your Facebook Campaigns Are Structured, PPC Hero
Snapchat Will Feature Weekly Content From MLB and Baseball Fans, blogs.wsj.com
Three effective LinkedIn marketing techniques, econsultancy.com
Video
Ask Parse Anything Video Series to Launch at Month’s End, www.adweek.com
GoPro Sets a New Standard in Video Marketing, blog.marketo.com
That’s Entertainment! (Entertainment SMBs Love Video), blog.biakelsey.com
Time Spent with Mobile Video in Japan Varies by Age, www.emarketer.com
Twitter users love to watch, discover and engage with video, www.Twitter.com
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