Marketing Day: October 23, 2012
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: Facebook Q3 Earnings: 36 Percent Ad Revenue Growth, 14 Percent From Mobile Facebook has released its Q3 financials and there are some solid numbers in the all-important advertising category. Overall, revenue […]
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:
- Facebook Q3 Earnings: 36 Percent Ad Revenue Growth, 14 Percent From Mobile
Facebook has released its Q3 financials and there are some solid numbers in the all-important advertising category. Overall, revenue was up to $1.26 billion for the quarter, a 32 percent gain over Q3 2011 and the third consecutive quarter of higher revenues. The company is reporting $1.09 billion in ad revenue for the quarter, a […]
- Now Playing: Video Ads Arrive On LinkedIn
A new ad type can now be found across LinkedIn’s self-service platform, video ads. LinkedIn Ads users will be able to run a video ad within the standard 300 x 250 px ad location and tie in their YouTube videos and tracking as well. Once a user clicks on a video ad (like the “Announcing: […]
- The Tablet Pricing Spectrum: Kindle Fire To Nexus 7 To iPad Mini
As expected, Apple announced its new iPad Mini today. One of the key areas being watched was pricing. For the seriously price conscious, the iPad Mini doesn’t look to be a game changer. Comparative prices below, along with technical specs pitting the iPad Mini against its rivals. Much was made during the event about how […]
- Developing Your Editorial Content Calendar For 2013
Content marketing is becoming an increasingly popular tactic in digital marketing strategies across all industries. Businesses are coming to terms with thinking and acting like publishers by providing audiences with quality content on a regular basis. Typically, content marketing projects have lots of moving parts that come together at different times to form a cohesive […]
- Over 45,000 StumbleUpon Lists Have Been Created, Now Coming Out Of Beta
Last month StumbleUpon unleashed Lists, a Pinterest-like element hat allowed users to create lists of webpages. This was a Beta release and part of a new, improved StumbleUpon. Since the Beta launch, the new features have taken off at a torrid pace. 45,000 StumbleUpon lists have been created, everything from Caligraphy to Waffle Raffle.The color-coded […]
- Live Blogging The Apple Mini Launch Event
This morning Apple introduced the long-rumored iPad Mini, a new 13-inch retina display MacBook Pro and a new, thinner iMac. The iPad Mini starts (as rumored) at $329. Below is my live-blog of the event as it unfolded: For the first time in at least a couple of years, you’ll be able to watch the […]
- Size Matters: Can Optimizing For Screen Size & Resolution Increase User Engagement And CTR?
Over the last decade, digital marketing and advertising have transformed significantly due to the rapid advancement of technology and analytical techniques. One aspect of technology which has changed significantly over time, and continues to carry a substantial impact, is the screen resolution of the marketer’s audience. Apple’s new Retina Display and the extensive marketing push […]
- Report: iOS 6 Now On Majority Of Apple Mobile Devices
According to Chitika more than 60 percent of North American iOS devices/iPhones showing up on its network have iOS 6 installed. This stands in marked contrast to the Android ecosystem, where only 1.8 percent of devices are running the latest “Jelly Bean” version of the operating system. Only one quarter of Android handsets are running […]
- Marissa Mayer Outlines Her Goals At Yahoo, Gives Frank Assessment Of Where Company Is Today
Yahoo’s first company earnings report under new CEO Marissa Mayer is still in progress; as I type this, new CFO Ken Goldman is reviewing Yahoo’s financials on his first day at the company. But the big focus of the call is Mayer herself — it’s her first opportunity to speak to investors and the public […]
- Yahoo Beats The Street For CEO Marissa Mayer’s First Earnings Report
Yahoo reported its first quarterly earnings with Marissa Mayer at the helm. She got a bit of a gift as Yahoo beat consensus analyst estimates. The company’s quarterly revenue grew roughly 2 percent from last year to $1.09 billion (vs. $1.07 billion). GAAP revenue was $1.2 billion. (See Matt McGee’s related post about the earnings […]
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
- Bing’s Voice Search On Xbox Now Searches The Web, Too
- Webcast: Link Building Demystified – Ask the experts – LIVE!
