Marketing Day: New Study From IAB, La-Z-Boy’s CMO Interview & Shakira Beats Volkswagen
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: Offers, Local Relevance Biggest Drivers Of Mobile Ad Clicks — Study There’s been a lot of criticism of mobile advertising, and rightly so. Poor creative, tiny ad units, mistaken clicks and […]
Amy Gesenhues on July 30, 2014 at 5:13 pm | Reading time: 10 minutes
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:
- Offers, Local Relevance Biggest Drivers Of Mobile Ad Clicks — Study
There’s been a lot of criticism of mobile advertising, and rightly so. Poor creative, tiny ad units, mistaken clicks and limited relevance have made mobile advertising a hit and miss medium — despite rapid revenue growth. Things are improving however. A new study from Nielsen, xAd and Telmetrics, argues that smartphone and tablet users […] - IAB Study Looks At Programmatic’s Global Expansion Opportunities
While the United States has seen programmatic audience development — the practice of automating digital advertising sales based on audience data — surge over the past few years, publishers and ad tech companies are eying global markets for opportunity. A new survey and whitepaper from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and Winterberry Group looks at the […] - 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. […] - 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 […] - Shakira’s “La La La” Video Beats Volkswagen’s “The Force” For Most Shared Ad Ever
Since February of 2011, Volkswagen’s iconic “The Force” Super Bowl ad has been recognized as the most shared ad of all time…until now. Released on May 22 of this year in anticipation of the World Cup games, Shakira’s “La La La” video has become the most shared ad ever according to video metrics company Unruly, […] - 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 […] - 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,” […] - 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 […] - Image Search Company Madbits Says Its 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. […] - LinkedIn Gives Mobile Profiles Slick New Duds & A Streamlined Look
Ever find yourself yearning for one of those extreme makeovers you see on TV? Unfortunately we can’t grant that wish, but you can see yourself looking better than ever in your LinkedIn profile on a mobile device. A whole new look has arrived on LinkedIn mobile that adds flair to profiles while bringing pertinent information […] - Report: “Understanding Customer Behavior” Top Holiday Priority For 66% Of Retailers
During a recent Big Data and Analytics Summit in Chicago, business analytics provider Looker polled more than 125 senior-level retail executives to identify retail industry priorities and challenges as the holiday season approaches. The survey found 66 percent of the retailers believed the No. 1 way to drive holiday sales and build loyalty was to […] - 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 […] - 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 […]
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
- UK House Of Lords Condemns Right To Be Forgotten
- Expedia Becomes A New York City Hotel After Google’s Pigeon Local Update
- Penguin: Google’s Punitive Algorithm – And A Call To Google To Fix It
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
- 5 Affiliate Goals You can Achieve Before Summers Over, www.offervault.com
- 7 Affiliate marketing tips to become a trustworthy affiliate, www.probloggingsuccess.com
- RetailMeNot, Wall Street Journal, Thoughts on Coupon Affiliates, www.amnavigator.com
Analytics
- Ifbyphone Provides 360-Degree Call Analytics for Smarter Marketing, public.ifbyphone.com
Blogs & Blogging
- 10 Things Darren Rowse Wishes He Knew About Blogging, www.problogger.net
- 20 Great Admin WordPress Plugins, www.wpexplorer.com
- Awesome Ways to Generate Blog Ideas Through Pinterest, www.techwyse.com
- Facebook Page vs. My Own Blog, affiliatetip.com
- How To Attract An Audience To Your Business Blog, www.nerdsdoitbetter.com
- The Ultimate Guide to Building a Fast Blog and Why it Matters, www.jeffbullas.com
Business Issues
- Flickr expands into image licensing to take on its frenemy Getty Images, GigaOM
- Ad Analytics And Targeting Company Dstillery Raises $24M More For Mobile Growth, TechCrunch
- Google adds Hangouts feature from Google+ to its business apps, CNET
- How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marissa?, Forbes
- Snapchat Said in Funding Talks With Alibaba at $10 Billion Value, Bloomberg
Content Marketing
- 11 Steps to Building Your Content Marketing Machine, blog.kissmetrics.com
- 3 Types of Content People Care About, heroicsearch.com
- 6-Step Guide to Repurposing Content, www.bruceclay.com
- Are You Hiding Your Best Content on Your Homepage, www.convinceandconvert.com
