Marketing management

Google Faces Thai Criminal Case For Not Shutting Down Blogger

Google’s founders, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and its entire board have been named as criminal defendants in a case in Thailand. The case arises under that country’s “Computer Crimes Act.” David Hanks and Brian Goudie filed the criminal complaint after Google was non-responsive to requests to remove defamatory material from a blog hosted by the […]

Customer experience

EU Readying New Android Antitrust Complaint Against Google

According to a Reuters article, which is consistent with earlier news reports, European competition authorities are laying the foundation for a new antitrust case against Google focusing on Android. It appears partly designed to appease European critics who believe that the proposed “rival links” PC search settlement lets Google off too easily. That settlement hasn’t […]

Data

5 Simple Steps For Defining Uber-KPIs For Multiple Objectives

Nowadays, marketing channels no longer map easily to a single objective. Display continues to evolve on all fronts, covering everything from premium inventory to highly-focused retargeting ads. With the addition of custom audiences and FBX, Facebook is becoming viable for direct response in addition to awareness and advocacy. Now even paid search, the quintessential direct […]

Performance marketing

3 Mobile Search Warnings Google Still Needs To Add

No one applauded louder than I did when Google introduced their warning in search results for faulty redirects in June of this year, and then, warnings for Flash earlier this month. It’s definitely a step in the right direction for Google — and for searchers, who have had to endure less than usable mobile search results […]

Marketing management

Collaborating To Win Marketing: Faster, Cheaper, Better Creative

In just a few short years’ time, the collaborative economy has grown from novelty to formidable reality. In the collaborative economy, goods and services are shared and sourced through peer networks (usually via an online marketplace), and access trumps ownership. Collaborative platforms have disrupted business models across nearly every industry, from hotels (AirBnB), to transportation […]

Marketing management

Yelp Beats Expectations, Strikes Profitability With Q2 Revenues Of $88.8 Million

  Yelp has come through with a strong financial picture for the second quarter of 2014. Today, the company reported revenue growth of 61 percent year-over-year, with net revenue of $88.8 million beating analyst estimates of $86.32. The quarter marks the first time the company has been profitable since becoming public company, said Jeremy Stoppelman, […]

Marketing management

Timberland Teams With Edward Norton’s CrowdRise For #TimberlandServes Volunteerism Effort

For a new campaign, footwear and apparel brand Timberland has teamed with Actor/Director Edward Norton’s fundraising platform, CrowdRise, to launch a new version of its long-running Serv-a-Palooza Challenge, a six-week sponsored volunteerism effort. The campaign encourages people to volunteer and fundraise for a cause of their choice which they can share using the #TimberlandServes hashtag. […]

Data

Google Analytics Adds Bot & Spider Filtering

Looking for a cleaner count of traffic and activity on your website? Google Analytics has just announced the addition of bot and spider filtering. You’ll find the new checkbox by going to the Admin panel and clicking “View Settings.” The bot filtering option is near the bottom of the next screen right above Site Search […]

Marketing management

Get To Know: La-Z-Boy CMO Doug Collier

As La-Z-Boy’s CMO, Doug Collier serves a dual role, heading up the brand’s marketing functions, while also serving as the President of its international division. Collier’s responsibilities also include IT, as the company’s CIO reports to him. La-Z-Boy Incorporated is one of the world’s leading residential furniture producers, with 315 La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® Stores, 570 […]

Performance marketing

Marketing Soothsayers: It’s Time To Go ‘Native’ With Your Advertising

Recently, my company, The 614 Group, joined forces with content advertising leader OneSpot to conduct a study in which we surveyed almost 500 marketers during May and June about their native advertising intentions. Unsurprisingly, we discovered they have a significant interest in the emerging native advertising format, with 67 percent calling it “interesting and valuable,” […]

Customer experience

Chinese Android OEMs Gaining, Samsung Lead May Be Waning

The latest smartphone shipments (not sales) figures from IDC shows Chinese hardware OEMs making gains against market leader Samsung and Apple to a lesser degree. According to IDC, Q2 saw a new “single quarter record of 295.3 million [global smartphone] shipments.” Huawei and Lenovo appear poised for further marketshare gains in the future. Lenovo’s Motorola […]

