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:
SocialPro rates increase Saturday. Save $300! Apr 18, 2016 by Marketing Land Super early bird rates go up end of day Saturday. Register today and lock in the lowest rates for SocialPro.
10 ways link building has changed over the last 10 years Apr 18, 2016 by Jayson DeMers Though white-hat tactics have changed over the years, link building remains one of the most important elements of SEO. Columnist Jayson DeMers takes a look back at the evolution of link building.
[VIDEO] Marketing Land Live #9: Facebook F8 recap, marketing bots, Amazon SEO & more Apr 18, 2016 by Matt McGee Watch our latest episode of Marketing Land Live, where Greg Finn, Danny Sullivan and Matt McGee talk about the big marketing news from the past week.
5 tips for leading a strong PPC team Apr 18, 2016 by Jeff Baum Leading your paid search team to success requires more than just expert PPC knowledge. Columnist Jeff Baum discusses how to be a great SEM team leader.
Twitter ads editor adds support for ad groups Apr 18, 2016 by Tamar Weinberg Twitter ads editor gets better with an enhancement that allows ad groups for targeting and performance assessment.
Why agencies and marketers need to think and act like data companies Apr 18, 2016 by James Green It’s no longer enough to offer compelling creative. Columnist James Green says marketing agencies need to tap into the power of data if they want to satisfy clients and drive results.
Bids to buy Yahoo are due today, Verizon is the favorite [Report] Apr 18, 2016 by Greg Sterling Many of the big names mentioned have dropped out, including Time, Google, Comcast, AT&T and IAC Corp.
Social’s role in SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud) Apr 18, 2016 by Andy Lombard It’s more than just a catchy acronym. Columist Andy Lombard delves into the components of SMAC and explains why social media is the glue that holds it all together.
Report: EU antitrust charges against Google’s Android could come this week Apr 18, 2016 by Greg Sterling The central issue is whether Google has abused its position with contracts that require handset makers to pre-install proprietary Google apps.
How to optimize your content for each step of the buyer’s journey Apr 18, 2016 by Daniel Faggella How how do you turn a disinterested prospect into a committed customer? Columnist Daniel Faggella outlines all the stages of the buyer’s journey and explains where in that process you can increase conversions.
10 big changes with search engines over my 20 years of covering them Apr 18, 2016 by Danny Sullivan Search Engine Land founding editor Danny Sullivan looks at how search has changed over the two decades he’s been writing about it.
Amazon now offering monthly Prime memberships Apr 18, 2016 by Ginny Marvin In addition to a flexible monthly Prime subscription, Amazon is also adding a separate streaming subscription priced one dollar lower than Netflix.
Ask and you shall receive: The Humanization of Search Apr 18, 2016 by Sponsored Content: Bing Ads In a world where we’re almost always connected to technology and devices, we have instant access to information wherever we are — causing a transformation to the search experience.
Walmart looks to quickly boost online Marketplace inventory, partners with ChannelAdvisor Apr 15, 2016 by Ginny Marvin Aiming to better compete with Amazon and other marketplaces, Walmart hopes to tap ChannelAdvisor’s nearly 3,000 sellers and ramp up its online product selection.
