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:
Degree Men To Use Twitter Card Poll To Determine Shots In Game Of HORSE Between NBA All-Stars User-generated content takes another step forward, as the deodorant brand conducts a basketball game by Twitter card votes.
Retailers: Priority Is Mobile But Spending “Modest,” Apps “On Back Burner” [Survey] A new survey based report from Shop.org and Forrester Research, The State of Online Retailing, identifies retailers’ key initiatives and spending priorities for the coming year. Among the roughly 70 retailers surveyed, mobile emerged as the top priority. Yet other findings in the survey simultaneously reflect caution, inertia or ambivalence about mobile. Indeed, the survey revealed that […]
2014 E-Commerce Sales Up 10% Or More For Majority Of Online Retailers [Survey] Among survey respondents, 74% reported double-digit increases, with 27% seeing more than a 25% increase compared to 2013.
Facebook’s Mobile Numbers Soar After Dark Social Cleanup Bitly data shows Facebook had a 30% increase in mobile referral traffic in the Q4 of 2014. “Facebook is crushing it,” Bitly CEO says.
The Google Trends Data Goldmine Not familiar with Google Trends, or just don’t use it that often? Columnist Benjamin Spiegel shows us how to use this tool for obtaining localized keyword insights.
Has The Attribution Pendulum Swung Too Far Away From Search? Columnist David Rodnitzky is all for giving credit where it’s due, but argues that search should be recognized for more upper-funnel activity.
A Marketer’s Guide To Snapchat & How Brands Can Build Followers Through “Stories” Haven’t gotten your brand on Snapchat? The time could be right, given recent changes to the service. All you need to know on getting started.
Why The Quality Of Your Data Is Crucial For Content Marketing In 2015 Columnist Jim Yu of BrightEdge argues that with all the data available to us today, marketers should no longer be guessing at what works based on gut instinct.
Report: U.S. Smartphone Penetration Now At 75 Percent Nearly 75 percent (74.9 percent) of mobile subscribers in the U.S. now own smartphones. In December 2013, U.S. smartphone penetration was 65.2 percent. By December 2015, it will be above 80 percent, perhaps closing in on 85 percent. The 75 percent figure comes from the latest comScore U.S. smartphone market share report, out today. Overall, […]
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Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
7 Simple Ways to Make More Affiliate Income from Your Blog, www.blogtyrant.com
Analytics
4 Steps to Measuring What Matters Most, thefuturebuzz.com
Quick Tips to Format Data to Make your Data Sets Flexible, www.distilled.net
The Right Use for Real Time Data, michele.webanalyticsdemystified.com
Blogs & Blogging
A Guide To The New Tools On Tumblr, blog.getresponse.com
Blogging and Inbound Marketing: How Blog Posts Get You More Leads (But Probably Not the Way You Think They Do), www.digitalthirdcoast.net
How to Brainstorm an Epic Blog Post in 4 Simple Steps, blog.bufferapp.com
How to Write a Cool Evergreen Blog Post, www.adviceinteractivegroup.com
The Number One Skill That Will Make Or Break Your Blogging Success, www.bloggingwizard.com
Why I Don’t Want You to Come Back to My Blog Post After You Comment, dannybrown.me
Business Issues
Apple: The $700 Billion Company, Wall Street Journal
HTC Names Idris Mootee New CMO, adage.com
Welcoming Eat24 to the Yelp Family, officialblog.yelp.com
Content Marketing
10 Ways to Get Into the Content Marketing 38%, contentmarketinginstitute.com
4 Tips from Jonah Berger on Taking Content Marketing Viral, sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com
6 Questions and Answers about Content Marketing ROI, www.verticalmeasures.com
Content Marketing Done Right: Hotel Edition, www.e-marketingassociates.com
Create Perfect Personas to Boost Your Content Marketing Efforts, www.semrush.com
Generate Content Ideas With One Simple Trick, blog.raventools.com
Hacking Influencers Brains To Promote Your Content Today, www.matthewwoodward.co.uk
Tactics for Promoting Content Across Regions, relevance.com
The (Content) Marketing Law of Attraction, www.goinflow.com
The Barn Raising Method for Content Reviews, blog.gathercontent.com
Unique Technique Reveals Competitors Evergreen Content Secrets, cognitiveseo.com
Conversion Optimization
5 Website Mistakes That Are Absolutely Destroying Your Conversion Rate, www.impactbnd.com
How to Shock Your Customers into Converting, blog.crazyegg.com
Referrals Convert 2x Better Than Websites, Social Media for B2B Brands, www.adweek.com
What Being a Vacuum Cleaner Salesman Taught Me About Conversion Rate Optimization, unbounce.com
Why A/A Testing is a Waste of Time, conversionxl.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
8 Common Responsive Design Mistakes, www.practicalecommerce.com
Empathy And Technology: The Relationship That Makes Good Design Better, usabilitygeek.com
