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:
Zuckerberg: Facebook Is Close To Testing An Other-Than-Like Button Sep 15, 2015 by Martin Beck There will be no “dislike” button, but the founder and CEO says the social network will soon test a way for people to express emotions with a shorthand interaction.
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Stripe Makes Move To Be The Prime Supplier Of Buy Buttons Sep 15, 2015 by Martin Beck Payment processing startup introduces Relay, an API that gives merchants the ability to place buy buttons on social networks and third-party sites.
App Ad Spend On Facebook Up Nearly 300 Percent, Cost Per Install Down YoY In Q2 Sep 15, 2015 by Ginny Marvin Kenshoo reports significant growth in app installs from Facebook ads compared to a year ago.
Marketers Need To Work Smarter, Not Harder Sep 15, 2015 by Mary Wallace As the role of marketing expands, marketers are becoming ever more stressed — and for good reason. Columnist Mary Wallace explains how you can relieve some of that pressure while still taking on the increased responsibility.
Repurposing Your Content For New Media Sep 15, 2015 by Jordan Kasteler Don’t let good content go to waste. Columnist Jordan Kasteler tells you how to take your most popular content and breathe new life into it on a different platform.
ONE By AOL Adds Creative To Platform Lineup For Dynamic Ad Optimization Across Screens Sep 15, 2015 by Ginny Marvin The revamped Pictela platform dynamically serves creatives across screens based on real-time engagement activity.
Here’s How Marketers Can Build On Their “Never Active” Subscriber Base Sep 15, 2015 by Jason Warnock Even though the number of “never active” subscribers is dwindling, marketers need to implement strategies for continued success, says columnist Jason Warnock. He explains how you can put those strategies into place.
Study Shows 3X Brand Lifts With 5 Best Practices For Native Mobile Video Ads Sep 15, 2015 by Ginny Marvin Opera Mediaworks and comScore study points to value in creating or editing content specifically for mobile streams.
Email Marketing Study: Lodging & Travel Industry Reports Highest Email Open Rate At 56% Sep 14, 2015 by Amy Gesenhues A new email benchmark study from Silverpop found the Lodging and Travel industry was a top performer when it came to email open rates and CTRs.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
Earn Double Commissions with eBay Partner Network, www.ebaypartnernetworkblog.com
Affiliate Marketing is the Most Desired Digital Skill of 2015, www.amnavigator.com
Blogs & Blogging
10+ Best Anti-Spam Plugins for WordPress 2015, www.wpexplorer.com
Blog Categories & Tags Demystified, 3qdigital.com
Can Launching a “For Beginners” Blog Still Work?, www.problogger.net
Business Issues
The New Veterans ERG @ Yahoo, yahoopolicy.tumblr.com
Content Marketing
10 Content Marketing Tips To Drive More Traffic, bigtimesmallbusiness.com
105 Types of Content to Fill Up Your Content Calendar, www.convinceandconvert.com
123 Content Marketing Tools from Industry Professionals, www.razorsocial.com
5 Tips to Help You Become a Prolific Content Creator, www.toprankblog.com
A Guide to 10X Content for 2015 and Beyond, www.searchenginejournal.com
Break the Cycle of Content Marketing Addiction, www.toprankblog.com
Easy strategies for an endless stream of content, menwithpens.ca
First-Party Content: An Untapped Treasure Chest, adexchanger.com
MakerBot Wants to Spark a 3D Printing Revolution Through Content Marketing, contently.com
The 2015 Content Marketing Awards: Brands that are Early Favorites, www.copypress.com
Two-thirds of Wired’s revenue is digital, and brand content is why, digiday.com
Conversion Optimization
10 Popup Calls-to-Action Your Readers Won’t Be Able To Resist, www.jeffbullas.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
Just How Important is “The Fold”? 5 Things to Consider, blog.kissmetrics.com
Lean Mobile UX Lessons To Keep Your App From Sinking Like The Vasa Ship, www.smashingmagazine.com
Parallax Design: A New Paradigm for Visually-Appealing Websites, www.searchrank.com
