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:
Nuzzel launches “first network of newsletters” May 19, 2016 by Barry Levine Social news service offers free content curation tool for email newsletters and hopes to leverage not-yet-launched network effects.
5 ways to maintain your SEO ranking May 19, 2016 by Daniel Faggella You’ve worked hard to reach the top spot on Google — now you have to defend your position. Columnist Daniel Faggella provides his advice for staying on top.
Twitter, like Facebook, adds old-school elements to its mobile ad network May 19, 2016 by Tim Peterson Twitter is bringing its Twitter Audience Platform mobile ad network to the worldwide web and adding IAB-standardized ads to its portfolio.
Google will build its own Daydream VR headset & controller May 19, 2016 by Danny Sullivan While Google will build its own VR hardware, “reference designs” mean that any manufacturer can make their own to work with Daydream.
Taykey launches a free online trend-watcher May 19, 2016 by Barry Levine Called Trend Pulse, it shows trends in four categories, changed daily.
How to increase sales through broadcast messaging May 19, 2016 by Daniel Faggella Looking to gain more profits from your email list? Columnist Daniel Faggella walks you through some best practices to help you increase your open rates and customer lifetime value.
Invoca adds “missing channel” of phone calls to Salesforce’s Marketing Cloud May 19, 2016 by Barry Levine Integration with call intelligence provider means that Salesforce now offers details on calls from emails or websites, including automatic transcriptions of conversations.
It’s a mad, mad, MAdTech world May 19, 2016 by Peter Minnium As the lines between media, advertising and technology blur, what does it mean for consumers and marketers? Columnist Peter Minnium discusses what has and hasn’t changed in our “brave new world.”
Google’s new Instant Apps promise an “install-free” experience May 18, 2016 by Greg Sterling Instant Apps brings the mobile web and apps closer together, providing app functionality without the download.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Google appeals French order to censor Right-to-Be-Forgotten links globally
Bing launches UET Tag Helper, a troubleshooting Chrome extension
Move over, text ads: How data feeds are driving new search experiences
Google continues testing new search results interfaces, including wider & card–styled results
Yuri Kochiyama Google Doodle celebrates human rights activist on her 95th birthday
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Analytics
Improve Your Web Analytics Data Quality, www.blastam.com
Leveraging the Power of Predictive Analytics to Control Churn, www.cmswire.com
Blogs & Blogging
14+ Tools for Bloggers, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Business Issues
Alphabet CEO Larry Page defends Android’s use of Java APIs in court, techcrunch.com
Google’s CEO sums up his AI vision: “Hi. How can I help?”, www.cnet.com
Microsoft has its own ‘Bing Assistant’ bot in the works, www.zdnet.com
Content Marketing
3 Steps to Creating Content Audiences Love and Share, www.socialbakers.com
9 Content Marketing Gems Hidden Within Game of Thrones, www.komarketingassociates.com
Content Syndication 101, www.copypress.com
How Journalists Help Build a Strong Content Marketing Foundation, www.convinceandconvert.com
How to Think Mobile-First for Your Content Marketing Strategy, www.verticalmeasures.com
Supercharge Your Sales Funnel Velocity With Content, www.convinceandconvert.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
7 Small Ways to Be a Better Writer, www.problogger.net
Personal Online Experiences are Critical, blog.marketo.com
The C in the F.A.C.E. Formula for Copywriting, www.marketingwords.com
The Top 5 UX Mistakes You’re Probably Making, blog.crazyegg.com
Domaining
The .blog Domain Extension Is Now Open to Registrars, wptavern.com
E-Commerce
Amazon Plans More Stores, Bulked-Up Prime Services, Wall Street Journal
eBay Valet Program Lists, Sells and Ships Products for You, smallbiztrends.com
Google’s Secret Weapon Against Amazon Echo? Just Being Google, www.fastcodesign.com
Top 500 spotlight: How meal-kit e-retailers are redefining food shopping, www.internetretailer.com
What Leads Consumers to Shop for Groceries Digitally?, www.emarketer.com
Email Marketing
Design Tips: Creating an Email Template, www.verticalresponse.com
Emails we love: The nonprofit edition, myemma.com
How to Boost Email Marketing with Customer Match Gmail Ads, www.clixmarketing.com
General Internet Marketing
3 Attributes of a Successful Digital Marketing Strategy, www.toprankblog.com
5 tips on branding, yoast.com
How Real-Time Marketing Changes the Game, www.marketingprofs.com
The Influencer Perspective On Cross-Channel Marketing, adexchanger.com
The Top 3 Tools to Create Your Marketing Presentation, www.ducttapemarketing.com
Internet Marketing Industry
Full Circle Insights Launches Campaign Attribution, www.prnewswire.com
Adobe Launches Spark: Visual Storytelling Apps for Everyone, spark.adobe.com
Criteo Helps Marketers Boost Incremental Sales with Dynamic Email Retargeting, www.criteo.com
Rapt Media Survey Reveals Personalization Drives Content Discovery, www.businesswire.com
Swirl’s New Mobile Presence Management and Marketing Platform Helps Brick and Mortar Retailers Better Compete with Amazon, www.swirl.com
MarTech
Contently Case Story: How JLL Used Editorial Technology to Facilitate Global Content Production, contently.com
Google’s New Products Reflect Push Into Machine Learning, www.wsj.com
The $0 Marketing Stack: 41 Free Services and Tools, www.searchenginejournal.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
App Customer Retention Spring 2016 Report, blog.appboy.com
Family Library For Google Play Purchases Is Official, App Purchases Will Be Shared Among Up To Six Family Members Starting July 2nd, www.androidpolice.com
How to Gain Visibility in the App Store, www.searchenginejournal.com
Mobile App Install Ads Score Big via Facebook Audience Network (Report), www.adweek.com
Mobile App Users See Ads from Morning to Night, www.emarketer.com
Mobile networks have taken another hit in the fight to regulate apps like WhatsApp in Africa, qz.com
Yahoo Esports Expands Mobile Offering with iPhone Launch, yahoo.tumblr.com
Social Media
Adding Video to Carousel Ads, blog.business.instagram.com
Beating Facebook’s Algorithm – and More Facebook Ad Tips, www.amyporterfield.com
Confessions of a Snapchat influencer: ‘What seems like overnight success usually wasn’t, digiday.com
Creating Facebook Lookalike Audiences with Behavior Targeting, www.practicalecommerce.com
Drive more scale for your performance campaigns with Twitter, www.Twitter.com
Facebook’s Power Editor Getting Upgraded Over the Weekend, www.adweek.com
Instagram’s Banned Hashtags Reveal Moderation Challenges, www.adweek.com
LinkedIn 2012 Data Breach May Have Hit Over 100 Million, www.wsj.com
Snapchat Advertising Data Reveals What Kinds of Brands Have Bought Into the App, www.adweek.com
Snapchat Plans to Take the Algorithm Route for Content Feed, www.martechadvisor.com
Why Your Brand Doesn’t Need Anyone To #Participate In Anything, www.fastcocreate.com
Video
Best Practices: How to Use Live Video to Enhance Events, adage.com
How to Use Facebook Mobile Video Ads for Powerful KPI Lift, blog.adstage.io
Video Content Key for Cross Channel Media Planning, thedma.org
Video Sites like Youtube: List of Video Sharing Sites, www.reelseo.com
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