Performance marketing

Image Search Company Madbits Says It’s Joining Twitter

Moving to build out its image features, Twitter has purchased Madbits according to the visual intelligence company’s website. “Today, after a tremendous year of development and iterations, we are excited to announce that we are joining Twitter,” wrote Madbits co-founders Clément Farabet and Louis-Alexandre Etezad-Heydari. Madbits visual intelligence technology lends itself to image search capabilities. […]

Digital transformation

What’s Google’s Biggest Fear? Native Search

Historically, consumers have used Google for research in every step of the purchasing process, all the way up the sales funnel — starting with lifestyle search terms like [grass stains] to product consideration terms like [Tide reviews] and purchase decision terms like [where to buy Tide online]. In recent years, however, we have observed some […]

Performance marketing

Dead On Inbox Arrival: Study Shows Purchased Email Lists Aren’t Worth A Dime

There are plenty of reasons why you shouldn’t be purchasing email lists for your marketing efforts, like the whole legality of it. Besides the Federal violation and potential fine, a recent study from email marketing provider, MailChimp showed that scraped, stolen, purchased or rented lists simply don’t work. Using data from their MailChimp’s anti-abuse system, graphs […]

Performance marketing

Twitter Comes Up Big: Q2 Ad Revenues Up 129 Percent

After a disappointing Q1 Twitter delivered a very strong second quarter. One might even call it a home run. Certainly it surprised analysts and investors who had been more modest in their projections. Twitter’s Q2 revenues were $312 million, which was substantially above financial analysts’ consensus estimates. In addition, earnings beat estimates by a penny. […]

Performance marketing

Study: Mobile Makes Up Only 6.51% Of Retargeted News Feed Ads, Yet Drives 8.25% Of Clicks

Retargeting powerhouse AdRoll recently crunched data from their advertisers and uncovered some surprising findings on retargeting and Facebook. AdRoll supplies advertisers with options for retargeting across the web and FBX (Facebook Marketing Exchange) on the desktop and WCA (Custom Audiences from your Website) on mobile. The click and response results might not be what you’d […]

Performance marketing

Duane Reade’s Prescription For Social Success: 5 Questions With The Brand’s Digital Manager

As part of the Walgreen’s family of drug stores, New York’s Duane Reade Pharmacy is a frontrunner when it comes to creating relevant and actionable conversations across social platforms. Last year, the brand surpassed one-million Twitter followers, and has since doubled their following. According to Duane Reade’s Public Relations and Digital Communications Manager Calvin Peters, […]

Marketing management

Are We Making Money At Digital Marketing – Or Losing It?

Digital marketing has long been heralded as the promised land for brands everywhere. In fact, Magna Global recently issued a report indicating that digital media spend is expected to increase by $20 billion to $140 billion, or 27 percent of the global market, this year. This isn’t a surprise, given the expectations of incandescent brand […]

Performance marketing

How To Beat Amazon As An Online Retailer

It’s been amazing to watch Amazon’s transformation from online bookstore to ecommerce juggernaut. Today, Amazon sells everything under the planet, fulfills ecommerce for thousands of companies, hosts major websites, enables crowdsourcing, and may even offer drone-driven product delivery someday. The company is now worth more than $160 billion – that’s more than Target, Macy’s, Sears, Nordstrom, […]

Performance marketing

Winning At #RealTimeMarketing On Twitter

The World Cup was a great lesson for social media marketers, with leading brands like Adidas, Snickers and Orbitz brilliantly showcasing Twitter’s real-time marketing capabilities. Whether it’s being present in those significant moments across the globe, or driving engagement for marketing campaigns, Twitter has proven to be an essential way for brands to become a part […]

Marketing management

Zillow Buys Rival Trulia For $3.5 Billion In Stock

The rumor that real estate site Zillow was buying its chief rival Trulia surfaced last week in a Bloomberg report. This morning it was confirmed. Zillow and Trulia’s boards had approved a $3.5 billion stock-for-stock transaction. Both companies are public. The deal will create a dominant digital real estate company in the U.S. market. The closest rival will be […]

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