Yoast.com: redesigned, yoast.com
Domaining
E-Commerce
7 Overlooked Holiday Tactics for Amazon Sellers, www.practicalecommerce.com
Do Shopping Cart Abandoners Just Not Want to Buy?, www.emarketer.com
Five successful retail and ecommerce campaigns with ROI, econsultancy.com
Mobile Marketing and the Future of E-Commerce, www.adweek.com
New Etsy program helps sellers find manufacturers, www.retaildive.com
Target challenges Amazon, enters grocery delivery with Instacart, www.reuters.com
The eCommerce Tester’s Checklist, www.goinflow.com
Email Marketing
4 Email Marketing Trends We’ll See Emerge in 2016, www.searchenginejournal.com
Is My Subject Line Test Statistically Significant?, blog.returnpath.com
General Internet Marketing
Become a Smarter Marketer with Primer, googleandyourbusiness.blogspot.com
Customer Experience Must Be at the Heart of Your Agile Marketing, www.marketingprofs.com
How to Synchronize Your Marketing With the Customer Journey, www.marketingprofs.com
Tumblr’s First CMO on How to Grow While Staying True to the Brand, www.adweek.com
Internet Marketing Industry
Livefyre Partners with Adobe to Bring Curated Social Content to Brand Experiences, www.businesswire.com
4C Connects TV and Social Media to Improve Multi-Screen Brand Experiences, Market Wired
Boost Media, DialogTech and IgnitionOne Announce New Partnership, www.ignitionone.com
CertainSource Unveils the First B2C Email Retargeting Solution, www.businesswire.com
New solution expands on SDL Language Cloud Platform, www.sdl.com
Vidyard New video selling solution offers native integration with Salesforce platform, www.vidyard.com
VigLink Announces International Growth Through Partnerships With Effinity and vCommission, Market Wired
MarTech
Accel Partners Looks To Map The Marketing Technology Ecosystem, techcrunch.com
Marketing technology? Digital? It should be #HumanFirst, chiefmartec.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
Ad-blocking makes mobile news sites more than 3 seconds faster, www.mobilemarketer.com
Are Boomers Ready to Bank on Wearables?, www.emarketer.com
Here’s How Social App Whisper Has Quietly Become a Marketing Force, www.adweek.com
Messaging Apps Have A Goal In Sight, But Out Of Reach, adexchanger.com
Obama pledges $160M to develop ‘Smart Cities’ apps, www.cnet.com
The Story behind Mobile Usage and How It’s Forced Marketers to Change their Game, www.retaildive.com
Top Free Android Apps August (UK, Germany, France), blog.similarweb.com
Reputation Management
Seven Things That Make Consumers Distrust Brand Websites, www.marketingprofs.com
Social Media
The Definitive Guide to Pinterest Marketing, ignitevisibility.com
3 Effective Audiences For Facebook Ad Beginners, www.ppchero.com
4 Ways to Promote Your Event With Social Media, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
4 Ways to Stay Ahead of the Competition on Social Media, smallbiztrends.com
Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Twitter Of “Listening In” On Your Direct Messages, techcrunch.com
Facebook Agrees To Do More To Help Combat Hate Speech In Germany, techcrunch.com
Facebook Works With Google To Let Mobile Web Users Get Push Notifications Via Chrome, techcrunch.com
How HP Balances Social Marketing With Social Customer Service, www.convinceandconvert.com
Most Engaging Influencers on Instagram, simplymeasured.com
New Research Study: Facebook Insights From 500 Million Posts, blog.bufferapp.com
Political donations, now through a Tweet, www.Twitter.com
Snapchat Starts Charging $0.99 For 3 Replays, Adds Face Effect “Lenses”, techcrunch.com
The 5 Must-Have Social Media Reports for Any Situation, simplymeasured.com
The Secret Way Publishers Are Going Viral On Facebook, adexchanger.com
The State of Social Media Content, in 12 Charts, contently.com
Welcome to the Block Party, www.theawl.com
What is Snapchat and How Can I Use It for Business?, smallbiztrends.com
Video
8 Essential Ways to Keep Your Video Content Relevant, www.reelseo.com
How YouTube Is Reprogramming Video, adage.com
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