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:
New Mobile Reports From MobileFuse And 7Park Data Reveal Hidden Data Nov 19, 2015 by Barry Levine The two New York City-based companies are separately releasing today new ways of looking at their user data.
On The Hunt For Black Friday Shoppers? Pinterest Says It’s Got Them Nov 19, 2015 by Martin Beck Pinners shop more on Black Friday than the average online user and spend more on toys, housewares and clothing and electronics, according to a Pinterest funded study.
10 Ways to Calm the Chaos of Content Marketing Nov 19, 2015 by Digital Marketing Depot The right message, in the right place, at the right time, to the right audience. Content marketing doesn’t have to be painful. Want to know more about ending the chaos of your organization’s content creation, management and measurement?
Psst! These Keyword Opportunities Are Sitting Right Under Your Nose Nov 19, 2015 by Stephan Spencer Columnist Stephan Spencer shares his advice for digging up new keyword opportunities from your existing data.
The 4 Worst Lies Other Marketers Tell Nov 19, 2015 by David Rodnitzky From pay-to-play awards to fabricating a disaster, some marketing maneuvers are truly deceptive. Columnist David Rodnitzky explains why you should pass on these sketchy tactics, even though they sometimes end up driving sales.
Using Pinterest For Keyword Research Nov 19, 2015 by Clay Cazier Google’s Keyword Planner may go deep, but does it go wide enough to fulfill modern SEO’s need for semantically relevant phrases? Columnist Clay Cazier explores one alternative data source: Pinterest.
Maximize The Event Experience: Engage Socially In The Moment Nov 19, 2015 by Maggie Malek How do you push your brand’s reach during an event? Columnist Maggie Malek outlines steps you can take to fully engage with consumers via social media during events.
Top 20 Most Shared Video Ads In 2015: Puppies, Furry Friends & Bionic Arms Make It A Feel-Good Year Nov 19, 2015 by Amy Gesenhues With over 6.4 million shares, Android’s “Friends Furever” surpassed 2014’s “La La La” by Shakira to become the most shared ad of all time.
Mobile, Millennials And Marketing: An Insider’s View Nov 19, 2015 by Aaron Strout With Millennials quickly becoming the biggest and most sought-after demographic, columnist Aaron Strout has some insights into how marketers can resonate with this increasingly influential audience.
What CMOs Should Know About Ad Blockers: From What They Are To What’s At Stake Nov 19, 2015 by Amy Gesenhues Marketing Land contributor Rob Rasko gives CMOs the crib notes to better understand the ad-blocking landscape.
Twitter Political Targeting Precision | aimClear Psychographic Hot House Nov 19, 2015 by Sponsored Content: aimClear DING DING DING! Welcome back to the Main Event: Social political targeting. Last week, we uncovered how to reach politics and politicians with Facebook Targeting. In Round Two, we dive into Twitter psychographics to reach the political targeting ring, from the fans in the stands to third-party political targeting to politically curated lists.
Marketing Platform Act-On Unveils Packaged, Industry-Specific Solutions Nov 19, 2015 by Barry Levine The pre-built content, workflows and benchmarks are available for healthcare, travel, finance, manufacturing and retail verticals.
Google Launches New “Live Blog” Carousel Nov 18, 2015 by Amy Gesenhues Publishers can now markup content with live blog schema so that it will be displayed via Google’s newest carousel.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Google Releases The Full Version Of Their Search Quality Rating Guidelines
4 Organizational Hurdles To SEO For Business Leaders To Overcome In 2016
How Well Do You Know AdWords Scripts? Take The Quiz To Find Out!
