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:
What the heck is machine learning, and why should I care? Dec 16, 2016 by Dave Davies Understanding the impact of machine learning will be crucial to adjusting our search marketing strategies — but probably not in the way you think. Columnist Dave Davies explains.
How to get the most value from your marketing metrics Dec 16, 2016 by Tamar Weinberg Collecting the data you need and analyzing it effectively can be a huge challenge. Contributor Tamar Weinberg explains how to focus on the right metrics to drive conversion and revenue.
How a 2010 Colorado law suddenly stands to change internet sales tax collection for good Dec 16, 2016 by Ginny Marvin The Supreme Court declined to hear arguments challenging a law that requires e-commerce retailers to report consumer sales to the state.
FAQ: Everything Facebook has admitted about its measurement errors Dec 16, 2016 by Tim Peterson We’ve made a list because Facebook has had to check its math more than twice.
Demandbase survey: Marketers sure like them some AI Dec 16, 2016 by Barry Levine But only a few are currently using it.
Facebook’s latest measurement error undercounted Instant Articles traffic Dec 16, 2016 by Tim Peterson For those keeping count, this is the fourth time Facebook has disclosed measurement errors in as many months.
Salesforce moves beyond first-party data with Krux integration Dec 16, 2016 by Barry Levine The CRM/marketing giant unveils several new features for its Marketing Cloud that incorporate its recently purchased data management platform.
It’s time to replace mobile-friendly with mobile-first Dec 16, 2016 by Liad Agmon Contributor Liad Agmon explains why retailers must recognize mobile as the primary medium for e-commerce this holiday season and beyond.
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Analytics
How Analytics and BI Shaped the Modern Organization, www.cmswire.com
NBCU Says New Nielsen Measurement Product Not Ready for Release, www.wsj.com
Business Issues
Content Marketing
Mastering Data Storytelling: 5 Steps to Creating Persuasive Charts and Graph, blog.crazyegg.com
Conversion Optimization
A better landing page experience: 4 pillars to follow, www.usertesting.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
What were the biggest UX trends of 2016?, econsultancy.com
Domaining
.Com Domain Registrations Back Under 128 Million, www.thedomains.com
E-Commerce
As Last-Minute Shoppers Go Online, Retailers Brace for Trouble, www.wsj.com
How to protect your e-commerce site from criminal and competitor bots, www.internetretailer.com
Report: Amazon widens lead on holiday sales, www.retaildive.com
Email Marketing
5 Ways Your Email Marketing could be Clogging Your Marketing Funnel, www.martechadvisor.com
Make Subscribers Merry this Season: Tips to Maximize Holiday Email Marketing Success, www.martechadvisor.com
Those ‘Death of Email’ Stories? Consider Them Fake News, www.cmswire.com
With Email to Millennials, You Just Don’t Know If They’re Going to Open It, www.emarketer.com
General Internet Marketing
7 Changes Forward-Thinking Marketers Need to Consider in 2017, contentmarketinginstitute.com
Almost 70% of CEOs now expect CMOs to lead revenue growth, venturebeat.com
Global Advertising Forecast for 2017, www.marketingprofs.com
How Customer Insight Can Boost Referral Marketing Effectiveness, www.ducttapemarketing.com
How We Built a Successful Influencer Marketing Strategy, www.convinceandconvert.com
Internet Marketing Industry
With Launch of Evoq 9, DNN Delivers Omnichannel Publishing via Microservices, www.dnnsoftware.com
MarTech
Can Creatives Ever Learn to Love Tech?, adage.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
Marketers Are Uncertain But Embracing Mobile Location Data (Report), www.adweek.com
Mobile travel is not ready for take-off, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Shoppers’ time spent in apps adds up on Black Friday, www.internetretailer.com
The Top 6 Ways to Grow Your App, www.adweek.com
Why Buy an App? Simple. The Content, www.emarketer.com
Social Media
10 Bold Social Media Predictions for 2017, simplymeasured.com
6 Emerging Topics That Are Increasingly Starting Conversations on Facebook, www.adweek.com
An Inside Look at Snapchat’s Super Bowl Game Plan and Prices, adage.com
Calculating Social Media ROI, Trickier Than You Think?, smallbiztrends.com
Facebook Now Lets Users Block Ads That Stir Painful Memories, adage.com
How Snapchat and Periscope Can Grow a Business, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Snapchat Rings In the Holidays With Custom Geofilters, www.adweek.com
Sponsored posts and social media ads only influence less than 16pc of users, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Twitter Deep Dive: How to Use Social Media to 10x Your Website Traffic, moz.com
Twitter Testing Mobile App Design With No Retweet Button, www.adweek.com
Video
Branded Content & Online Video: Top Takeaways from Industry Leaders, tubularinsights.com
Facebook Live – Experiential Marketing’s New Best Friend, 3qdigital.com
Improving Custom URLs on YouTube, youtube-creators.googleblog.com
The Best Facebook Live Publishers of 2016, www.newswhip.com
Twitter turning Vine into pared-down version, lets users download videos, venturebeat.com
YouTube Quietly Backs Emerging Artists, www.wsj.com
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