In an effort to dominate the cloud-based marketing technology market, Oracle announced today that it will acquire Responsys Inc., a provider of enterprise-scale cloud-based B2C marketing software. Responsys helps brands manage and execute email, mobile, social, display and retargeting campaigns. MetLife, jetBlue, City Sports and Lenovo are among the company’s enterprise clients according to the […]
Airbnb’s “Home to You” campaign is taking its rental properties to a new level, offering the winged inhabitants of Louisiana’s Audubon Park Island a stylish collection of birdhouses. The rental property website known for its unique selection of vacation, apartment and home rentals has created 50 birdhouses inspired by actual properties as part of its […]
Another calendar year is almost in the books, and here on Marketing Land it’s been a year of dramatic growth. All of the metrics that matter to us were up in the neighborhood of 75-100 percent for the year! We’re thankful to all of our readers for making 2013 such a big year. Before we […]
As of November, Google garners just under 67% of the market for search. One would expect the distribution of budgets within a PPC portfolio would be in line with market share. The reality is quite the contrary: more often than not, AdWords represents closer to 85-90% of the budget and gets 95% of the internal […]
Twitter’s Alert feature is becoming much more robust. Launched back in September, the goal of Twitter Alerts is to provide pertinent information in times of crisis. Users can subscribe to alerts from a specific handle, and alerts will be sent directly to their phone. Today both iOS and Android apps now give users the option […]
Today, Google announced the launch of a new feature called Content Grouping to help users analyze performance of product and content categories. If you’ve been using Advanced Segments to aggregate products or types of content, Google says Content Grouping will be an easier and more helpful way to look at aggregated aggregated data. A couple […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: How Ad Retargeting Ruined Christmas Forget the Grinch that stole Christmas. This year, maybe it’s ad retargeting that stealing Christmas, at least the surprise of what people are going to receive. […]
Happy Holidays from Marketing Land! From Vine and Instagram video, to Google and Twitter Analytics, there’s a wide range of digital marketing topics that appealled to Marketing Land Tweeters in 2013. Compared to our most-read news stories, you’ll see a few familiar articles, but quite a few new ones as well. Which stories stood out […]
Forget the Grinch that stole Christmas. This year, maybe it’s ad retargeting that’s stealing Christmas, at least the surprise of what people are going to receive. Certainly in my household, a new war on the Christmas surprise has been declared. Advertisers taking advantage of “retargeting” — a way to follow visitors around with ads — […]
The growing number of Google Glass wearers now have a more legitimate choice to make in terms of which mobile operating system to use with Glass. It’s been eight months since the Android version came out, and now Google has released the iOS version of My Glass, the companion app that serves as a sort […]
Allstate Insurance has launched a “Holiday Decorator” website, letting users digitally adorn their homes with Christmas lights, candles and figurines, before warning against the dangers of too many holiday decorations. The interactive site offers an entertaining online distraction, while reinforcing Allstate’s brand by leveraging its “Mayhem” character to illustrate how dangerous a Griswold Christmas can […]
In Facebook’s third quarter earnings report this year, the company shared that mobile delivered 49 percent of all ad revenues for the quarter — up from 41 percent in Q2. eMarketer today released its latest report on US digital ad revenue share by company. Due in large part to mobile revenues, Facebook has overtaken Microsoft […]
In early November Instagram introduced its first brand ads. Inaugural advertisers included Adidas, Ben & Jerry’s, Burberry, Levi’s, Lexus and Michael Kors, among a few others. Now the Facebook-owned company is out with preliminary results and case studies for some of these initial campaigns with a spotlight on Levi’s and Ben & Jerry’s. In presenting […]
According to a report from marketing technology provider BrightTag, online retailers experienced a 30 percent increase in traffic volume on the Monday preceding Black Friday this year, compared to the same day in 2012. BrightTag says the gains in shopping traffic were most likely the result of retailers sending Black Friday promotions a full week […]
Last minute shoppers this holiday season will shift their activity from PCs to mobile devices, according to an analysis of retail traffic data xAd. The mobile ad network found that mobile lookups and search activity spiked during Black Friday weekend but were even higher on Xmas Eve, which xAd is calling “mobile eve” (perhaps unfortunately). […]
Even though I made a resolution at the beginning of the year to stop talking about responsive web design and SEO, many readers asked me to keep it up, so I did, in a pretty big way. Being a digital marketer I keep track of social engagement of the articles that I write, and use […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… if your marketing team is prepared! Having the right social media marketing campaign during the holiday season can mean the difference between plentiful gifts beneath the company tree or lumps of coal in the company stocking. Tensions are often high for retailers, consumers, and marketing departments alike […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Pantene “Labels Against Women” Ad Gets Global Launch After Winning Sandberg’s Recognition After going viral this month, the Philippines Pantene “Labels Against Women” video ad will be released globally in an […]
Smart USA, the subsidiary of Mercedes Benz behind the fuel efficient Smart Car, has launched a Twitter campaign asking followers to tweet pictures of themselves donning their most favorite looks for a chance to win a MotoX smartphone. According to yesterday’s Tweet from @SmartcarUSA, followers who tweet the brand a picture of themselves with the […]
After going viral this month, the Philippines Pantene “Labels Against Women” video ad will be released globally in an online media campaign. According to a report on AdAge.com, Proctor & Gamble Co. decided to push the ad’s global launch after Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg shared the ad on her Facebook page, helping it earn more […]
