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:
EU proposes privacy rules that extend to Gmail, Facebook Messenger, Skype Jan 10, 2017 by Ginny Marvin Consent rules could limit consumer data collection for ad targeting by messaging, email and phone service providers.
Three well-meaning paid search optimizations that might kill performance Jan 10, 2017 by Andy Taylor That recent adjustment to your paid search campaign seemed like a good idea at the time, but now you’re seeing a drop in performance. How could this happen? Columnist Andy Taylor notes some common issues that arise from well-intended optimization choices.
Facebook’s retargeted ads broadened to include rivals’ sites, Page audiences Jan 10, 2017 by Tim Peterson By expanding the retargeting pool, Facebook’s Dynamic Ads can do a better job of finding new customers for brands, including from rivals.
Essential voice search strategies for 2017 Jan 10, 2017 by Sherry Bonelli Are you prepared for the rise in voice search? Columnist Sherry Bonelli discusses how voice search will impact local businesses.
Want to become a high-impact digital marketer? Jan 10, 2017 by Marketing Land SMX West pre-conference workshops are conducted by the world’s leading subject matter experts in SEO, SEM, social and digital. All workshops will be held on Monday, March 20, and are conveniently located at the San Jose Convention Center. 2017 brings a revamped lineup and fresh takeaways.
Customer questions every CMO should be ready to answer in 2017 Jan 10, 2017 by Scott Vaughan Your clients and prospects are going to have questions about data and technology. Are you prepared to answer them? Columnist Scott Vaughan has some food for thought.
5 B2B marketing tips to jump-start your 2017 results Jan 10, 2017 by Jessica Cameron Columnist Jessica Cameron provides B2B marketing tips for starting your new year off on the right foot.
Is your marketing team effective? A 5-question test Jan 10, 2017 by Justin Dunham In an increasingly complicated martech world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Columnist Justin Dunham offers a handy checklist to help you determine whether you’re running the ultimate marketing machine.
The evolution of the customer journey in 2017: Optimizing moments that matter Jan 10, 2017 by Jim Yu As the customer journey becomes increasingly fragmented, columnist Jim Yu takes a look at how marketers can capitalize on the micro-moments and serve up targeted content at just the right time across multiple channels.
IAB Tech Lab launches new Tool Repository with a viewability SDK Jan 10, 2017 by Barry Levine The SDK, originally developed by Integral Ad Science, provides an open-source framework for monitoring in-app ads.
Report: Consumers feel positive about immersive technologies Jan 10, 2017 by Barry Levine Video ad firm YuMe found most survey respondents have heard about virtual reality, augmented reality, or 360-degree video — and they pay more attention to ads in those formats.
Yahoo CEO Mayer and co-founder David Filo to step down from Yahoo board Jan 10, 2017 by Greg Sterling Yahoo under Verizon faces the same pressures it did as an independent company, namely, competing with Google and Facebook.
The tracking trap in digital marketing Jan 10, 2017 by David Rodnitzky Columnist David Rodnitzky discusses the power and peril of measurement and explains why both online marketers and brand marketers need to find the right balance.
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing network consolidation: Affiliate Window acquires ShareASale, www.internetretailer.com
Analytics
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Content Marketing Measurement, www.convinceandconvert.com
Blogs & Blogging
Why You Should Start a Blog in the New Year, www.problogger.net
Business Issues
Content Marketing
Get Back to Reality: 9 Content Marketing Expectations Busted, contentmarketinginstitute.com
Is Your Content Marketing Designed for the New Customer Journey?, www.toprankblog.com
Is Your Niche Boring? Here’s How Content Marketing Can Still Work For You, smallbiztrends.com
The Most Successful Content Formats, www.jeffkorhan.com
Conversion Optimization
16 Overlay Examples Critiqued for Conversion, unbounce.com
Don’t Split Test Your Pages Before Doing These 6 Things, blog.kissmetrics.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Four websites that have reduced their primary navigation options, econsultancy.com
Mobile UX Trends For 2017, usabilitygeek.com
WordPress Theme Detector, www.blogherald.com
Domaining
Amazon and fake news were trending in domain names last month, domainnamewire.com
ICANN retires Affirmation of Commitments with US gov, domainincite.com
E-Commerce
5 ways retailers can reduce shopping cart abandonment, www.internetretailer.com
How Augmented Reality Will Change Online Shopping, multichannelmerchant.com
How four retailers hurt by tech are now embracing digital, digiday.com
How to Boost Ecommerce Revenue Through Upselling and Cross Selling, blog.crazyegg.com
Implications of Amazon’s Dominance for Brands, Retailing, www.practicalecommerce.com
Millennial Holiday Shoppers Did Their Research Online Before Buying In-Store, www.emarketer.com
What is Fulfillment by Amazon and How Can You Use it For Your eCommerce Business?, smallbiztrends.com
Email Marketing
An Introduction To Building And Sending HTML Email For Web Developers, www.smashingmagazine.com
Cart abandonment emails: Creating content that maximises conversions, econsultancy.com
How to Create an Email Marketing Plan (That You’ll Actually Stick To), blogs.constantcontact.com
General Internet Marketing
6 Disciplines to discover Customer Engagement in 2017, www.webanalyticsworld.net
How the Role of the CMO Is Changing, www.marketingprofs.com
Internet Marketing Industry
MarTech
‘Fake it till you make it’: Confessions of a recovering ad tech executive, digiday.com
Digital Asset Management in the Martech Cocktail, chiefmartec.com
How Martech Will Play a Critical Role in Marketing in 2017, www.komarketingassociates.com
Why Location-Based Machine Learning Is the Smart Path to Personalization, streetfightmag.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
8 Tools to Enhance Your Customer Experience On Mobile, www.jeffbullas.com
Measurable, Mobile Micro-Moments Reveal Path To Success, www.searchenginepeople.com
WeChat is morphing so Chinese smartphone owners will never have to download an app again, qz.com
Social Media
2016 Social Media Highlights, www.adweek.com
3Q Exclusionary Pyramid: Keep Facebook Ad Sets Clean, Relevant, and Profitable, 3qdigital.com
7 Questions You Must Answer to Get the Right Kind of Facebook Fans, www.blogherald.com
As Snap gets ready for IPO, here’s what advertisers say it has going for it, www.cnbc.com
Facebook Ads Cost: The Complete Guide to the Cost of Facebook Ads, blog.bufferapp.com
Facebook Advertising 101, www.marketingprofs.com
Snapchat Is Testing New Ad Features to Improve Ecommerce and Lead-Gen Marketing, www.adweek.com
Video
“Bennie and the Jets,” “Rocket Man,” “Tiny Dancer” and You, youtube.googleblog.com
A Better Way to Analyze Session Replay Videos, conversionxl.com
A Step-By-Step Guide To Get Famous On YouTube, www.socialmediaexplorer.com
How to Better Moderate Your YouTube Comments, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
IBM Quietly Builds Its Video Cloud, adexchanger.com
Samsung’s Mike Cornwell on How the Brand Made a Splash With New Zealanders on YouTube, www.thinkwithgoogle.com
Setting Up a Video Marketing Office Studio On a Beginner Budget, www.thesaleslion.com
The Live Blog: January 10, 2017, media.fb.com
Three Major Shifts That Will Transform Video Marketing in 2017, www.marketingprofs.com
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