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:
The Election: More searchers, more opportunities Jun 23, 2016 by John Cosley Columnist John Cosley of Bing discusses how advertisers can leverage election searches for paid search wins.
Ad tech evolution continues with Avid Media’s new DSP for native content only Jun 23, 2016 by Barry Levine And supply-side platform Pubmatic expands with a private marketplace for guaranteed sales.
Where Instagram and Facebook advertising converge and where they differ Jun 23, 2016 by Brad O’Brien Can your Facebook successes be replicated on Instagram? Columnist Brad O’Brien takes a look at the similarities and differences between the two platforms and what it all means to marketers.
Back to basics: Why you need to stop stressing over backlinks Jun 23, 2016 by Kyla Becker Fishing for backlinks is like fishing for compliments: the sincerity will always be questionable. Read backlink veteran Kyla Becker’s perspective on why we need to step away from backlinks and get back to basics.
A CMO’s View: How College Ave uses personalization to connect with customers Jun 23, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues CMO Jennifer Astle is leveraging her retail marketing background to bring a more personalized customer experience to the banking industry.
Customer experience in the age of disloyalty Jun 23, 2016 by Blaise Lucey In the age of the aggregator, the brand is irrelevant. Columnist Blaise Lucey says it’s all about the customer experience and creating compelling content that’s relevant to your audience.
How to reduce the risk of getting email blacklisted Jun 23, 2016 by Scott Heimes How do you avoid getting on the dreaded blacklist? There’s no stop-gap solution, but columnist Scott Heimes outlines some best practices to help your emails reach inboxes.
Keen IO releases “analytics-as-a-service” for apps, sites, and devices Jun 23, 2016 by Barry Levine Called Native Analytics, it provides a white-label, customizable solution for real-time analytics and visualization.
YouTube opens online version of its Brand Partner Program to school agencies Jun 23, 2016 by Tim Peterson YouTube is rolling out an online version of its Brand Partner Program to teach agencies video production and marketing skills in 22 languages.
InMobi to pay nearly $1 million following FTC charges of location tracking deception Jun 22, 2016 by Greg Sterling The mobile ad platform continued to infer and capture location data on users who had not consented to use of location services.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Google uses RankBrain for every search, impacts rankings of “lots” of them
Fishing for B2B success: How to use AdWords to “land a big one”
Why retailers shouldn’t overreact to the voice search revolution
Key takeaways from the Google AMA: RankBrain, Panda, Penguin, bots & more
Google has stopped using authorship completely, even for in-depth articles
#SMX Advanced keynote: Google’s Gary Illyes talks RankBrain, Penguin update & more
No, SEO isn’t “search engine manipulation” that Google will ban you for
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Marketing Done Right with Rachel Luna, www.amyporterfield.com
Before adding affiliate links to your website, do this, raventools.com
Analytics
5 Tools to Measure Social Media ROI, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Blogs & Blogging
4 Resources to Help You Brainstorm Ideas for Your Next Blog Post, www.convinceandconvert.com
Should You Start Writing 3,000 Word Blog Articles?, blog.crazyegg.com
Business Issues
Google Fiber is buying high-speed internet provider Webpass, techcrunch.com
Content Marketing
5 Content Marketing Tactics You’re Still Getting Wrong, www.adweek.com
Content Marketing Metrics and Tools You Should Be Using, www.copypress.com
Four examples of brands using an episodic content marketing strategy, econsultancy.com
Research Tools for Developing Better Content, www.searchenginejournal.com
Conversion Optimization
How Conversion Barriers Can Actually Improve Customer Retention, blog.kissmetrics.com
Target the Best Prospects by Segmenting Customers, blog.marketo.com
