May 30, 20134 min read

Marketing Day: May 30, 2013

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:

Twitter Lists Get A Major Expansion: 1,000 Lists & 5,000 Accounts Each Twitter has announced a two-fold expansion of its seemingly ignored Lists feature, and the upgrades feature significant expansions of Lists’ previous limitations. Users can now make up to 1,000 lists, instead of 20. And each list can have as many as 5,000 accounts in it, an upgrade from the previous limit of 500. Lists […]
Google Glass Diary, Part 5: Why Brands Must Give Users Control Google Glass means checking tweets every freaking minute. I turned the Twitter app off very quickly. — Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang) May 25, 2013 I’ve heard a few similar comments from other Glass owners like the tweet above from Altimeter Group analyst Jeremiah Owyang. And, as Glass spreads to more people, there’ll surely be more […]
Study: 76% Of Executives Believe CEOs Should Be Utilizing Social Media Channels According to a recent study conducted by public relations firm Weber Shandwick, 76 percent of executives believe it is a good idea for CEOs to participate on social media networks. Of the executives working for CEOs who use social media, 67 percent believe that it is a good use of their CEO’s time. The study […]
Janrain Announces Integration With “Login With Amazon,” Amazon’s New Social Login For Ecommerce Today, Janrain announced it is among the first companies to support Amazon’s new third-party login service, Login with Amazon. Janrain’s ecommerce, consumer brand and other sites with registration processes will now be able to add Login to Amazon authorization to their sites. Janrain’s user management platform already incorporates over 30 social login providers including Facebook, […]
Amazon Launches “Login With Amazon” Service For Third-Party Sites, Apps And Games Amazon is hoping to extend its reach and integration beyond its own properties with yesterday’s launch of Login with Amazon. The new service lets Amazon’s 200+ million users to sign into websites, games and apps with their Amazon logins. Third-party developers can implement Login with Amazon on their web and mobile properties in the same way […]
(Google) Glass Half Full? If you pay attention to the tech world, you’ve likely noticed a proliferation of geeks donning a new device called Google Glass. This Glass is the latest in the category of what’s known as wearable computers, and it allows the owner to take photos, videos, request directions and surf the Web. The unique thing about […]
Thwart Social Media Crises With Brand New Hootsuite Security Suite Social Tool With the overwhelming number of recent hacks, social media security has been one of the hottest topics in social. The popular social media management platform Hootsuite is looking to capitalize on this growing trend with their new Security Services feature. This new suite of services is available today for all Hootsuite Enterprise clients. Included in the package […]
Twitter App Update Makes Photo Sharing Even Easier & Lets Users Proof Tweets Before Going Live A new Twitter app update has rolled out to both iOS and Android platforms, making it even easier to share photos, locations and to see how your Tweets will look before sending. By skipping a few previous steps, users can now Tweet out a photo in under six seconds: Tweet a photo in under six […]
New To Google AdSense Ad Review Center: Block Similar Ads Integration With Google Image Search A new “block similar” tool in the AdSense Ad review center allows publishers to block visually similar ads by uploading a screenshot or logo or by searching for text in images. The functionality is powered by an integration with Google image search. That’s one of three new features Google added to the AdSense Ad review […]