Location-based marketing has been described as “the intersection of people, places, and media.” This evolving new capability centers around the idea of understanding your customers’ context — such as their current location, their location history and their current or historical beacon proximity — to deliver more relevant, timely content as a result. Enabled by apps, […]
As we saw yesterday, Yahoo is struggling to get its display business back in black. Data aggregator eMarketer says that will happen, but that the company’s share of the global advertising market will fall to fourth place — after Microsoft. Google and Facebook will continue to be the top global advertising players, though Google far […]
In the wake of the the Right to Be Forgotten controversy in Europe, Survey Monkey has conducted a survey of online adults (n=210) to explore U.S. attitudes toward search and online privacy. Eli Schwartz of Survey Monkey has written about parts of the survey on Search Engine Land: Right To Be Forgotten: Do Users Even […]
Yahoo’s second quarter earnings disappointed investors who had expected somewhat higher numbers. However, there were a number of encouraging spots around product and user metrics and isolated revenue improvements. First the top-line numbers: The company had $1.04 billion in revenue ex-TAC, down 3 percent year over year (YoY). Display revenue came it an $394 million, […]
Let the Google+ pseudonym rush begin. After three-plus years of restricting users to their real names on the network, Google+ announced today that it is abandoning the policy and allowing people to use any username they choose. Google’s policy was among the more contentious issues surrounding the social network and had been softened several times, […]
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: Survey: Best Way To Reach Millennials Is On Social Media SDL a “customer experience” software and services provider has released results of multi-country survey of roughly 1,800 millennials (18 – 36). […]
SDL a “customer experience” software and services provider has released results of multi-country survey of roughly 1,800 millennials (18 – 36). Not unlike other surveys the picture that emerges is of a highly mobile-centric audience that is willing to engage with marketers that earn their trust but are otherwise hard to reach. Most Millennials use […]
Twitter operators are standing by — to help you buy ads. John Doherty, online marketing manager of Zillow’s Hotpads rentals site, received a notification on his Twitter mobile app today with a strong call to action: Wow. Aggressive much, Twitter? pic.twitter.com/19qarXy4Cc — John Doherty (@dohertyjf) July 15, 2014 The notification’s message is similar to […]
In a brilliant celebration of mistaken identity, Amazon Advertising, a San Francisco-based ad agency with no affiliation to Amazon the online retail giant, has launched the Mistaken Identity Project, a social-focused, self-promotional campaign aimed at having a bit of fun with mistaken identity. Amazon Advertising began around the time the more familiar Amazon was launched. […]
Google received accreditation from the Media Rating Council (MRC) for its viewable impression measurement solution, Active View, last April. At the time, the company made clear it would be integrating viewabililty into its products for both publishers and advertisers. Last fall, Active View rolled out to the Google Display Network, allowing advertisers to buy ads […]
It may be sweltering out there, but if you aren’t thinking about turkeys, snowflakes and gift-giving, you may be falling behind already. That’s why, here at Marketing Land, we’re launching our Holiday Retailer section today, in July, to help you ensure you’re ready for that most important of shopping seasons. The foundation you lay right […]
Although it feels early to be talking about the holiday season, anyone in retail will tell you it’s impossible to be too prepared for the busiest season of all. In fact, it’s a good idea to start the holiday preparation now, as the most important items take the most time to get ready. Here are […]
Fact: This year Twitter stock (TWTR) took a dive from nearly $70 a share down to just over $30 a share due in part to Q1 reports that the overall monthly users were slowing. According to Business Insider, Twitter has now begun shutting off data to companies that publish their own content on the size […]
It’s been said that there are two types of people in the world: people who divide the world into two types of people and people who — don’t. As someone who likes to think she rejects all overgeneralization, I tend to think of myself as the latter. But, doing the division is sometimes a fun […]
With the proliferation of technologies to support marketing, the application of growth hacking and agile methods by CMOs, the measurability of digital media, the general explosion of data, and the drive for greater ROI in marketing, a new breed of marketer has emerged: the marketing technologist. Editor’s note: Erica will be a featured speaker next month […]
Like Germany’s national soccer team, Twitter entered the 2014 World Cup with the highest of expectations. Germany, extremely talented but searching for its first major title for 18 years, passed its test in the biggest way with a 1-0 victory over Argentina in Sunday’s championship match. Twitter? Not too shabby either, although the game is […]
What if, instead of focusing on getting the immediate conversion from key prospects, a social media ad campaign served a set of creatives sequentially to tell the brand story and lead viewers through the marketing funnel before going for the hard sell? A new study shows that a sequential story-telling social media ad campaign can […]
Measuring Internet traffic is a notoriously slippery science. So when I read a headline that YouTube has passed Facebook as the largest social network in the United States, I took it with a dose of skepticism. Then I checked it out. And while time didn’t permit a definitive study, I can report that the unique […]
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: Sit Down Super Bowl. World Cup Final Was The Most Talked About Sports Event Ever On Facebook Now what will we talk about? The World Cup, which wrapped up Sunday with […]
Now what will we talk about? The World Cup, which wrapped up Sunday with Germany’s 1-0 victory over Argentina, was the Facebook’s biggest social media event ever, with 350 million users participating in conversations about the month-long event, according to the social network. Those users — more than one-fourth of Facebook’s active roster of 1.28 […]
