Marketing Day: March 20, 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: Google Launches Notes Service, Google Keep Need to jot down quick notes to organize your information? That company which aims to organize your information, Google, has a new service designed to […]
Matt McGee on March 20, 2013 at 5:00 pm | Reading time: 7 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:
- Google Launches Notes Service, Google Keep
Need to jot down quick notes to organize your information? That company which aims to organize your information, Google, has a new service designed to help: Google Keep. Currently only available for Android 4.0 and higher , the service offers to sync your notes across devices, plus take in written (typed) notes or transcribe them when […] - Coca-Cola Clarifies: Social Media Is “Crucial” & Drives In-Store Sales
A Coca-Cola executive threw cold water on social media buzz earlier this week when he told an advertising conference that the company doesn’t see a relationship between online buzz and the company’s short-term product sales. But the company has followed-up today with a clarification, saying that social is “crucial” and has been driving in-store purchases. […] - Klout’s New Product Invites Businesses To Get Serious About Social Influence
Klout is hoping businesses will start to take social influence — and Klout itself — more seriously with today’s announcement of an analytics dashboard called Klout for Business. Klout describes it as “a set of tools designed to help you unlock the reach and power of your most influential audience members.” It’s not Klout’s first […] - Yes, Digg Was Dropped From Google Briefly, Back Now
Some have noticed that pages from Digg were no longer appearing in Google today. Both the social media news site and Google confirm this was the case, due to mistaken malware issue. It’s now been solved. Matt Sawyer tweeted that Digg seemed to be off Google earlier today, and it was picked up by State […] - Google Gets A Battlestar Galactica Cylon
Move over Stan, Google’s pet T-Rex. Google’s SpaceShipOne replica? More ancient history. The latest on the “things to see at Google” list might be the company’s resident Cylon. That’s right. Cylons are at Google. Googler Richard Hay posted a picture, spotted by Search Engine Roundtable, of Google’s resident Cylon today on his Google+ account: It’s […] - Here Comes Another Button: “Send To Kindle”
The new “send to Kindle” button may not be just another button to put on your site or blog. Because of Amazon’s brand and Kindle’s reach (both hardware and software) it could, if publishers comply, see meaningful adoption by consumers. In Q3 last year Amazon created a Send to Kindle Chrome browser extension. (There’s no […] - Hiring The Email Designer
Best practices and smart tactics go a long way, but the most important part of any successful marketing program – email or otherwise – is building the right team. So, what do you look for when hiring an email designer? Here’s a short list of key factors to help ensure you have the right folks […] - Watch Wars: Samsung Races Apple To Develop Wearable Computer
Consumers have only recently gotten used to smartphones and barely integrated tablets into their routines. Soon they’ll be presented with yet another mobile device: wearable computers (watches) from both Apple and Samsung. There are other companies offering or developing versions of a “smartwatch” as well. One such device is the Pebble smartwatch (pictured at right), […] - Consumer Behavior Survey Finds Personalized Service Options Win Over Brand Loyalty
Findings from a recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive and inContact, a provider of cloud contact center software, prove companies cannot rely on brand loyalty when it comes to keeping existing customers or winning new ones. The survey, conducted online February 11 through February 13, 2013 using a nationwide sample of 2,191 U.S. adults aged […] - Facebook Rolls Out Lookalike Ad Audiences Globally
As of today, those Facebook advertisers across the world that leverage Custom Audiences will have access to new Facebook Lookalike targeting. Lookalike Audiences allow advertisers to expand upon specific user sets that have been uploaded to find a larger (but still targeted) audience. Custom Audiences allow advertisers to upload a list of email addresses into […]
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- How To Snag A Sale From A Simple ‘Contact Us’ Page
- Yahoo Buys Mobile Startup With Big Search Chops
- Google Trends Now Shows YouTube Searches
- A Case Study In B2B SEO Keyword Analysis
- SMX West: The Search Police Video With Google’s Matt Cutts & Bing’s Duane Forrester
- The Short Cutts: Matt Cutts SEO Videos With Quick Questions & Answers
- New PPC Report: Bing Ads Vs. Google AdWords In 6 US Verticals
- The Full March Madness Bracket Shows In Google Search Results
- Google AdWords ValueTrack Updates Let Advertisers Direct Users To Device-Specific Landing Pages
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
- Agency Attempts to Justify Long Tail, www.affiliates4u.com
- Gary Marcoccia: Value of the Affiliate Marketing Channel, Small Business Trends
- Merchant Processing and Affiliate Programs, www.clicknewz.com
Analytics
- Effective Analytics: Using the Right Tool for the Job, www.practicalecommerce.com
Blogs & Blogging
- How to Integrate Blogging With Content Marketing that Inspires Action, Online Marketing Blog
- The 3 types of content that drive Disney’s blog, www.prdaily.com
- The End of the Solo Blog? What to Do About It, Social Media Today
Business Issues
- Twitter gets a patent on… Twitter, www.theverge.com
- Google to Offer Internet Service in Olathe, Kansas, Wall Street Journal
- Lowe’s boosts online sales more than 50% in 2012, Internet Retailer
- Pinfluencer Rebrands as Piqora, Internet Retailer
- Twitter Untangles Its Overgrown Org Chart, All Things D
- Wal-Mart outlines its ecommerce priorities, Internet Retailer
Content Marketing
- Google Reader Dying, But RSS Lives on For Ecommerce, www.getelastic.com
- The Ultimate Case for Video Marketing [INFOGRAPHIC], contently.com
Conversion Optimization
- Increase Your Conversion Rate With These 4 Steps, www.spydertrap.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
- 5 UX Myths About Your Website Users, connect.icrossing.co.uk
- Live Wires: Better prototyping, www.ngenworks.com
- The Power of The Progress Bar as a Usability Feature, KISS Metrics
- Why You Should Map Out Your Site’s Information Architecture, www.distilled.net
Display & Contextual Advertising
- Facebook advertisement studies: Their ads are more like TV ads than Google ads., Slate
- Guidelines for monetizing Flash gaming sites, Inside AdSense
Email Marketing
- As Spam Level Falls, so Does Attention Level…so Work to Win Their Attention!, clickmail.com
- How to Grow Your Email Marketing List to 5 Digits and Beyond, KISS Metrics
- The Incentives that Will Convince Subscribers to Sign Up for Your Email Newsletter, freelanceswitch.com
Internet Marketing Industry
Mobile/Local Marketing
- App Annie launches Amazon Appstore analytics: Amazon is all about fun, Google is all about utilities, VentureBeat
- Study: Yelp Drives Real Revenue to Small Businesses, Yelp Official Blog
Other Items
- A Goodbye Song for Google Reader Closing, www.hitreach.co.uk
- Early Employees: Heather Champ & Flickr, www.linkedin.com
- The People Behind Google Reader, blog.persistent.info
Social Media
- Good News Spreads Faster on Social Media, New York Times
- SXSW Rewind: The Top Ten Twitter TV Stats, justincaseyouwerewondering.com
- What is your Facebook Page worth to you?, fbppc.com
- 5 things businesses should never do on social media, www.writemysite.co.uk
- Facebook Quietly Loosens Restrictions On Cover Images For Pages, allfacebook.com
- Hiring a social media manager who sells: three ‘red flag’ phrases to watch out for, econsultancy.com
- How to Grow Your Google+ Following, Search Engine Journal
- LinkedIn Web site goes down intermittently, CNET News
- Why I Think LinkedIn Endorsements Will Be Dead By The End Of The Year, Business Insider
- Why the Hashtag is a Good Thing for Facebook, socialfresh.com
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