As Facebook’s user base keeps growing, the company has continued to pushed its advertising capabilities with new targeting options, creative formats, and mobile opportunities. Marin Software has put some numbers behind what is driving the top advertising trends on Facebook. The reasons more advertisers are using News Feed ads, mobile targeting, automated ad rotation and […]
Today, Twitter has announced the global availability of long-awaited conversion tracking capabilities. Conversion tracking gives advertisers better insights into how Twitter ads are driving conversion actions on their sites. Twitter’s conversion tracking tag captures the impact of users who engaged with Promoted Tweets as well as those who simply viewed a Promoted Tweet, what’s often […]
Personally speaking, I have no problem that Facebook is making changes to the news feed. I also have no problem that it has started story bumping. But I do fundamentally have a problem with how the company is doing this. Bringing Missed Content Back to Life What Facebook is trying to achieve is actually not a […]
Lately, I have been writing about taking a closer look at your marketing data, and my last piece discussed the design of meaningful dashboards for Google Webmaster tools. I received an overwhelming amount of emails, tweets, and comments asking me about the dashboard tools I used in it. Today, I’ve created a beginner’s guide to […]
Today, Buffer, a social publishing tool, and Mention, a social monitoring tool, are integrating with each other with the goal of adding value to each service. Before the integration, the two tools fulfilled two very important (yet different) social needs. Since inception Buffer has excelled at publishing and scheduling across a variety of social accounts. […]
When Robert Harles started his job at Bloomberg LP as Global Head of Social Media, one of his first hurdles was that there was an explicit policy: no social media. Fortunately, the organization’s executives understood the value of social — they just didn’t know how to go about letting it happen in a highly regulated […]
Google bought YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion. There were two (or three) primary reasons: YouTube had “won” as the top online video destination, it was considered a “social media” property and Google saw it as the gateway to brand advertising dollars. For three or four years thereafter, financial analysts and institutional investors complained loudly […]
Earlier today, Apple published its list of top paid and free apps for 2013. Yesterday Nielsen reported its top US smartphone apps list (Android + iPhone). Now comes Distimo’s “year in review” global ranking of apps, which also includes Amazon’s tablet-only app store. What’s striking is how different the app lists are from one another. For […]
Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Google Glass’s XE12 Software Update Adds iOS Support, YouTube, Hangouts & More Google Glass Explorers have waited an extra week or so for the December software update, but XE12 is now […]
Google Glass Explorers have waited an extra week or so for the December software update, but XE12 is now rolling out and delivers a big list of upgrades. Perhaps the biggest one is official support for iOS devices via a new MyGlass control app. According to the XE12 release notes, MyGlass for iOS “has almost […]
Spurred in part by the rise of digital video advertising, online publishers are seeing the highest rates of growth since early 2010 in the UK. Digital advertising revenues rose 18 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2013. That’s according to a new report from consulting firm Deloitte and the UK’s Association of Online Publishers […]
While Buick’s recent campaign is urging people to stop looking at their phones, Apple’s new ad takes the opposite approach, showing how an iPhone synced with Apple TV can bring an entire family to weep tears of joy. Posted yesterday, Apple’s holiday TV Ad “Misunderstood” is set to a slightly melancholy version of “Have Yourself […]
Wondering what advertising agencies you should be following on Twitter? We just saved you a few hours of work, with our new Marketing Land list of major ad agencies on Twitter. How To Follow These Top Ad Agencies Want to follow individual agencies? See the member list here, then click “Follow” for the ones you want […]
Like everyone else Apple has released its year-end top lists. Below are the top iOS apps, including top free and top paid apps for both the iPhone and iPad. The lists are a mix of “incumbents” and “insurgents.” Pandora remains in the top 10 (12 on the iPad list) and YouTube was number two on […]
I hear a lot of buzz about influencer marketing — how it has evolved, how it comes in different flavors and how brands are using it — but I never hear anyone talk about Google’s plans to change it… dramatically! An Emerging Channel When brands first began to capitalize on the power of influencer marketing, […]
It’s been just five years since the term “content marketing” began appearing regularly online, and only three years since the Content Marketing Institute, an umbrella organization for content marketers, was founded. In its latest surveys, CMI found that 90% of B2C marketers use content marketing, and 93% of B2B marketers engage in content marketing techniques. […]
Next time you check your News Feed you may notice some additional movement thanks to a new ad format. As speculated, Facebook has officially announced the ad test that allows advertisers to purchase clips that will auto-play (without sound) directly in your feed. If you like what you see, you’ll have the option to click […]
Much like rival Facebook, Twitter has been overly active since their November IPO. Over the past week many rumors, tests and trials have been uncovered so we’ve compiled a roundup of the top confirmed Twitter tests, reports and rumors over the past few days. Rumor: Edit Feature For Tweets In The Works Ever wish you […]
NOTE: The WSJ report was mostly correct. Facebook did announce more video ads today, but it’s only a test and involves one advertiser. For more, see our more recent coverage: Bring On The News Feed Commercials: Promoted Video Ads Officially Land In The Facebook Feed. Facebook appears set to end 2013 with one of the […]
Facebook has launched a new feature that allows nonprofits to instantly collect donations directly on Facebook. Nineteen nonprofit partners will help to launch the Donate product with the full list on the official Facebook blog post. The functionality will show a “Donate Now” button on the top of Facebook Pages and next to the […]