Twitter announced today that it has acquired New York-based TapCommerce, a specialist in mobile re-targeting and re-engagement advertising. The acquisition, reportedly for about $100 million, was made public hours after Twitter announced the global rollout of its mobile app promotion suite. It’s a further move to strengthen the company’s mobile advertising offerings, along the lines […]
It might surprise you to know that internet radio provider Pandora has outside sales reps (“feet on the street”) in 37 markets in the U.S. These are people knocking on doors and taking offline meetings. It’s part of a larger push (since roughly 2012) into “local advertising.” The company’s focus is on national and regional […]
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: KLM Learns A Real-Time Marketing Lesson — Don’t Kick #WorldCup Fans When They’re Down Real-time marketing is a tricky business. You want to be in the moment, you want to be […]
Real-time marketing is a tricky business. You want to be in the moment, you want to be witty and clever, you want to be true to your brand. And you want to do all that without offending potential customers. That final point is the most important — first do no harm — and it tripped […]
Just in time for July 4, New Orleans-based agency Peter Mayer is out with an admirable labor of love that celebrates America’s independence and, at the same time, brings some 21st century technology to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The agency’s founder, Peter Mayer, a first generation immigrant who “cherishes America’s freedom and […]
After more than a year-long review process, the Media Rating Council (MRC) gave the go-head for the digital media industry to being transacting and measuring on viewable ad impressions for video ads. According to the MRC, the new viewable ad impression metric was created in a collaborative effort between the MRC and IAB’s Emerging Innovations […]
Twitter, looking for a bigger piece of the lucrative mobile app install business, announced today the official global launch of its mobile app promotion suite. The ad product, in beta testing with companies such as Lyft and EA for the last six months, enables the placement of promoted tweets that link directly to the iOS […]
Google announced today that it is shutting down its first social network, Orkut, on September 30. Orkut, launched in 2004 and named after Google engineer Orkut Büyükkökten, who created it, was very popular in Brazil, where for years it was the leading social network. Facebook finally surpassed it the country in January 2012. Orkut was […]
I was blown away when I recently strapped on the Oculus Rift headset and experienced the potential of virtual reality (VR). Facebook saw that potential and spent roughly $2 billion on the company earlier this year. At last week’s Google I/O, the company introduced its answer to Oculus Rift and may have largely undermined Facebook’s […]
Going on YouTube’s recent numbers around its food content, Millennials are proving to be big-time foodies — or, at least, love watching food videos. According to Google, YouTube users age 18 to 34 watch 30 percent more food videos than any other demographic, helping drive a 280 percent growth in food channel subscriptions over the […]
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, Jared Cohen, director of Google Ideas, and several others visited Cuba to promote open internet access, according to Reuters. The blog/online newspaper 14ymedio.com is the original source of the story. There were no official statements by Google or the Cuban government. According to Reuters, only 2.6 of more than 11 […]
Social media as a practice is nearly a decade old. But for many of us, this job skill is a fairly new requirement. So how do you learn more about social media for your current or future job? Where do you go to learn more? What do you need to know? It’s challenging. Most experts […]
Content marketing as a strategy has gained lots of steam over the past few years, though it isn’t exactly a new concept. But long before content marketing became an everyday term among marketers, Joe Pulizzi knew its importance. Seven years ago, he founded what is now Content Marketing Institute, a website dedicated to all things […]
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: VIDEO + SLIDESHOW: All Search Is Now Social “Social is all about discovery, search is about validation. These two are so inextricably linked today…” ~ Tami Cannizzaro, Global Director of Marketing, […]
Let’s put it aside from the get-go: Google+ is not a ghost town. Without a doubt there are millions of people who use and value the social network, which turns three tomorrow. There’s a vibrant community of photographers; there are Hangout on Air true believers; there are marketers who swear it’s the best social network […]
The Digital Citizens Alliance, an internet safety coalition, is calling out Google for allowing videos that promote the sale of stolen and bogus credit cards to appear on YouTube and then profiting from ads shown alongside the videos. In its latest report [PDF], “Breach of Trust: How the Online Market for Stolen and Bogus Credit […]
B2B companies have been loosening their figurative ties in the past few years, and most everybody is breathing a sigh of relief. But for content marketers, it’s a double-edged sword. On one hand, it’s great news that we no longer need to fill our blog posts with meaningless jargon and clunky technical terms. On the […]
Of the many demands on marketers, messaging is considered among the most difficult to deliver. We want our brand’s message to convey the perfect balance of being fresh and creative while striking a chord of inner recognition. Not only do we need to hit this combination repeatedly, but we need to do so quickly if […]
Google+ was the forgotten social network during Wednesday’s Google I/O keynote, quite a change from the past two years when it was touted often and enthusiastically. This year it managed to score only a passing reference in a demonstration of how Chromecast will allow you to beam a slideshow of your Google+ photos onto your […]
Social media analytics firm Socialbakers today weighed into the Facebook organic reach debate with some counterintuitive data. Analyst Phillip Ross wrote: The conversation that seems to be dominating the Facebook marketing community is all about how algorithmic changes to Facebook’s News Feed are hurting organic reach. Our numbers say the opposite; brands have never had […]