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:
mNectar Expands Its App Streaming Ad Network To Cellular Data Transmission Feb 29, 2016 by Barry Levine San Francisco-based company has launched Spectra, which can now stream over 3G/4G/EDGE connections in addition to the previously supported WiFi.
DiCaprio’s Oscar Win Sets New Twitter Record Feb 29, 2016 by Matt McGee Sorry, Ellen DeGeneres, but Leo’s award for Best Actor beat out your famous group selfie for the most-tweeted moment in Oscar’s history.
Prioritizing Local Search Profile Listings: 2 Methods Feb 29, 2016 by Lydia Jorden Looking to start building those citations for local SEO? Columnist Lydia Jorden shares her strategy for determining which local business listing sites are worth investing in.
Connecting Demographics To Search Queries Feb 29, 2016 by Andrew Ruegger Frustrated by the lack of demographic data available for search ads? Contributor Andrew Ruegger shares his method for obtaining demographic information at the keyword level.
Programmatic Display: 3 Tactics to Master in 2016 Feb 29, 2016 by Brad Bender Programmatic will account for 63% of all display buys in 2016, but marketers big and small are having a difficult time understanding what it is and why it matters. Contributor and Googler Brad Bender shares answers and tactics to get started.
To Maximize The Value Of Testing, Start With A Strategy Feb 29, 2016 by Nick Iyengar Looking to improve your testing or just getting started? Columnist Nick Iyengar has tips on how to build your strategy for testing and optimization.
5 Ways Calls Can Reduce Search Marketers’ Cost Per Lead Feb 29, 2016 by CJ Arseneau Columnist CJ Arseneau discusses how call tracking can help you understand the value of calls in your search program and lower your customer acquisition costs.
Most Mobile Marketers Are Using Location, But How Do You Do It Right? Feb 29, 2016 by Craig Weinberg With so many marketers using location-based mobile targeting, it’s time to either jump on board or step up your strategy. Columnist Craig Weinberg offers some tips to help you fine-tune your efforts.
EU & US “Privacy Shield” Data Transfer Agreement Faces Skeptics In Europe Feb 29, 2016 by Greg Sterling Earlier this month, American and European officials announced a new framework to ensure the continued flow of data across the Atlantic.
News360 Launches Free Audience Analytics Tool For Publishers And Content Marketers Feb 26, 2016 by Barry Levine The NativeAI service tracks user preferences with a much more granular categorization of content than other tools, the company says.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
Spring into Affiliate, blog.cj.com
Blogs & Blogging
4 Ways A Superhero System Will Make You A Better Blogger, www.problogger.net
How to Create Blog Posts That People Remember, www.problogger.net
Business Issues
Chrome, the browser for business, gains improved security and support, googleforwork.blogspot.com
Giving Odds On Who Will Buy Yahoo, fortune.com
Yahoo estimates $64-78 million restructuring charges, mostly in first quarter, www.reuters.com
Content Marketing
3 Ways Digital Advertising Supports Your Content Marketing Mission, www.toprankblog.com
Content Marketing and Advertising Meet in a Dark Alley: Who Wins, and Why?, www.copyblogger.com
Content Strategy and Content Marketing: What Is the Difference?, www.compukol.com
Why Audiences Only Accept Remarkable Content, www.searchenginejournal.com
Conversion Optimization
11 Common Website Conversion Killers, www.marketingprofs.com
4 Reasons Your Landing Pages Suck, www.blogherald.com
Easy Fixes for 5 Ways Your Website is Losing Customers, smallbiztrends.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Quantifying the Customer Experience, www.cmswire.com
Why Tailoring Copy for Segments Isn’t Enough, blog.crazyegg.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
Using Data From Ad Tech And Martech For Display Ads, www.cmo.com
Domaining
GoDaddy reintroduces China’s .Cn domain name, domainnamewire.com
Michael Jackson’s Estate Wants KingOfPop.com Shut down, www.thedomains.com
Undeveloped takes a fresh approach to selling domain names, domainnamewire.com
E-Commerce
3 key cybersecurity strategies for e-commerce sites, www.internetretailer.com
A 2016 Digital Commerce Forecast: Tiny, Frictionless, Everywhere, multichannelmerchant.com
Amazon Partners With British Supermarket Chain Morrisons For Fresh Grocery Deliveries, techcrunch.com
Amazon’s IoT approach is a shopping list killer, www.retaildive.com
Are You Making These 3 Ecommerce Website Design Mistakes?, smallbiztrends.com
