Marketing Day: Twitter’s new customer service tools, Facebook attribution & more
Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.
Amy Gesenhues on September 15, 2016 at 4:15 pm | Reading time: 7 minutes
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web.
From Marketing Land:
- Optimizely releases new products signaling its emergence as ‘an Experimentation Platform’
Sep 15, 2016 by Barry Levine
The company, known for its A/B testing, now adds server-side access, OTT devices, and even smart refrigerators to its repertoire. - Congress on the cusp of national review protection law
Sep 15, 2016 by Greg Sterling
Bill seeks to prevent use of non-disparagement clauses to silence consumer reviews. - Adobe Target expands beyond A/B testing to automated optimization of user experience
Sep 15, 2016 by Barry Levine
The company is today announcing Auto-Target, which implements machine learning-driven automation across the entire tool. - Using social metrics + SEO + questions to create content that drives inbound traffic
Sep 15, 2016 by Matthew Barby
How do you create great content that captures organic search and social traffic alike? Columnist Matthew Barby explains his method for identifying content themes and topics. - Common PPC mistakes and how to avoid them
Sep 15, 2016 by Laura Collins
Columnist Laura Collins lays out five mistakes she commonly sees in paid search and explains how to avoid them. - Twitter now lets brands say when they’re available to respond to tweets
Sep 15, 2016 by Tim Peterson
Businesses’ Twitter profiles can now display their hours of availability and a button to send it a direct message. - Search takes to the cloud as users engage with new actions
Sep 15, 2016 by Christi Olson
Columnist Christi Olson describes the changing face of search engine results pages and how new technology and functionality is benefiting both searchers and advertisers. - 4 solutions to dial in your Facebook attribution
Sep 15, 2016 by Brad O’Brien
If your grasp of your Facebook ads attribution is murky, you’re not alone. Columnist Brad O’Brien offers four solutions to help you get a solid understanding of its role in the customer journey. - 6 quick steps to jump-start your influencer marketing program
Sep 15, 2016 by Blaise Lucey
How do you make the most of your social influencers? Columnist Blaise Lucey explains how to craft a successful influencer marketing strategy and increase sales. - How the ‘average user’ has ruined ecommerce experiences
Sep 15, 2016 by Liad Agmon
Contributor Liad Agmon explains why the ‘average user’ is an outdated concept; instead, retailers need to identify the most valuable consumers and create one-to-one experiences for them.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
- Everything you need to know about marketing automation platforms in one report
- Is Google showing fewer image boxes in its search results?
- 7 advanced tips for Google Shopping ads
- Bidding on the competition: Is it really worth it?
- The biggest Google ad updates are also the quietest
- Google: Search the primary and most often used mobile shopping tool
- Google Trends Election Hub offers deep dive into search trends for 2016 candidates & political issues
- Content planning best practices from Oracle
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
- Affiliate Marketing Mispositioning is Hurting Affiliate Programs, www.amnavigator.com
Analytics
- Choosing a Data Analytics Solution: Which One is Right For You?, www.cmswire.com
- More Data or Smarter Data? Winning in Modern Marketing’s Digital Deluge, thedma.org
- Ways to Test Your Ecommerce Analytics Setup, www.lunametrics.com
- Why Relying on Facebook and Google Comes With Trade-Offs for Brands, www.adweek.com
Blogs & Blogging
- 5 Ways to Crank Up Your Internet Marketing Blog’s Potential, www.komarketingassociates.com
Business Issues
- How Silicon Valley’s Talent Wars Are Killing Its Nonprofits, www.fastcompany.com
Content Marketing
- 6 Tips For Scaling Content, www.copypress.com
- How to Navigate Increasing Content Without Diminishing Returns, www.convinceandconvert.com
- How Your Sales Team Can Leverage Content Marketing to Close More Leads, blog.kissmetrics.com
- On a Blog or In the Boardroom, This is Still the Most Powerful Way to Persuade, www.copyblogger.com
- Quit Making Case Studies & Start Creating Great Customer Stories Instead, blog.crazyegg.com
- What is Content Intelligence?, contentmarketinginstitute.com
Conversion Optimization
Copywriting, Design & Usability
- How to overcome UX challenges with product design sprints, econsultancy.com
- What Designers and Marketers Can Learn from Pixar, www.seerinteractive.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
- Two-Thirds of Display Spending in France Is Programmatic, www.emarketer.com
Domaining
- Here’s what happened to ICANN on Capitol Hill yesterday, domainnamewire.com
