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:
Live Blog: Google Chief Business Officer Omid Kordestani At #CodeCon Google’s chief business officer Omid Kordestani is being interviewed today at Re/code Code Conference. You can expect that a wide range of issues related to Google will be raised.
First Look: Twitter Upgrades Analytics With Audience Insights Twitter gives marketers an enhanced tool for understanding their audience on the social network, including demographics, interests, purchasing behavior and television viewing preferences.
What Marketing Agencies Can Learn From HubSpot’s Growth Columnist Paul Roetzer shares insights into how HubSpot’s growth demonstrates the importance of technology immersion and integration.
Apple Takes Bite Out Of Google – Ranks No. 1 On BrandZ’s List Of Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands After falling behind Google last year, Apple has reclaimed the top spot.
Multi-Channel Turns Multi-Generational As consumers of all ages increasingly use multiple platforms, advertisers need to evolve and take an omni approach, says columnist Liane Dietrich.
Facebook Instant Articles: What’s In It For Advertisers? Heard stirrings about Facebook teaming with publishers? Columnist Andrew Waber explains how it works and what it means for marketers.
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Jumpshot Scores $22 Million Series A Funding Round To Expand Analytics Platform Company says its 107 million user panel is almost twice the size of its nearest competitor.
Snapchat CEO Wants To Make It Easier For “Brands To Be Brands,” May Offer Self-Serve Ads In an interview at the Code Conference, Evan Spiegel says Snapchat has nearly 100 million daily active users.
Facebook Is Testing Reviews From Restaurant Critics In Search & On Pages In an effort to enhance local place results, professional reviews from five pilot partners will appear when people look for restaurants within the social network.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Report: Apple May Launch Google Now Competitor At June WWDC Event
Google Won’t Say If Google Local Changes Due To Googlebomb Fix
Report: 75 Percent Of Google’s Mobile Search Revenue Comes From Apple Devices
7 Audience Targeting Data Types Versus Search Data (The Keyword Is Still The Undefeated Champ)
SMX East 2015 Registration Is Now Open – Take Advantage Of Super Early Bird Rates
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Analytics
5 Things Your Business Should Be Tracking, authoritylabs.com
5 Ways to Drive your Business with Customer Data Analytics, customerthink.com
Digital Marketing & Analytics: Five Deadly Myths De-mythified!, www.kaushik.net
Should You Track Conversion Rate, Average Order Value or Revenue Per Visitor?, vwo.com
The Internet of Things will trigger a deluge of data, www.internetretailer.com
With Data Becoming A Currency, Brands Need To Sharpen Their Analytics Skills, adexchanger.com
Blogs & Blogging
How Pescetarian Kitchen Drives 50K Blog Visits Per Month, www.searchenginejournal.com
Ways to Find Out if a Ghost Blogger is Right for You, www.blogherald.com
Business Issues
Google, Yahoo Have Had Talks to Buy Flipboard, www.wsj.com
Justice tells Supreme Court not to hear Google’s API appeal, fortune.com
WPP Makes Tamara Ingram One of the Highest-Level Female Execs in Advertising, www.adweek.com
Yahoo must face email spying class action: U.S. judge, www.reuters.com
Google Wages Free-Speech Fight in Mexico, www.wsj.com
Content Marketing
17 Content Marketing Tips for Any Size Budget, contentmarketinginstitute.com
3 Ways to Present Share-Worthy Visual Content, www.searchinfluence.com
5 Ways Design Thinking Can Help You Create a Killer Content Strategy, contently.com
Content Marketing is Hard – 7 Lessons Learned, www.verticalmeasures.com
Deep Content: A Fresh Take on Content Modeling, www.cmswire.com
How a Stupid Marketing Quiz Can Actually Drive Leads, www.wordstream.com
How Does Your Content Marketing Compare?, www.socialbro.com
If You Want Your Content Marketing to be Great, Ask Influencers to Participate, www.toprankblog.com
It’s Time for Content to be Valued Like Customers and Patents and Inventory, www.webinknow.com
Six Practical Tips for an Integrated Content Strategy, www.marketingprofs.com
The three biggest discussions driving content strategy transformation, econsultancy.com
What is Native Advertising?, smallbiztrends.com
Why Ambitious Content is the Only Content That Matters, contently.com
Conversion Optimization
How to Know if Your Split Test is Valid, blog.crazyegg.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
