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:
Pinterest Acquires Product Recommendation Startup To Improve Ad Targeting Palo Alto-based Kosei’s technology maps 400 million relationships between products, which will help Pinterest better understand what its users want to see next.
Facebook Adds Super Bowl Ad Targeting Segment The dynamically updating “Big Game” segment will reach beyond football fans to those talking about Super Bowl party planning, commercials, recipes, etc.
NBC Will Push Super Bowl 2015 Commercials Straight To Tumblr NBC launches an ad hub for the big game on Tumblr; will post television spots immediately after they air on the broadcast.
James Patterson Sells One New ‘Exploding Book’ For $294,034 & Offers 1,000 Others A Self-Destructing Interactive Reading Experience The action-oriented author tries to inject a little excitement into book marketing.
(Dis)Content Marketing: How To Survive The Shakeout Contributor Steve Dille explores the explosive growth of content marketing, drawing on lessons from email to help content weather a potentially rocky future.
A CMO’s View: Taco Bell’s Chris Brandt Makes Mobile A Priority & It Has Paid Off With Nearly 2M App Downloads Taco Bell CMO says his brand’s mobile app shot to the top of iTunes Food & Drink category the day it launched.
Microsoft Brings Cortana To Desktop; Announces HoloLens To Bring Holograms Everywhere Microsoft is adding its virtual assistant Cortana to desktops and says HoloLens will bring holograms into everyday lives.
When To Deploy A Tag Management Solution: 8 Scenarios You’ve heard about tag management and you’re interested in deploying it, but when? Contributor Erik Bratt suggests things to consider, timing-wise.
Social Media Is The Least Popular Channel For Customer Service [Survey] While customer service complaints on social media may be the most public, they aren’t the most popular (by a wide margin) according to a new study.
To Help Dial In Global Efforts Twitter Picks Up ZipDial Not wanting to miss the call on a ZipDial acquisition, Twitter has acquired the company to strengthen its global foothold.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Right To Be Forgotten: Google Tells Europe It Won’t Scrub Global Index
Bing Ads Rolls Out Enhanced Sitelinks Globally, Adds Sitelink Device Preference
Google Ventures-Backed RetailMeNot Climbs Out Of Its Google Penalty
Yahoo Sees Big 1.6 Percent Monthly Search Share Gain At Google’s Expense In New comScore Data
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
How to Use SEMrush for Affiliate Marketing, Affiliate Marketing Blog
Interview: Kerri Pollard’s Insights for Affiliate Programs, www.affiliatemanagementdays.com
New Affiliate Marketing Monitoring Service Launched from Media Thirst, performinsider.com
TechRadar turns to affiliate links in editorial, digiday.com
Analytics
5 Clues That Something Is Wrong with Your Data, 3qdigital.com
Blogs & Blogging
3 Tips To Make Your Business Blog Work, angelabooth.com
How to Start a Business Blog in 2015, blog.getresponse.com
How to Use Quora to Generate Blog Content, www.searchenginepeople.com
Why Every Entrepreneur Must Become a Blogger, www.problogger.net
Business Issues
Apple Buys Semetric, Gearing Up to Take On Spotify, blogs.wsj.com
Google, Khan Academy join in student privacy pledge, Washington Post
Content Marketing
3 Content Marketing Trends to Rule Them All in 2015, www.ryanhanley.com
4 Ways Your Audience Can Provide Content Ideas, www.verticalresponse.com
Content Marketing is a Team Effort, www.toprankblog.com
Everything You Need To Know About Sponsored Content, moz.com
Five important channels for effective content distribution, econsultancy.com
How Content Influences the Buying Process and Grows Business, www.webinknow.com
How to Overcome Your Fear of Being Ignored Online, www.ryanhanley.com
Is “My Name Is Willie (Beamen)” the Greatest Piece of Sponsored Content of All Time?, contently.com
LinkedIn Beats Twitter for Content Marketing, Says Study, www.adweek.com
Three Realizations Needed to Prove Content Marketing ROI, relevance.com
What The Dover Police and Maroon V Can Teach You About Viral Content, pushingsocial.com
Where Is Content Headed?, www.b2bmarketinginsider.com
Conversion Optimization
Putting The Focus On Conversion Rate Optimization, www.ppchero.com