Ecommerce
- Amazon dominates self-publishing in books, qz.com
- The tipping point: Three reasons mobile commerce is key for retailers, econsultancy.com
- The U.S. ecommerce market rolls strongly into Q3, www.internetretailer.com
- Where Will Mobile Users Be Shopping this Holiday?, www.emarketer.com
Email Marketing
- 11 Holiday Email Templates for Small Businesses & Nonprofits, blogs.constantcontact.com
- 16 Mistakes Bloggers Make When Building an Email List, www.jeffbullas.com
- 5 emails you’ll want to steal ideas from, myemma.com
- Autumn Emails: Harvesting the Best Themes of Fall, www.verticalresponse.com
- Email Content 101: How to Write Your Most Actionable Email Ever, movableink.com
- Making the Most of Inbox Preview, blog.mailchimp.com
- Retail email misses the mark when not optimized for mobile apps and web, www.internetretailer.com
- What Do Journalists Like to See in PR Email Subject Lines?, www.marketingprofs.com
General Internet Marketing
- Six things to consider when implementing personalisation, econsultancy.com
Internet Marketing Industry
- Introducing Pandora Plus, More Control and Great New Features at a Very Affordable Price, www.businesswire.com
- Outbrain Partners with Bombora on B2B Intent Data for Content Marketing, www.outbrain.com
- Sitecore® Launches Sitecore® Experience Platform™ 8.2 to Accelerate Strategic Marketing Initiatives, PR Newswire
MarTech
- China Ad Tech Titan iPinYou Moves West, adage.com
- For Everyone Wrestling the Risk/Reward of Technology Adoption – Answers & Insights Here., thedma.org
- How Lifetime Daily Used Tech to Scale Its Content, contently.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
- 9 Ways Mobile Apps Help Your Business During The Holiday Season, smallbiztrends.com
- Driving App Engagement With Personalization Techniques, www.smashingmagazine.com
- Facebook’s Carolyn Everson: Brands Helped Drive Us To Mobile, adage.com
- Getting rich push notifications right in Apple’s iOS 10, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
- Half of America isn’t downloading smartphone apps anymore, but some demographics are still avidly downloading away, qz.com
- Is Facebook Bringing Back Rooms App as Part of Messenger?, www.adweek.com
- Mobile Advertising Statistics & Trends, www.wordstream.com
- Mobile apps responsible for 80% of digital media growth, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
- Publicis’ Chief Strategist on the Outsize Impact Mobile Phones Have Had on Advertising, www.adweek.com
- What Makes Smartphone Owners Download an App?, www.emarketer.com
- Why Brands Need to Budget for Beautiful Creative on Mobile, adage.com
Other Items
- Apple Makes Changes to News App, Wall Street Journal
- Even More Safe Browsing on Android!, security.googleblog.com
- Google’s Gmail Outage Affects Corporate Users, www.wsj.com
- Outlook.com adds support for Google Drive files, www.theverge.com
- Proposed European Copyright Reform Puts User Interface and Publisher Traffic at Risk, yahoopolicy.tumblr.com
Reputation Management
- 6 Case Studies That Show How and Why to Focus on Building Consumer Trust, www.ducttapemarketing.com
- Brand Admiration: Three Powerful Bottom-Line Benefits of Being Admired, www.marketingprofs.com
Social Media
- 3 Inherent Influencer Benefits From Twitter’s New Updates, www.adweek.com
- 6 Ways Businesses Leverage Social Media During Live Events, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
- 7 Regrettable Things About LinkedIn Ads, smallbiztrends.com
- Facebook Ads vs. AdWords: How to Decide and Start Optimizing for ROI, conversionxl.com
- Have You Checked Out New Twitter Promoted #Stickers?, blog.adstage.io
- How Nestle and Facebook Work Together as Digital Marketing BFFs, www.adweek.com
- How to Organize & Analyze Your Facebook Ads, www.amyporterfield.com
- Inside the murky world of social media influencer talent representation, digiday.com
- The Truth About Social Media Marketing Budgets, smallbiztrends.com
- These Graphics Show Why Facebook Is a Prime Place to Target Foodies, www.adweek.com
- Twitter Ads Objective Head-to-Head for Branding Campaign Wins, www.aimclearblog.com
- Why Facebook embraced the ad network model, digiday.com
- Why I Was Dead Wrong About Snapchat, www.socialmediaexplorer.com
Video
- 20 Things You Should Know About Tumblr’s New Live Video, smallbiztrends.com
- Instagram Video Was the Big Hit of Viacom’s VMA’s, tubularinsights.com
- Investment Interest in Virtual, Augmented Reality Remains Strong, www.emarketer.com
- Real (-Time) Engagement w/ Live Video, blog.marketo.com
- Why Flagging Matters, youtube.googleblog.com
- Why Vox Media Is Embracing New Platforms Like VR and 360 Video, www.adweek.com
Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech. Staff authors are listed here.
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