How I Became a Better Copywriter When I Learned Illustrator, conversionscientist.com
Domaining
.LGBT Launched Today: Meet The first 5 Pioneers .LGBT Sites, www.thedomains.com
Domain registrars should add security check for transfers to eName, domainnamewire.com
E-Commerce
Amazon’s Newest Tool Lets Anyone Host Giveaways Online, techcrunch.com
How to Choose the Best WordPress eCommerce Solution, www.wpexplorer.com
Valentine’s Day E-Commerce Tips, www.marketingprofs.com
Where should you place ecommerce videos on the product page?, econsultancy.com
Why giants like Alibaba are pouring money into India’s e-commerce market, qz.com
Email Marketing
10 Awesome Valentine’s Day Emails, blog.movableink.com
10 Tips for Awesome Email Automation, www.revenews.com
11 Valentine’s Day email creatives from the fashion industry, econsultancy.com
Are Email Lists Overrated? How To Fail At Launching To 4500 Subscribers, www.selfmadebusinessman.com
Beginners Guide to Sending Email, for Web Designers and Developers, www.leemunroe.com
Four Ways to Attract New Email Subscribers and Grow a Better List, www.marketingprofs.com
General Internet Marketing
10 Most Effective Marketing Strategies, www.blueinteractiveagency.com
5 Ways to Build Digital Marketing Expertise, www.toprankblog.com
Internet Marketing Industry
Atlas Announces New Partnerships with Mediaocean and Merkle, atlassolutions.com
Janrain Boosts Insight into Customer Social Data, janrain.com
Jellyfish Online Marketing Reports Continued Growth, www.marketwired.com
Kvantum Opens New Headquarters in San Francisco, www.adoperationsonline.com
Newly Independent Sysomos Re-emerges to Transform Social Intelligence, www.marketwired.com
Sizmek Appoints Media Sales Expert Stella Araya-Weil as Vice President of Global Holdings, www.sizmek.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
25 Reasons I Hate Your Site On Mobile (& What To Do About It), overit.com
Designing For Wearables To Enhance Real-Life Experience, www.smashingmagazine.com
How To: Optimize Revenue For Mobile App Install Ads, www.nanigans.com
Mobile-First Companies Driving Growth of Cross-Device Solutions, adexchanger.com
Only 33% of US Mobile Users Expected to Purchase At Least One App in 2015, www.thesempost.com
Study Shows How Advertisers Can Get Millennial Moms’ Attention With Mobile Ads, www.adweek.com
Social Media
3 Ways to Exploit the Twitter-Google “Firehose” Deal (other than real-time), www.ryanhanley.com
33 Ways Your Social Media Plan Will Make You More Successful, www.convinceandconvert.com
6 Ways to Improve Your Facebook Page Results, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
73% of Interbrand 100 Brands Have Over 100K Twitter Followers, simplymeasured.com
9 Secrets the Pros Use to Create Great Facebook Ad Designs, adespresso.com
Facebook Takes Internet.org And Its Free Mobile Data Services To India, TechCrunch
Going Social in a Regulated Industry? Take These 6 Steps to Social Media Compliance First, blog.hootsuite.com
Hacked Newsweek Twitter Account Tweets Threats At Obama Family, techcrunch.com
How to Build an Efficient Social Media Workflow to Increase your Traffic, www.problogger.net
How to Calculate the ROI of Your Social Media Efforts, www.highervisibility.com
How to Choose Strategic Goals For Your Social Media Strategy, blog.hootsuite.com
How To Get Traffic From Twitter: Tools And Tactics Pro Bloggers Use, socialmouths.com
Introducing New Features in Facebook Groups to Improve the Way People Buy and Sell, newsroom.fb.com
It’s Time to Own Your Social Community, www.convinceandconvert.com
Should I Care About Google+?, www.paveya.com
Social media contact centers: What new teams, training and processes will be needed?, www.conversocial.com
Social Media in the workplace. Who needs it?, www.businessesgrow.com
Social Sharing Buttons on Your Site? Consider Adding “Send as SMS” on Mobile Websites, www.thesempost.com
The 4-Step Approach to Effective Facebook Ad Targeting, www.jonloomer.com
Twitter Account of Twitter CFO Anthony Noto Hacked, adage.com
Twitter Experiencing Massive Growth: New Research, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Will Cinemagraphs Take Facebook, Instagram by Storm?, www.adweek.com
Video
Advertisers Spend Big for YouTube Views of Super Bowl Ads, adage.com
Facebook vs. YouTube: What Does Your Video-Ad Buy Get You?, adage.com
How to Harness the Power of 6-Second Videos, blogs.constantcontact.com
How To Promote YouTube Video Content, www.searchenginepeople.com
Rack Up Video Views Using Facebook and Twitter Ads, blog.adstage.io
Synchronized Video Advertising . . . on Radio Stations. Wait, What?, blog.biakelsey.com
Tips on How to Use Video to Market your Next Live Event, 17production.com
What the Rise of Native Video on Facebook & Twitter Means for Brands, www.adweek.com
Why You Need Video in 2015: Tips, Stats and Trends, www.marketingtechblog.com
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