- Have Keywords Stopped Being A Proxy To The Customer?
- The Tale Of Goldilocks & Global Search Budgeting
- Google’s Matt Cutts Inducted Into University of Kentucky’s Hall Of Fame
- Google News Adds Expandable Clusters To Search Results
- Mayer: Yahoo Not Planning To Invest In Local Search Right Now
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Analytics
- 5 Ways to Get More Out of Google Analytics, www.sugarrae.com
- Online Analytics Firm Settles Suit Over Unstoppable User Tracking, www.wired.com
Blogs & Blogging
- 3 SEO content ideas for the blogging blocked, www.seocopywriting.com
- 7 Free Alternatives to FeedBurner, wplift.com
- Disavow Me and My Blog, Google – I Don’t Give a Sh*t!, bestbloggingtipsonline.com
- How the Huffington Post handles 70+ million comments a year, Poynter Online
- How To Boost Blog Performance By Focusing on What Works, pushingsocial.com
Business Issues
- Twitter restores connection for hot new social startup Pheed, news.cnet.com
- USPTO Issues Initial Invalidation of Apple’s Rubber-Banding Patent, thenextweb.com
- Yahoo’s Mayer Bets on Mobile, Bails on Local, www.screenwerk.com
Content Marketing
- The Nine Ingredients That Make Great Content, KISS Metrics
- 4 Common Video Strategy Mistakes & How to Avoid Them, www.reelseo.com
- Forget Great, Forget Viral — Do This Instead, www.contenthook.com
Conversion Optimization
- Conversion Optimization 101: Optimizing Complex Web Forms (w/ 10 Point Checklist), bryaneisenberg.com
- Post-Click Conversion Optimization For Long Sales Cycles, certifiedknowledge.org
Copywriting, Design & Usability
- Best Practices for Icon Design, designfestival.com
- How To Write Seductive Sales Copy Like Apple, blog.kissmetrics.com
Domaining
- SnapNames releases Android app for bidding, domainnamewire.com
Email Marketing
- 20 tips for great email newsletter design, www.creativebloq.com
General Internet Marketing
- 3 ways to boost your small business marketing beyond “order taking”, www.corpnet.com
- 45% of e-retailers expect higher holiday web sales this year, Internet Retailer
- 7 Most Important Online Marketing Tactics for Any Small Business, www.ducttapemarketing.com
- Loyalty Over a Period of Time, www.conversationagent.com
- The Internet Split, www.mondaynote.com
- What Marketing & Design Can Learn From Each Other, blog.howdesign.com
- Where Is ALL Marketing Heading? Online, That’s Where, tweakyourbiz.com
Mobile Marketing
Other Items
- How online privacy trends could hurt ecommerce sites, Internet Retailer
Reputation Management
- The Fundamental Flaw Of Yelp’s Solicited Review Stance, www.socialmediaexplorer.com
Search Marketing
- PPC advice from a SEO expert, www.stateofsearch.com
Social Media
- Facebook tests ‘suggested post’ label for non-social News Feed ads, www.insidefacebook.com
- Facebook wants Open Graph language to ‘feel natural,’ represent actual behavior, Inside Facebook
- How to Get Started with Social Media Marketing, www.jeffbullas.com
- Stop Trying to Game Facebook’s Edgerank, inklingmedia.net
- The Final 2012 Presidential Debate, Official Twitter Blog
- The Significance of a Social Media Revolt: How Binders Full of Women Exploded, www.techipedia.com
- Twitter Testing Star and Like Instead of Favorite, thenextweb.com
- We Can Do Better Than Bit.ly, moz.com
- Who is REALLY a social media expert?, flybluekite.com
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