4 Critical Questions to Ask Before Designing Anything, www.usertesting.com
bebe Sees Jump in Mobile Sales with Responsive Design, www.emarketer.com
Benton Modern: Case Study On Responsive Web Typography, www.smashingmagazine.com
Step by Step Guide to Scaling a Copy Project, www.copypress.com
Domaining
Domain definitions: Registrar and Registry, domainnamewire.com
E-Commerce
Alibaba and Amazon are headed for an epic showdown in India, qz.com
Google’s Mobile-Friendly Update Guide for E-commerce, www.searchenginejournal.com
Mall retailer Hot Topic acquires e-retailer GeekNet for $122 million, www.internetretailer.com
Email Marketing
Email Opens, Conversions, and Read Times by Device Type, www.marketingprofs.com
Five Tips to Make Your Email Marketing Pitch Perfect, www.marketingprofs.com
Have You Optimized Sending Frequency for Your Subscribers?, blog.returnpath.com
How to Design Emails for Small Screens and Short Attention Spans, blogs.constantcontact.com
The Click-Through Crisis in Email, And How to Solve It, blog.movableink.com
The Great Debate: Subject Line Length, blog.returnpath.com
The Secret to Email Subject Lines, for 2015, www.practicalecommerce.com
General Internet Marketing
10 predictions from the Future of Digital Marketing that came true, econsultancy.com
Internet Marketing Industry
EPiServer Announces Digital Experience Cloud Spring 2015, www.prnewswire.com
Gravy Announces Breakthrough Patented Attendance Verification Technology for Location-Based Marketers, corp.findgravy.com
Mblox Acquires 4INFO’s SMS Services, finance.yahoo.com
Olapic Partners With Listrak, www.marketwired.com
Ooyala Adds Viewability-Based Measurement and Campaign Planning, www.ooyala.com
MarTech
Are Your Digital Workflows Really Automated?, www.cmswire.com
Why Do B2Bs Use Marketing Automation? Leads, Leads, Leads, www.emarketer.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
Dwell time on mobile native ads twice as long as on desktop, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
GoEuro Launches U.K. Travel App on iOS, Android, www.adweek.com
Google Play revamps its Android apps’ age ratings, www.bbc.com
Google’s Hiroshi Lockheimer On The Present And Future Of Android And Chrome OS, www.fastcompany.com
Mobile Banners Won’t Move Dollars From Desktop, adexchanger.com
Mobile Isn’t Killing the Desktop Internet, Wall Street Journal
No Cookies, No Problem: 4 Ways To Elevate Your Mobile Strategy, www.adweek.com
Redefining Mobile: Smartphones, Tablets Increasingly Have Separate Ad Budgets, www.adweek.com
The State Of Mobile And The App Economy In 2015, www.forbes.com
Why conventional polling does not work. Hint: mobile, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Social Media
5 Killer Instagram Marketing Strategies You Need to Know, www.adweek.com
5 Ways to Standout on Social Media with a Bootstrap Budget, www.jeffbullas.com
6 Ways Snapchat Plans to Revolutionize Digital Advertising, contently.com
Brands Can Finally Create Snapchat Discover Messages That Are Made for Sharing, Even Ads, www.adweek.com
Facebook Business Manager -The Ultimate Guide, www.goinflow.com
Facebook Updates Payments via Messenger, Extends It to NYC, www.adweek.com
How Google might fight Web Spam in Social Networks, SEO By The Sea
How Much Do Facebook Fans Still Matter?, www.jonloomer.com
How To Protect Your Brand On Social Media, www.blogherald.com
New WWF Emoji for Twitter Increases Endangered Species Awareness, smallbiztrends.com
Pinterest Marketing Case Study: Pin Scheduling from Tailwind, blog.tailwindapp.com
Robert Scoble’s 22 Tips for Better Facebook Engagement, www.adweek.com
Safeguard Your Company From These Social Media Risks, www.martechadvisor.com
Social Media Marketing Trends Gaining Traction in 2015, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
Social Media Platforms 2015, heidicohen.com
Stalking Your Friends with Facebook Messenger, medium.com
The Safe Method to Hack-Proof Your Social Media Accounts, www.socialmediaexplorer.com
Why You Need to Use Facebook Power Editor for Ads, www.razorsocial.com
Video
Facebook Video Is a Threat to TV?, simplymeasured.com
New YouTube ads multiply revenue for retailers, econsultancy.com
Silence is Golden: Be Quiet and Let Your Video Speak for Itself, www.reelseo.com
Teens and Millennials Lead France’s Digital Video Viewing, www.emarketer.com
The 6 Easiest Video-Making Tools for Marketers, blog.bufferapp.com
What YouTube Creators Know That Brands Don’t, www.adweek.com
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