Seven Conversion Rate Tactics That Increased Sales by $21 Million, www.marketingprofs.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Helping Users to Absorb Change: Four Steps Designers Can Take, www.uxmatters.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
TubeMogul To Dive Into Display, Among Other 2015 Plans, adexchanger.com
We’re Really Screwing Up The Banner Conversation, adexchanger.com
Domaining
The wild story about how the domain name CM.com was just registered, domainnamewire.com
E-Commerce
Amazon ends its mobile wallet app trial after six months, www.internetretailer.com
Holiday Ecommerce Sales Topped $100 Billion, www.emarketer.com
The Easiest Way For Authors To Make More Sales On Amazon, www.marketingwords.com
What Changes At ModCloth And Nasty Gal Mean For E-Commerce, techcrunch.com
Why sales & discounts hurt your ecommerce brand, econsultancy.com
Email Marketing
10 Ways to Deal with the Stupid Amount of Email You Get, www.annhandley.com
4 Reasons Now is the Time to Re-Assess Your Email Program, blog.returnpath.com
5 Ways to Boost Your Email Marketing with Blog Content, www.iacquire.com
Design, Deals, Location and More: 5 Examples of Effective Email Personalization, blog.movableink.com
Email is officially middle-aged!, www.reachmail.net
Hack Your Email Growth Rate with This List-Building Tool, www.convinceandconvert.com
General Internet Marketing
What Agent Mulder and Jimmy Kimmel Can Teach Marketers, www.blindfiveyearold.com
The Most Effective Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses, www.marketingprofs.com
Three digital marketing mega trends for 2015, econsultancy.com
Internet Marketing Industry
Choozle Closes $4.1MM in Series A Funding, blog.choozle.com
Smaato Announces SPX: The Smaato Publisher Platform, www.smaato.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
Five new mobile marketing strategies for 2015, econsultancy.com
Google Docs For Mobile Gets Real-Time Spell-Checking, Touch ID Support, techcrunch.com
QualityTime App Tells You If You’re Spending Too Much Time on Social Media, AdWeek
Sensory Marketing Is the Next Frontier in Mobile Advertising, adage.com
The Importance of a Mobile Friendly Website, apexassisting.com
Will Softcard deal be enough to save Google Wallet?, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Reputation Management
How to Brand Yourself Without Sounding Like Everyone Else, blog.linkedin.com
Social Media
Facebook Ads Suicide: 6 Deadly Errors to Avoid, adespresso.com
10 Key Factors That Will Determine the Future of Google+, www.copyblogger.com
5 Social Media Time Saving Tips for Small Businesses, www.dexmedia.com
6 Powerful Facebook Marketing Secrets That May Surprise You, www.jeffbullas.com
8 Ways To Raise A Social Advocacy Empire From Your Employees, www.socialbro.com
86% of Top Global Brands Use Instagram, simplymeasured.com
A Breakdown Of The Social Media Sales Funnel, www.b2binboundmarketer.com
Create More Engaging Content on Twitter, www.mackcollier.com
Facebook News Feed Ads Exist to Make Money, relevance.com
Fact or Fiction: Can Social Media Improve Customer Relationships?, blog.hootsuite.com
Five Ways Twitter Analytics Can Make You A Better Marketer, www.wordstream.com
How Facebook Retargeting Can Help Grow Your Business, www.semrush.com
How to Add Video to Your Facebook Marketing Strategy, blogs.constantcontact.com
How to Build a Winning Twitter Ad Campaign, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
How to Double Your Traffic from Pinterest in 30 Days, profitblitz.com
How to Increase The Click-Through Rate On Your Tweets, blog.bufferapp.com
Launching Digits login for web, www.Twitter.com
Ready to Ramp Up Your Instagram Marketing?, www.marketingtechblog.com
The Marketers Guide To The New Twitter, blog.visual.ly
The No. 1 Mistake That Even Some Brilliant Social Media Marketers Make, www.marketingprofs.com
Your Facebook behavior predicts how good you are at tests, qz.com
Video
Product Page Videos Produce Higher Conversions, Sales Value, www.reelseo.com
The Rise of Social Video in 2015, www.socialbakers.com
Vessel Signs More YouTube Stars to Subscription Service, Launches Limited Beta Test, variety.com
Video is the Past, Present, and Future of Marketing, www.blogherald.com
YouTube Music Key Restrictions, googlesystem.blogspot.com
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