What Are You Doing to Transform Loyal Customers Into Brand Evangelists?, ignitevisibility.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Alleviating pain points is key in optimizing the customer experience, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Do’s and don’ts in SEO copywriting, yoast.com
The DAU Of Hip-Hop: Designing For Authenticity, www.smashingmagazine.com
Tips From Special Agent Gibbs on How to Write Better Copy, www.marketingwords.com
Why Incubation Time Makes You A Better Writer: Tips from Henneke Duistermaat, seocopywriting.com
E-Commerce
Analyze Better: The Quick & Easy Ecommerce Efficiency Report, www.clixmarketing.com
How Backend Code Describes an Ecommerce Business, www.practicalecommerce.com
Opening the Doors to Interaction: How APIs Make Conversational Commerce Possible, www.martechadvisor.com
The Top Reasons Consumers Abandon Online Shopping Carts, www.marketingprofs.com
What e-commerce marketers should do now to prepare for the holiday season, www.internetretailer.com
Email Marketing
4 Ways to Humanize Your Brand with Email Marketing, movableink.com
7 Steps to An Effective Email Newsletter, www.verticalresponse.com
For some publishers, email is a way to wring value out of ad blocking readers, digiday.com
General Internet Marketing
13 Best Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses, www.wordstream.com
4 Key Differences Between Customer Journeys and Campaigns, www.silverpop.com
5 Reasons Why Your Brand Should Have a Following, www.ducttapemarketing.com
How to Find Influencers for B2B Online Marketing Campaigns, www.komarketingassociates.com
Marketing Plan 101: Important Points to Remember, www.searchenginejournal.com
Winning B2B Marketers Follow the Purchasing Power, www.cmswire.com
Your Customers Flow From Online to Offline, So Should Your Marketing, www.cmswire.com
Internet Marketing Industry
ConvertMedia Integrates With 11 DSP & SSP Partners, www.marketwired.com
MarTech
Mobile/Local Marketing
Is Your Content Ready for the Mobile Takeover?, contentmarketinginstitute.com
Start Your Summer Mobile-Ready, smallbusiness.googleblog.com
Tap into Growth of Mobile Sales, blog.cj.com
Social Media
2016 Facebook Awards Global Winners Announced, www.facebook.com
7 Costly LinkedIn Publisher Mistakes You Should Never Make, www.jeffbullas.com
American Express Is the First Financial Institution to Make a Facebook Messenger Bot, www.adweek.com
Despite all the challenges of ‘distributed news’, traditional brands are vital for social, econsultancy.com
Did Facebook Just Deliver A Crushing Blow To Native Advertising?, www.fastcompany.com
Fast-growing Instagram risks ad overload, www.internetretailer.com
Five Things Every Marketer Can Learn from E3, www.facebook.com
How Much Do Small Businesses Spend on Facebook Marketing? Not That Much, smallbiztrends.com
Instagram Will Start Letting You Translate Captions, Comments and Bios, www.adweek.com
Learn how to implement the Twitter Ads API, Twitter Blog
Reddit Advertising: A Beginner’s Guide to the Self-Serve Platform, www.ppchero.com
Six B2B Takeaways From Six Great Facebook Ads, www.marketingprofs.com
Social Media IRL: Facebook Starts Attributing Unattributable Revenue, simplymeasured.com
Social Media Tips & Tools To Post Smarter: Content Creation, www.searchenginepeople.com
The Power of Personality on Twitter (And What Your Brand Can Steal), simplymeasured.com
Trend report: What’s popular on Pinterest this month, blog.pinterest.com
Twitter wants to sell its NFL ad spots for more than $50 million, www.recode.net
Video
6 Online Video Insights from comScore to Inform Your 2017 Media Plan, adwords.googleblog.com
How to Love Facebook Live, www.adweek.com
Online-Video Viewers Open Wallets in China, www.wsj.com
Outstream Video Faces Trackability Challenges, adexchanger.com
Twitter Is Bullish on Periscope as Brands Adapt to Livestreaming’s Growing Popularity, www.adweek.com
U.S. House Democrats Livestreamed Their Gun-Control Sit-in on Periscope and Facebook, www.adweek.com
What’s Next for Social Video?, www.adweek.com
Why Brands Are Misusing Social Video and Losing Customers, www.convinceandconvert.com
With ‘Picked for You,’ Instagram is now recommending videos, digiday.com
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