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Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
How to Use Affiliate Programs to Boost Your Income Stream, www.problogger.net
Analytics
Discover 5 Key Ways to Evaluate the Quality of the Data, www.martechadvisor.com
How to Craft a Data Management Plan that Pays You Back, blog.kissmetrics.com
Blogs & Blogging
7 Habits of Highly Productive Bloggers, www.blogherald.com
Business Issues
Content Marketing
3 Finance Execs Share Their Biggest Content Marketing Challenges, contently.com
5 Branded Content Campaigns You Need to Know, www.convinceandconvert.com
An Introduction to the 4 Essential Types of Content Every Marketing Strategy Needs, www.copyblogger.com
Competing with clickbait: Why and how quality writing trumps fast content, www.branded3.com
Content Marketing Best Practices For 2016, www.searchenginepeople.com
Content Marketing Is Driving Me Crazy, www.cmswire.com
Hot content or tribal? Who has the biggest content marketing drums?, www.cornwallseo.com
How to Use Your Inner Contrarian to Generate Endless Content Ideas, www.problogger.net
The Difference Between Content and Content Marketing, contentmarketinginstitute.com
The Marketer’s Guide to Luxury Content, contently.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Domaining
“The Perils of Not Buying Your Domain Name Quick Enough”, www.domaininvesting.com
Buying A Domain Name to Get A Twitter Handle – Wrong or Genius ?, www.thedomains.com
Mark Zuckerberg buys domain for $700 from Engineering Student, www.thedomains.com
Publisher tips: Domain names, blog.affiliatewindow.com
E-Commerce
Ebay’s mobile Craigslist competitor Close5 has quietly grown to 7 million downloads, techcrunch.com
Five top performers in online retail, www.internetretailer.com
How chatbots are going to redefine retail customer service, www.retaildive.com
Jet.com predicts its sales will total $1 billion by May, www.internetretailer.com
Reduce cart abandonment by helping shoppers who want to buy, www.internetretailer.com
Email Marketing
4 Email-marketing Tips to Drive (More) Sales, www.practicalecommerce.com
4 Shocking Email Case Studies That Will Change The Way You Market, blog.crazyegg.com
4 Ways to Optimize Email Marketing, www.martechadvisor.com
How to Crack the Email Call-to-Action Code, blogs.constantcontact.com
These Are the Biggest Disruptors to the Future of Email Marketing, www.convinceandconvert.com
What Consumers Want From Brand Emails, www.marketingprofs.com
General Internet Marketing
149 Marketing Acronyms that Every Online Marketer Needs to Know, www.jeffbullas.com
Five B2C Approaches That B2B Marketers Should Steal, www.marketingprofs.com
How Proper Preparation Can Maximize Your Digital Advertising Campaign, multichannelmerchant.com
How to Implement the Perfect Influencer Marketing Strategy, www.martechadvisor.com
MarTech
5 Social Media Management Tools to Save Time, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
The ghost in the machine: When ad-tech comes to life, digiday.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
4 ways to drive mobile engagement, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Can A Platform Agnostic Brand Bot Drive Marketing Messages?, www.cmswire.com
Facebook Hopes Chatbots Can Solve App Overload, www.wsj.com
For Wearables, Doing a Thing Well Beats Trying to Do It All, www.wsj.com
Mobile-Social Web Marketing Reality Checked: Q & A With Cindy Krum & Emily Grossman, www.aimclearblog.com
So You Want to Integrate Messaging Into Your App, www.cmswire.com
What Netflix and BuzzFeed Can Teach Brands About Building Seamless Experiences, www.adweek.com
Will chatbot, Snapchat popularity push branded apps to the wayside?, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Reputation Management
How to Define Your Brand Position Through Story, www.convinceandconvert.com
One in Five US Internet Users Read Reviews Online Before Buying In-Store, www.emarketer.com
Social Media
Facebook promises not to use product to influence US presidential election, Business Insider
11 Platforms for Social Media Contests, www.practicalecommerce.com
3 ways to use Facebook Custom Audience to boost ROI, www.internetretailer.com
5 Types of Calls to Action You Should Be Using on Twitter, www.adweek.com
Adaptly President’s Overview of Social Advertising, www.adweek.com
Facebook is actually out to kill the web as we know it, venturebeat.com
Facebook Messenger’s David Marcus on the rocky rollout of bots, www.theverge.com
Facebook’s ‘event near you’ feature is fantastic, venturebeat.com
How Brands Can Adapt to Social Media Algorithms, www.newswhip.com
How Facebook Delivery Insights can Help Marketers, www.searchenginejournal.com
How to Stand Out and Build Relationships on Social, blog.marketo.com
How to Use Facebook Instant Articles for Business, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Join Our Webinar Series to Hone your Facebook Marketing Strategy, www.facebook.com
The Anatomy of a Successful LinkedIn Profile, www.marketingprofs.com
Twitter at Ten: How Shopping Can Save Social Media, www.martechadvisor.com
What the latest Facebook Reactions data means for social marketers, venturebeat.com
Why We Do Both Live and Automated Social Media, www.stonetemple.com
Video
4 Virtual Reality Rules for Brands, contently.com
5 things to consider before you advertise in virtual reality, venturebeat.com
Background Buffer in YouTube’s Android App, googlesystem.blogspot.com
Brands Can Now Create Interactive Video Campaigns on Facebook and Instagram, www.adweek.com
Building a Brand On Periscope Not For The Faint Of Heart, smallbiztrends.com
Can Facebook Live Take on TV?, adage.com
Clay Bavor, Google’s VP of VR, on His Plan to Make Virtual Reality Amazing for Everyone, Wired
Facebook is promising live-video publishers in-stream ad options, digiday.com
How to Make Sense of Digital Video Content Opportunities, www.emarketer.com
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