It’s Sunday afternoon. You’ve popped around to see your gran, and she’s asking after your health. “Well, Gran,” you answer, “this weekend I got totally wasted and fell asleep in a trash can.” An unlikely response? I’m guessing it is for most people. That’s because, in real life, we tailor what we say to the […]
To better understand the extent to which bot fraud penetrates the digital advertising ecosystem and how to combat it, the Association of National Advertisers is embarking on a month-long study tracking the campaigns of 30 advertisers. The initiative is dubbed “The Marketers’ Coalition.” The industry group has hired digital advertising security firm, White Ops, to […]
Here’s a bit of creative that will appeal to the geeks, gamers and do-it-yourselfers. Working with Saatchi & Saatchi North America’s Team One (a subsidiary of Publicis Groupe) to promote its new multiplayer shooter game Evolve, game publisher 2K and Turtle Rock has launched what it claims is the first-ever downloadable character set in the gaming […]
The FTC itself declined to pursue an antitrust case against Google, extending to Android. However, private litigants in May picked up the baton, filing a would-be class action in California federal district court. On Friday, Google moved to dismiss the case. The plaintiffs’ main arguments are the following: Google maintains a mobile search monopoly through Mobile Application […]
While many schools have recently let students out for summer break, back-to-school (BTS) shopping is already top of mind for marketers. This season, eMarketer estimates about $50B will be spent on retail ecommerce sales, including a wide range of products and categories from apparel and electronics to school and office supplies. eMarketer’s recent report explains […]
Consider this: just 20 years ago, a retailer having a website was a huge novelty. Back then, the main purpose was to connect customers to service reps or find a store, and it took years before you could effectively showcase and optimize products like you can today with a marketing cloud. Websites and ecommerce have […]
Attracting new prospects to your enterprise is obviously key to a successful business, but that is just the beginning of the process. To be successful over the long term, you need to be driving relevant customer experiences so that all your clients embark on the Yellow Brick Road (YBR) to the highest customer lifetime value. […]
What should you read or watch today? Digg is hoping to help you answer that question with a new launch of an old service, News.me. Renamed Digg Deeper, the tool uses signals from the people you follow on social media to surface the most interesting and important news of the day. It’s not a new […]
Facebook, adding a personal touch to its mostly self-service advertising process, is offering new advertisers a dedicated account manager. The “Start To Success” program offers direct access to a Facebook representative to businesses that commit to spending at least $50 a day for a month (in other words at least $1,400). Facebook Page administrators started […]
Twitter has new analytics available that let anyone understand exactly how viewed their tweets are. Those stats also clear something else up. Just like Facebook, what you share on Twitter isn’t seen by all your followers. Facebook has been under fire for over a year as brands have noticed that their posts have gotten less […]
Twitter gave its analytics dashboard a major upgrade today, offering advertisers a deeper look at how well their organic tweets are performing. Users with access to the dashboard — advertisers, Twitter Card publishers and verified users — are now able to see how many times each of their tweets has been viewed on Twitter’s Android […]
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: As Brands Newsjack #Lebron, Charmin & Cottonelle Shoot For Worst Tweets Ever Major news can’t spread on Twitter anymore without brands big and small adding their two cents in an attempt […]
Major news can’t spread on Twitter anymore without brands big and small adding their two cents in an attempt to newsjack the situation. And today’s news that NBA superstar Lebron James is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers is no exception. King James, as he’s called, began his career with his hometown Cavaliers then left four […]
Seemingly to bring some personality to the banality of the product category, spray paint brand Krylon has teamed with several home improvement online personalities including Mark and Theresa Clement from MyFixitUpLife.com, Gail Wilson of MyRepurposedLife.com, Beckie Farrant of InfarrantlyCreative.net, Liz Latham of HoosierHomemade.com and Mike Warren of Instructables.com. Teaming with these Do-It-Yourselfers, the brand, with help from Cleveland-based […]
While native advertising has been the hot topic over the past year, it turns out that this ad type may be leaving users feeling burned. Contently, a content creation company, took a deep dive into how native advertising is perceived by audiences. The short answer — not well. A survey was implemented between users 18-65 […]
Almost half of the top ten most viral video ads so far this year are World Cup related spots. Analyzing the most popular branded videos for the first half of 2014, Unruly discovered four of the top ten most shared ads are World Cup related videos, with Shakira’s “La La La” taking the top spot. […]
The discipline of marketing science arose from marketers’ number one need: to know what advertising efforts work. What are the forces that drive sales up or down, and by how much? To answer these questions, marketers need data. In yesterday’s world of mass media broadcast advertising, aggregated data was all that marketers had to make […]
Digital marketers and web designers love rotating banners, which allow multiple pieces of content to occupy a single prominent space on a web page. (Synonymous terms include image sliders, carousels and animated sliders.) On the surface, the idea seems like a great way to keep several competing departments happy, giving them all a piece of […]
In January, Apple agreed to refund consumers $32.5 million to settle an FTC complaint that it charged parents for their kids’ in-app purchases without adult consent. Google (Play) may soon be hit with a similar complaint. But today, it was Amazon that felt the sting of an FTC lawsuit (full complaint below). The FTC action […]
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