- Crafty Content Marketing Strategy Ideas for Non-Profits, www.digitalthirdcoast.net
- Take your content marketing to the next level: 6 key takeaways from the Content Marketing Show, www.branded3.com
- Unify Your Content Marketing Strategy With a One-Stop Resource Center, contentmarketinginstitute.com
- Denmark’s Content Marketers Find Video – Not Social – Most Effective, www.emarketer.com
Conversion Optimization
- 8 Advanced Persuasion Techniques for Killer Landing Pages, blog.crazyegg.com
- How to Increase Your Conversions with a Click of a Button!, blog.allwebpromotion.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
- Content – Why Your Web Copy Is Missing the Mark (and How You Can Fix It), www.marketingprofs.com
- ROI Of Usability, usabilitygeek.com
Domaining
- Big names buy domains: Under Armour, Mary Kay, SAP and more, domainnamewire.com
- Google beats Microsoft to .docs, domainincite.com
- ICANN tells court ccTLDs aren’t property, can’t be awarded to plaintiffs, domainnamewire.com
Ecommerce
- Ecommerce Search Field Design and Its Implications, baymard.com
- Ecommerce consumer reviews: why you need them and how to use them, econsultancy.com
- Three simple steps to reducing shopping cart abandonment, www.internetretailer.com
- Which B2B ecommerce sites are getting it right? Here’s 15 of the best, econsultancy.com
Email Marketing
- 20 Ways to Double Your Email Open Rate, blog.getresponse.com
- Toward Better Privacy in Email – SMTP over TLS, blog.returnpath.com
General Internet Marketing
- Can’t Afford a CMO?, www.imageworkscreative.com
- How to help your digital marketing strategy to succeed, econsultancy.com
- Transformers: Age of Digital, www.emarketer.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
- StumbleUpon for Android updated with an Activity Center and a new UI, 9to5 Google
- A new market for fashion brands: Making wearables wearable, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
- Consumers Spending More with Mobile Sites vs. Mobile Apps, www.dexmedia.com
- Infographic: Advertisers Are Struggling to Keep Up as Spending Shifts to Mobile, www.adweek.com
- Mobile Madness: Small Business Mobile Adoption on the Rise [Infographic], blogs.constantcontact.com
- Mobile, Mobile, Mobile: Why You Should Be Optimizing In The App Store, www.searchinfluence.com
- StumbleUpon rolls out a UI redesign for Android with an emphasis on social notifications, gigaom.com
- Where Do Consumers Leave Local Reviews? Facebook Now #2, blumenthals.com
- Where is the innovation in mobile advertising?, www.mobilecommercedaily.com
Social Media
- Conversocial Announces Instagram Integration, www.conversocial.com
- Facebook Is Shutting Down Gifts To Focus On Its Buy Button And Commerce Platform, TechCrunch
- Instagram Prepares a Limited Launch of Its Bolt Messaging App, The Next Web
- Twitter’s future could depend on pushing video tweets to other sites, VentureBeat
- #HowManyIsTooMany? Tallying Up One Day’s Worth of Hashtags, Wall Street Journal
- 5 Tips For Visual Social Media Content, blog.visual.ly
- 6 Pinterest Hacks to Gain More Shares, www.paveya.com
- 6 Ways to Get Your Tweets Noticed, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
- 7 Must-Have Networking Apps to Boost Your Social Media Marketing, www.socialmediaexaminer.com
- An Unofficial (But Very Interesting) Facebook Post A/B Test, www.dexmedia.com
- Big Brands Are Driving Facebook and Twitter’s Mobile Ad Explosion, www.adweek.com
- Facebook Testing New “About” Layout for Users’ Timelines?, allfacebook.com
- How to Be Visual on Social Media When Your Brand Isn’t, www.seoinc.com
- How to Measure Social Success in Global Organizations, adage.com
- How to navigate the Facebook ad campaign maze: Part II, Inside Facebook
- How You Can Tap Into The Power Of Twitter, heidicohen.com
- Orange is the New Black: Social Media Lessons, www.7boats.com
- Q&A With Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, Business Insider
- Social Proof: Your Key to More Magnetic Marketing, blog.kissmetrics.com
- Socially Devoted Q2: Want to Engage your Audience? Talk to Them., www.socialbakers.com
- Why $10 billion isn’t a crazy valuation for Snapchat, and may turn out to be a bargain, qz.com
- With New Filters, SocialRank Makes It Easier To Understand Who’s Following You On Twitter, TechCrunch
Video
- 11 of the best Instagram videos from July 2014, econsultancy.com
- 47 Different Ways to Promote Your YouTube Channel, www.reelseo.com
- Exponential’s Audience Engagement Divisions Launch Range of New Video-Enabled Ad Formats for Brand Engagement Across Media and Device, www.marketwired.com
- Three Ways to Optimize Your Videos for Mobile, www.reelseo.com
- YouTube Superstars Debut on AOL Original Series “Follow Me”, www.reelseo.com
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