Retailers Can Now Sell Paid Search In Their Apps With Point Inside StoreBoost
Google Search App For iOS Gets New Voice Search Look & Improved Google Now Cards
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Analytics
Survey Results Are In: The Marketer’s View on Metrics & Priorities, blog.kissmetrics.com
Blogs & Blogging
16 Tips on Blog Writing and Formatting, www.blogherald.com
How To Become A Successful Blogpreneur And Make Money With WordPress, www.wpexplorer.com
The Blog Code: Finding the Soul of Your Content, www.convinceandconvert.com
Want to Blog? Get Started Here, www.blogherald.com
Business Issues
Content Marketing
6 Scientific Strategies to Improve Your Content With Visuals, www.convinceandconvert.com
61 Places to Find FREE Visual Content Marketing Resources, www.koozai.com
Give your site a content boost, adsense.blogspot.com
How Raymond James Got 95% of Its Financial Advisors to Use Content, contently.com
Is Your Content Really Failing?, seocopywriting.com
What is Content Coaching and How Can It Help My Business?, www.verticalmeasures.com
Conversion Optimization
7 Case Studies for Understanding and Using Heatmaps, blog.crazyegg.com
How To Use Product Spotlights To Drive Conversions, www.searchenginepeople.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Accessibility matters, yoast.com
The Dark Side of Emotional Intelligence in UX, www.usertesting.com
Three steps to improve digital customer experience, econsultancy.com
Domaining
2 Great (and Free) Tools for Domain Investors, domainnamewire.com
E-Commerce
2015 Holiday Shopping Survey, www.offers.com
3 Common Mistakes New Amazon Sellers Can’t Afford To Make, www.marketingwords.com
5 Last-minute Black Friday and Cyber Monday Marketing Tips, www.practicalecommerce.com
It’s time to secure your Amazon account with two-factor authentication, www.engadget.com
Targeting Consumers on the Holiday Purchase Path Means Reducing Friction, streetfightmag.com
Thanksgiving Becomes the 3rd Biggest U.S. Ecommerce Shopping Day, multichannelmerchant.com
The US is popular with International online shoppers, www.internetretailer.com
U.S. consumers favor Amazon for online holiday shopping, www.reuters.com
Why Amazon’s Black Friday could disrupt the retail holiday, www.retaildive.com
Email Marketing
3 Ways to Automate Your Email Marketing this Holiday Season, blogs.constantcontact.com
Email marketing: finding the perfect blend of content & product, econsultancy.com
Growing a Lucrative Email List, www.amyporterfield.com
How to Write Email Subject Lines that Make People Stop, Click, and Read, www.copyblogger.com
Intelliverse’s Email Tracker Now Free for First 50K Users, www.martechadvisor.com
Want to Boost Your Open Rate? It’s All About the Subject Line, blog.movableink.com
General Internet Marketing
Know why: How to beat marketing survivorship bias, www.portent.com
Live Experiences Reinvent the Way Customers Interact With Brands, contentmarketinginstitute.com
Many Digital Marketers Seem Just As Confused, Overwhelmed As SMBs, screenwerk.com
Internet Marketing Industry
Vungle Brings Leading App Monetization and Discovery Platform to Windows 10, www.prnewswire.com
Automation Improvements, RSS Campaign Updates, and More in Our Latest Release, blog.mailchimp.com
Rocket Fuel Sets Industry Standard With People-Based Marketing, rocketfuel.com
MarTech
Real Reasons for Marketing Automation, blog.marketo.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
Answers to the Top Mobile Commerce Questions, www.facebook.com
Google Play Store app listings in 2016 will let users know if any app contains ads, www.androidauthority.com
How Target is putting mobile front and center this holiday season, digiday.com
How the mobile revolution has brought Americans “out of office”, www.martechadvisor.com
Microsoft Drops A Fresh Windows 10 Mobile Build, techcrunch.com
Survival Tips for Launching Localized Sites in Mobile-First Emerging Markets, multichannelmerchant.com
Reputation Management
Reputation Management Dos and Don’ts, www.searchenginejournal.com
Social Media
10 Pinterest Marketing Myths that You Probably Believe, www.smallbusinessideasblog.com
6 Tips to Grow Your Pinterest Marketing Results, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
7 Ways to Use Facebook’s Carousel Ads, www.adweek.com
Emoji usage in TV conversation, www.Twitter.com
Facebook Adds Holiday Shopping Season Ad-Targeting Segment, www.adweek.com
How Bully Pulpit Interactive prepares for landmark moments on Twitter, www.Twitter.com
How to Crack the New Twitter Ad Campaign Algorithm, smallbiztrends.com
How to Develop and Perfect Your Social Media Sharing Schedule, blog.bufferapp.com
How to Start Your Social Marketing Plan for 2016, simplymeasured.com
Is Facebook Messenger The Future Of Your Facebook Page Reach?, locowise.com
Seriously. Instagram Needs Two-Factor Authentication., techcrunch.com
Social Marketing for the Holidays, simplymeasured.com
Source: Twitter testing expanded, multi-day polls, The Next Web
The Secret Ingredient to Better Engagement, www.wordstream.com
Three Stories Perfectly Presented For Social Media, blog.newswhip.com
Top Pinned products of 2015, blog.pinterest.com
Users say sponsored social media posts highly effective, www.retaildive.com
Why Using Impersonal LinkedIn Invitations Doesn’t Work, www.compukol.com
Video
Found in Translation: Language tools for building a global audience, youtubecreator.blogspot.com
Meetings made simple with guest access, googleforwork.blogspot.com
YouTube Kids, the family-friendly video app, is now available outside the US, www.theverge.com
YouTube Says It Will Offer Legal Protection Of Up To $1 Million For Select Video Creators Facing DMCA Takedowns, techcrunch.com
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