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:
Union Metrics Launches Multi-Channel Reporting & Adds Facebook Analytics Company now offers combined metrics dashboard for Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and the social network.
Instagram Offers New Explore Page & Search Options Facebook-owned photo sharing network updates mobile app make it easier to find real-time content.
Esurance Makes Heartfelt #EqualDreams Argument For Same Sex Marriage In Advance Of Supreme Court Ruling The Allstate company expresses solidarity with the LGBT community at a time when same-sex marriage is part of the national discussion.
Reduce Cart Abandonment and Increase Revenue with Customer Reviews- July 29 Webcast Turn more shoppers into buyers by gaining their trust.
Google Display Network Ads Support New Free Music Service Video and image ad inventory expands to the free version of Google Play Music.
Getty Images Added As “Interested Third Person” In EU Antitrust Charges Against Google Getty accuses Google of building its own image search vertical using Getty’s content, while demoting Getty-owned images in search results.
Google AdSense Now Reports Invalid Activity Payment Deductions Details in publishers’ payment reports break out deduction withholdings.
The Power Of Martech Unleashed Thinking about implementing marketing technology tools to optimize the customer experience? Don’t wait too long, advises columnist Mary Wallace — the time to adapt is now.
Google’s Project Brillo Signals End of Web & Beginning of Apps Everywhere With Google’s announcement of Brillo and Weave, marketers need to think more seriously about apps as a way to reach consumers, says columnist Daniel Cristo.
Hootsuite Launches Social Suggestion App For iOS & Web Social management platform’s tool is meant to cut down on the time it takes to find relevant content to share on social media.
Facebook Testing Recognition Tools For Identifying ‘Faceless’ People In Photos No face? No problem! A new algorithm from Facebook may identify you based on your clothing, posture or hairdo.
Snapchat CEO Promises Better, Non-“Creepy” Digital Advertising Snapchat continues to make the case that its ads are the best way to reach the young U.S. audience, while honoring people’s privacy.
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Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Blogs & Blogging
5 Realistic Benchmarks for Your First Year of Blogging, www.blogtyrant.com
How to Move from Blogger to WordPress, smallbiztrends.com
The Formula for Writing a Blog Post in 60 Minutes, www.searchenginejournal.com
Business Issues
Google Reveals Health-Tracking Wristband, www.bloomberg.com
Music for everything you do, Official Google Blog
Verizon Completes Its Acquisition of AOL For $4.4B, TechCrunch
Content Marketing
5 Core KPIs Every Content Marketer Should Know, www.verticalmeasures.com
6 Ways to Repurpose Your Content, blog.mailchimp.com
7 Simple Steps to Improve Your Content Marketing Strategy, www.convinceandconvert.com
Brainstorm and Execute Killer Content Ideas Your Audience Will Love, moz.com
Content Marketing Q&A with Xerox Marketing VP Jeannine Rossignol, www.toprankblog.com
Data Lakes: The Roach Motel for Your Content, www.cmswire.com
How to incorporate cornerstone content, yoast.com
How to Make Storytelling Your Business’ Competitive Advantage, blogs.constantcontact.com
Seven Content Marketing Metrics That Would Make Your Math Professor Proud, www.marketingprofs.com
The One Content Marketing Question You Need to Ask (That May Scare You), contentmarketinginstitute.com
Why you need to stop building “Quality Content” and start solving problems, www.cornwallseo.com
Conversion Optimization
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Effective Logo Design, Part 3: Geometry, www.smashingmagazine.com
Great Design Resources for Your Content Campaigns, www.searchenginejournal.com
Nowhere to hide: new privacy rules demand new thinking in UX design, econsultancy.com
Usability Metrics – A Guide To Quantify The Usability Of Any System, usabilitygeek.com
What Marketers and Designers Can Teach Each Other, www.convinceandconvert.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
Apple, Facebook And Firefox Prepare To Bury The Banner Ad, adexchanger.com
Domaining
Who needs .SUCKS? I love ALDI .com taken via UDRP, domaingang.com
Google Domains is renewing domain names for free, domainnamewire.com
