Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.
From Marketing Land:
Facebook’s customize-able profile view, Timeline, has officially launched on the web, mobile devices and now on business cards. Facebook has teamed up with Moo, a leader in creative business cards, to offer Timeline infused business cards. In order to purchase the cards, simply head to Moo and authorize Facebook access. You can then add a custom quote, choose your designs and be […]
This may sound familiar: You’re active on Twitter and Facebook, and you’re trying to keep up with Google+ while also keeping your blog active and making sure your LinkedIn profile is up-to-date. You post some photos on Flickr every now and then, and you have a feeling you should really be checking out Pinterest right […]
US Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s near win in the Iowa caucus results drew renewed attention to his “Google problem” not only from the media but also in bits last night on both Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. They’re the latest in a year-long laughfest over how he appears in Google […]
There’s a great deal of discussion this morning about a DigiTimes report that Google’s forthcoming “highest quality” tablet is a 7-incher. Accordingly, the thesis is, the tablet has Kindle Fire in its sites rather than the iPad. This is the point I made earlier this week in a post entitled, Google’s Coming Tablet: A Response […]
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Google Announces “Megasitelinks,” Image Search Improvements & Better Byline Dates
Report: Social Media Spending Threatens To Overtake Paid Search Among SMBs
What Comes Before The Landing Page – The Crucial Role Of Psychology-Driven SEO
Trada Secures Additional $9M In Funding From Google Ventures & Foundry Group
Setting Campaign Budgets: Maximizing ROI While Controlling The Risk
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
40 Affiliate Marketing Predictions for 2012, www.amnavigator.com
Affiliate marketing strategy in 2012, www.smartinsights.com
Analytics
10 Things To Check In Your Google Analytics, www.lunametrics.com
Poll Results – Do you like the new version of Google Analytics?, Search Engine Journal
What Google Analytics can Tell You About your Site’s Rankings, www.stayonsearch.com
Applications & Portals
EFF Raises Concerns About the New AOL Instant Messenger, www.eff.org
iPad Users Download 2 Billion Apps Since Launch, thenextweb.com
Blogs & Blogging
Do ‘Top Blogger Lists’ Really Mean Anything At All?, www.thesaleslion.com
WordPress plugin directory goes near-real-time, wpcandy.com
WordPress, Technorati and … Where’d All The Blog Directories Go?, Small Business SEM
Business Issues
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Washington Post’s Don Graham Form Media Friendship, Wall Street Journal
The Hands vs. the Brains » UIE Brain Sparks, www.uie.com
Content Marketing
Content Marketing New Years Resolutions, windmillnetworking.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Developing a Designer’s Sense of Touch, www.uie.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
Domaining
Email Marketing
In the Know: Four Unpredictions for 2012, www.returnpath.net
Internet Marketing Industry
15 Copywriting and Content Marketing Blogs that Will Make You More Money, www.copyblogger.com
Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011, Techipedia
Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg, www.techipedia.com
Local Marketing
Online Geo-Targeting Strategies for Retailers, googleretail.blogspot.com
Mobile Marketing
Communication is key in mobile marketing, www.marketingweek.co.uk
Other Items
The Un-Internet, www.webmonkey.com
Reputation Management
Online Reputation Management: Google+ Business Pages, Social Media Today
Search Marketing
Creating a Killer Post-Holiday PPC Strategy, www.practicalecommerce.com
Image Optimization for Search, Social Media & User Experience, www.toprankblog.com
Social Media
Facebook adds recommendation feature to mobile touch site, Inside Facebook
Building Timeline: Scaling up to hold your life story, www.facebook.com
Could Twitter Predict Election Results Better Than A Traditional Poll?, www.mediabistro.com
Facebook Says Most Photos Flagged by Users Aren’t Actually Offensive, AllThingsD
How to Sell Anything Using Social Media, www.ducttapemarketing.com
Is Pinterest the ‘next big thing’ in social media?, news.cnet.com
It Is No Longer OK To Proclaim Social Media As New, thefuturebuzz.com
Let’s Fly: Embeddable Tweets, Official Twitter Blog
Safety First: Social Media Sites for Kids, www.verticalmeasures.com
Social Networks More Influential in Emerging Markets, www.emarketer.com
Statistics: Top 15 Facebook Countries in 2012 [Infographic], www.fortunecat.it
The 10 Commandments of Social Media Content Marketing, www.jeffbullas.com
Time To Clean Up Your Facebook Page 101 Style, www.stateofsearch.com
Why Tumblr Fan Mail Will Beat Facebook Messages & Twitter DMs, Read/Write Web
Comments