Battle lines form again over online sales tax rules, www.internetretailer.com
How Retailers Are Tackling Shopping Cart Abandonment, www.emarketer.com
Jet.com acquires online retailer Hayneedle, www.internetretailer.com
Problems with Ecommerce Checkout? Vebology Suggests These Fixes, smallbiztrends.com
Set your web store apart with superior customer service, www.internetretailer.com
The Need for Speed: Why Customer Service Needs To Be Faster Than Ever, company-enterprise.myshopify.com
Email Marketing
29 Creative Leap Day Emails to Drive Ecommerce Sales, multichannelmerchant.com
3 Ways to Make List Segmentation Work for Your Nonprofit, blogs.constantcontact.com
5 Creative Ways to Grow Your Email List, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Case Study: New England Dessert Bar Grows Email List With Monthly Contests, streetfightmag.com
The Advanced Guide to Transactional Emails That Convert, conversionxl.com
General Internet Marketing
How Influence Has Changed in the Digital Age, www.adweek.com
Personalized Personalization, adexchanger.com
The Problem with Reactionary Marketing, www.ducttapemarketing.com
Internet Marketing Industry
Clear Channel Outdoor Americas Launches “RADAR” – New Data Analytics Solution for Marketers to Plan and Buy Out-of-Home Media and Measure Target Audience Segment Outcomes, company.clearchanneloutdoor.com
Deloitte Digital Announces Acquisition of Award-winning Advertising Agency Heat, PR Newswire
Welocalize Acquires Multilingual Digital Marketing Agency Adapt Worldwide, www.welocalize.com
MarTech
Mobile/Local Marketing
2016 Edition: A Marketer’s Guide To Cross-Device Identity, adexchanger.com
Effective “Review Us” Pages for Local Businesses: a Fistful of Examples, www.localvisibilitysystem.com
How Beyond the Rack’s retail app eclipsed its mobile site, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
HTC Hints It’s Looking At Mobile VR, techcrunch.com
Jump Start Mobile in Your Enterprise, www.cmswire.com
The Pupil Becomes The Master: Five Things Mobile Advertising Can Teach Desktop Marketers, blog.kissmetrics.com
Unbiased mobile ad mediation: The new choice on the block, venturebeat.com
Social Media
10 fun things we learned from Twitter’s annual report (hint: goodbye 140 character limit), venturebeat.com
12 Brands that Use Instagram to Show Products, Share Culture, www.practicalecommerce.com
17 Best Social Media Management Tools, www.jeffbullas.com
7 Tips for Creating Ads in the Carousel Format, www.facebook.com
A Simple Hack to Get Your Tweet Counts Back, pushingsocial.com
Facebook AI Research Partnership Program Launches, www.adweek.com
Facebook Canvas success lies in unique content paired with data, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Facebook Reactions: What Marketers Need to Know, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Host Your Own Twitter Chat: Time-Saving Advice, Tools, and Templates, contentmarketinginstitute.com
How to Create Winning Promoted Pins on Pinterest, www.searchenginejournal.com
How to Use Facebook Ad Bidding, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
LinkedIn And The Golden Age Of American Education, techcrunch.com
Only 6 emotions, Facebook? Think bigger, venturebeat.com
Small Changes in Social Login Use May Indicate Shift in Identity Provider Landscape, www.martechadvisor.com
Snapchat Debuts Stories Web Player For Academy Awards, techcrunch.com
Snapchat Employee Data Leaks Out Following Phishing Attack, techcrunch.com
Snapchat’s new audience-based ad strategy could wrest control from Discover publishers, digiday.com
Social Media Best Practices Part 1: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, authoritylabs.com
Social Media Marketing: Data-Backed Strategy, blog.marketo.com
Study: Instagram Users Think Positively of Gambling, www.adweek.com
Which Types of Facebook Brand Posts Get the Most Engagement?, www.marketingprofs.com
Video
YouTube creates a team to minimize copyright violations, more changes in the coming months, 9to5google.com
As Video Brings More Efficiency To Programmatic, Will It Translate To TV, adexchanger.com
Facebook’s 360-Degree Videos Are in Fashion, www.adweek.com
Facebook’s Private Photo-Sharing App Moments Now Supports Video, techcrunch.com
How to Make Videos Accessible for Blind, Disabled Users, www.practicalecommerce.com
Mark Zuckerberg Is ‘Obsessed’ With Livestreaming, Making Live a Top Priority at Facebook, recode.net
The FT’s head of video goes long and short: “either is where we’ll win”, digiday.com
The new realities of VR and retail, www.retaildive.com
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