On The Wrong Side of a TM Domain? Take An Offer Rather Than a UDRP Loss, www.thedomains.com
Why ccTLDs Should Not Be an Automatic Choice for International Websites, moz.com
E-Commerce
13 Places to Sell Online That You Should Know, ignitevisibility.com
5 Tradeoffs for Selling on Amazon, www.practicalecommerce.com
Alibaba CEO: “We’re Not Just An Ecommerce Company – We’re A Data Company”, adexchanger.com
Alibaba’s next plan is to get more of China’s businesses delivering on-demand, qz.com
How the top five UK ecommerce brands use Pinterest, econsultancy.com
How to Hire Online Influencers for eCommerce Brands, www.goinflow.com
ShopStyle brings e-commerce to Snapchat, with an assist from influencers, digiday.com
Email Marketing
5 Ways to Create More Touchpoints with Email, www.verticalresponse.com
eCommerce Email Marketing Design, cregital.com
Google finally makes ‘Undo Send’ an official feature of Gmail on the Web, venturebeat.com
Opt-Intelligence’s Joe Broumand on List Growth 102 and the 6 T’s of Opt-In Advertising, www.silverpop.com
Use Seed Data to Test Your Campaign before Hitting “Send”, blog.returnpath.com
General Internet Marketing
67 Insights From The Worlds Top Digital Marketing Experts, www.jeffbullas.com
Q&A: The Official Explorer’s Guide to Modern Marketing, myemma.com
The 4 Elements To Launch A Successful Influencer Campaign, blog.movableink.com
Internet Marketing Industry
American Advertising Federation (AAF) and Shocase Announce Social Media Partnership, finance.yahoo.com
AOL Joins Return Path Certification Program, www.businesswire.com
Audience Explorer: Giving Marketers the ability to understand their customers through Data Visualization and Audience Segmentation, www.prweb.com
MediaBrix Takes Home Gold For Innovation Of The Year At 2015 Stevie Awards, www.prnewswire.com
Millennials Experiencing Digital Overload, www.aimia.com
Olapic Secures $15 Million in Series B Funding to Solve the Content Crunch for Marketers, www.marketwired.com
Pixalate Launches First Security Hardware Appliance for Advertising Fraud Protection, blog.pixalate.com
Study Finds Marketers With the Most Profitable Data-Driven Campaigns Embrace First-Party Data as Their Top Choice, www.signal.co
Viewbix Appoints Rob Tariche as VP, Eastern Sales, blog.viewbix.com
MarTech
Marketing and the Internet of Things, closer than you think, chiefmartec.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
6 Mobile Pre-Ordering Tools for Restaurants, streetfightmag.com
How Mobile Apps Can Support B2B Marketing Success, www.martechadvisor.com
How the Apple Watch Is Changing Digital Marketing, blog.marketo.com
Mobile Coupons: Don’t Push Without Permission, www.emarketer.com
The state of mobile ad spending in 5 charts, digiday.com
What Keeps People Coming Back to Mobile Apps?, www.adweek.com
With Phones Lagging, BlackBerry Reports $28 Million Loss, www.nytimes.com
Social Media
11 Ways to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile for More Exposure, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
21 Places for Finding Social Media Content to Fill Your Schedule, www.jeffbullas.com
5 New Ways to Take Your Pinterest Marketing to the Next Level, www.copyblogger.com
Best Social Analytics Platforms: Summer 2015 report, about.g2crowd.com
Facebook Place Tips Help Businesses Digitally Advertise, www.searchinfluence.com
Elements of the Best Pinterest Profile, blog.tailwindapp.com
Facebook Adds Authorship. Bloggers Take Note!, www.thesocialmediahat.com
Facebook Rewarding Page Admins for Quick Responses to Messages?, www.adweek.com
Google+: Then and Now, googlesystem.blogspot.com
How NOT To Do Your Social Media Customer Support, locowise.com
StumbleUpon Drives More Traffic Than Reddit: How To Use it Effectively, www.searchenginepeople.com
Three Brands Doing Great Instagram Content, adage.com
Tips to Create Effective Social Media Content, www.martechadvisor.com
What Are Users Doing on Facebook?, www.adweek.com
Why You Should Reshare Your Social Media Content, www.komarketingassociates.com
Video
Crocs Bets Big on Twitter Videos With ‘Funway Runway’ Effort, www.adweek.com
For 7UP, Pre-Roll Only A Fraction Of The Video Experience., adexchanger.com
Millennials Love Video on Mobile, Social Channels, www.adweek.com
Snapchat, WPP and Daily Mail Bet It All on Vertical Video, www.adweek.com
YouTube Advertising: How Do Partners Get Paid?, www.reelseo.com
YouTube launches in Tanzania and Zimbabwe!, google-africa.blogspot.com
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