Marketing Day: February 14, 2013
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: Social User Report: Women Trump Men Across All Social Platforms Except Twitter To no surprise, a recent Pew Internet report found that the youngest demographic (18-29 year olds) were the most […]
Barry Schwartz on February 14, 2013 at 5:08 pm | Reading time: 5 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:
- Social User Report: Women Trump Men Across All Social Platforms Except Twitter
To no surprise, a recent Pew Internet report found that the youngest demographic (18-29 year olds) were the most likely to use social networking sites. What is surprising, however, is that women’s usage outpaces men’s on all social networking sites except for Twitter. The study used telephone interviews to conduct interviews in November & December of 2012 about […] - Google Countersues British Telecom In US, UK For Patent Infringement
Google (and Motorola Mobility) have counter-sued the UK’s BT Group (British Telecom) for patent infringement in the US and UK. This follows a 2011 patent lawsuit filing by BT against Google. Google has probably asserted its patents in an effort to provide some negotiating leverage against BT in any future settlement discussions. The patents at […] - Evolution Of Display Ad Strategies For Mobile Monetization
There was a time when the worlds of search and display advertising were completely separate, given the emphasis on click-driven search ads versus branding-focused display ads. Then mobile happened — consumers shifted from desktops to smartphones and tablets as their primary “action” devices for researching and making purchases, which brought a whole new set of […] - Product Listing Ads Remain Strong – Paid Search Trends For February 2013
Cost-Per-Clicks (CPC) fell across the board month-over-month, as is typical for February, resulting in a 5% lower CPC for Google and 3% lower for Yahoo!-Bing, compared to January. Year-over-year (YoY), retail CPCs are stronger on Google, partially due to rising CPCs on Product Listing Ads (PLAs), ending at a 5% YoY gain for Google and […] - Microsoft’s “Scroogled” Campaign Against Gmail Wins 0.002% Of Users
It’s been a week since Microsoft went on the attack against Gmail, launching its “Scroogled” campaign portraying Gmail as a privacy monster that reads your emails for ad targeting purposes. How’s that been working out? To date, the Microsoft-backed petition against Gmail’s practices has gained about over 6,000 signatures — equal to about 0.002% of […] - How Much Buzz Did ‘The Internship” Movie Trailer Get During Google+ Hangout?
In a nutshell… not that much. You’d think that a big promotional event like this would get a little more attention in social media channels right off the bat. But as with most online marketing and viral campaigns, it seems like it’s going to be a slow roll to get people talking about the movie. […]
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
- 6 Advanced Strategies For Optimizing PLA Campaigns
- You’d Want To Have A Thorough Doctor, Why Not Your SEO?
- The Google (George) Ferris Wheel Logo
- Google Sends Hundreds Of Thousands Of Webmaster Notifications Each Month & 90% Are Black Hat Related
- The Google Movie — “The Internship” — Debuts Its Trailer
- How Leveraging Data Quality In Google Shopping Can Increase Product Sales
- Google Now Adds Movies, College Sports, Homescreen Widget
- Live @ SMX West: Big Data & Search Marketing
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
- Mike Allen: a Peek Inside the Mind of a Super Affiliate #AMDays, Small Business Trends
- Q&A: Affiliate Industry’s Decision Makers Give Their View on the IAB OPM Study, www.affiliates4u.com
Analytics
- A Guide to Getting Started With Analytics, searchenginewatch.com
- How to track Multi-Currency Ecommerce in Google Analytics, www.blastam.com
- Social Media Metrics: Track Your Way to Success, socialsolutionscollective.com
- You Know Less About Your Web Analytics Than You Think, www.inc.com
Blogs & Blogging
- From Successful Social Media Blog To…Failure?, www.brasstackthinking.com
Business Issues
- Facebook execs get judge to toss 4 IPO-related lawsuits, Reuters
- Google hits back against BT with patent lawsuits, Reuters
- Apple challenges loss of iPhone trademark in Brazil, Reuters
- Google must act quickly on libelous Blogger posts, says appeal court, The Guardian
- Instagram asks court to throw out lawsuit over service terms, Reuters
- Vimeo acquires GIF-making app Echograph to challenge Vine & Cinemagram, VentureBeat
Content Marketing
- 5 Content Marketing Tactics to Attract the Connected Generation, www.ryanhanley.com
- The Ultimate Content Marketing Plan Outline, BruceClay.com
- Small Businesses Bet Bigger on Content Marketing, eMarketer
- Video: Why and How You’ll Be Using It in 2013, MarketingProfs
Conversion Optimization
- Landing Page: 5 Traits of an Effective Marketing Call to Action, designrfix.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
- Mobile Form Usability: Avoid Splitting Single Input Entities, baymard.com
- I’d like to use the web my way, thank you very much Quora., www.hanselman.com
- Responsive design solves many problems, and creates a few others, Internet Retailer
- Website Copywriting – How to Overcome 4 Common Forms of Friction, contentverve.com
- Why Responsive Web Design Has To Win Out, Smashing Magazine
Domaining
- Luxemburg based IRIS buys 25 .XXX Domains from ICM Registry for $180,000, www.domainnamenews.com
- New domain parking company adds a charitable twist, domainnamewire.com
Email Marketing
- How Your Customers Actually Read Your Emails, conversionxl.com
General Internet Marketing
- 5 Valentine’s Day Marketing Campaigns That’ll Warm Your Heart, blog.hubspot.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
- Advertising Growth Shows That for Many, Tablets Are the PC, Wired
- Mapping Apps Making an Impact on Mobile Purchase Intent, streetfightmag.com
Other Items
- A new e-retail sales tax bill is due, Internet Retailer
- Zuckerberg’s Christie Fundraiser Draws Fans, Protesters, Bloomberg
Social Media
- Twitter adds language info, ability to filter tweets by ‘importance’ with new API metadata, thenextweb.com
- An In-Depth Look at the Role of Community Managers, Spin Sucks
- Is Twitter changing how content surfaces?, econsultancy.com
- Poland Spring Missed A Realtime Social Media Splash, And It Doesn’t Matter, socialfresh.com
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