Marketing Day: October 11, 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: FAQ: All About Google’s New “Shared Endorsement” Ads On November 11, Google is expanding the use of “Shared Endorsements” in ads, where people’s images and the things they like, comment on, […]
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:
- FAQ: All About Google’s New “Shared Endorsement” Ads
On November 11, Google is expanding the use of “Shared Endorsements” in ads, where people’s images and the things they like, comment on, rate or have reviewed through the Google+ social network can be used. Here’s the rundown on how it works and how it differs from what Google already does. Doesn’t Google already use […]
- But Do You Love Me? Study Measures Consumer Emotional Attachment To Rank Top 100 Brands
Research firm APCO Insight’s study ranking the Top 100 Most Loved Companies discovered people are emotionally attached to tech companies, but Mickey Mouse steals everyone’s heart, with The Walt Disney Company winning the No. 1 spot. Using its proprietary Emotional Linking model, APCO evaluated more than 600 of the world’s largest corporate brands, surveying 70,000 […]
- Yelp, Happy With iOS Mobile Reviews, Expands Feature To Android
After about two months of what you could call an iOS-only test, Yelp is now letting Android users write reviews directly from their mobile device, too. Yelp didn’t allow its users to write reviews on mobile devices until launching that feature on iOS back in August. The company’s logic was that reviews written from mobile […]
- Chrome Browser Grows To 3 Percent On iOS
Google is trying to get as many people as it can to use Chrome and sign in across platforms. There are multiple benefits to Google, including collecting data for its recently announced Estimated Total Conversions analytics offering. Chrome is the most widely used browser in the world, with a nearly 40 percent global market share, […]
- Google Launching “Sponsored Endorsements” — User Ratings, Comments, Likes Integrated Into Ads
Google is going to use the images, likenesses, comments and other user-created data of its users in ads on its display network. The forthcoming Google display ads will be called “Shared Endorsements.” They’re not yet live, and they won’t apply to users under 18. There will be an opt-out. NOTE: See our follow-up story, FAQ: All […]
- Bring Life To Your Email Campaigns: 5 Tips For Live Email Content
To get the biggest bang for your marketing buck, invest in channels that consumers prefer most. While email marketing is often neglected in the face of trendier marketing channels, consumers still heavily rely on it. A recent study by the Economist Intelligence Unit found that consumers ranked email as the most important channel for both pre-purchase […]
- How To Update An Entire Dashboard In Excel With One Radio Button [VIDEO]
I’ve been writing a series on how to create dashboards in Excel that started with this post on Search Engine Land and carried over to Marketing Land. Now, I’m going to show you a trick that will give you the ability to control an entire dashboard with one menu — in this example, a radio […]
- The Questions Google Refuses To Answer About Search Privacy
Last month, Google made one of the biggest changes in search privacy ever, by routing all searches through its Google Secure Search service. Why did it make the change? Why didn’t it close some loopholes that leave some search data vulnerable? Google — which is demanding more transparency from the US government over privacy issues […]
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
- Bing Ads Analysis Tools Go Live: Dimensions Tab, Performance Comparison Graph
- Microsoft Takes Its ‘Bing It On’ Campaign To The UK, Where Google Has Royal Grip On Search
- Bing Gets ‘Klout-orship” As Verified Klout Snapshots Now Identify Authors & Content In Bing
- Search In Pics: Google Monorail, Android Land & Google’s Patio
- Bing SEO Ranking Factors 2013 Study By SearchMetrics
- Did Hummingbird Eat Link Building?
- How To Use The Marketing Funnel For SEO & Inbound Marketing
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
- How I Grew A Niche Affiliate Site From $0 To $3,934 A Month, www.top5seo.co.uk
- How to Find Quality Affiliates and Keep Them, www.revenews.com
- Going Global with an Affiliate Campaign? Avoid the Digital Culture Clash, performancein.com
Analytics
- The Beginner’s Guide to Startup Analytics, KISS Metrics
- Using a permanent URL to share Custom Attribution Models & Custom Channel Groupings, Google Analytics Blog
Blogs & Blogging
- WordPress 3.7 Beta 2, wordpress.org
- 3 Ways to Overcome Your Frustrations With WordPress, www.blogherald.com
- A 10 Step Guide to Becoming a Better Blogger – Starting Today, ProBlogger
Business Issues
- Alibaba Leads $206 Million Investment in ShopRunner, Wall Street Journal
- Google to sunset Google TV brand as its smart TV platform merges with Android, GigaOM
- ‘Dutch sandwich’ grows as Google shifts €8.8 billion to Bermuda, www.cnbc.com
- Profiting From Google Glass: 4 Companies To Be Impacted By This High-Tech Eyewear, seekingalpha.com
- Katie Stanton: Twitter’s ambassador, CNN Money
- Make no mistake: Google’s new shared endorsements are a direct attack against Facebook, The Next Web
- Pinterest Acquires Coding Challenge Site Hackermeter Right Out Of The Gate, Will Shut It Down, TechCrunch
Content Marketing
- How to Create a Content Marketing Culture in Eight Steps, www.vocus.com
- The Failing State Of Content Marketing, www.twistimage.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
- Six Mobile Myths, uxmag.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
- How to use the responsive Google Adsense ad unit, SEOish
- Google Remarketing: Easy as 1, 2, 3 – Beyond the Paid, www.beyondthepaid.com
- Will Google’s ‘Shared Endorsements’ Compromise Review Collection?, Screenwerk
Ecommerce
- 57% of U.S. adults expect digital wallets to replace physical money, Internet Retailer
Email Marketing
- How to Write Emails that Get a Response, Jeff Korhan
Internet Marketing Industry
- Small Businesses Get Big Business Marketing Power With New Demandforce Enhancements, www.demandforce.com
- Koozai Win Best In-House Website Or Campaign At 2013 DADI Awards, Koozai
Other Items
- The core Internet institutions abandon the US Government, www.internetgovernance.org
Social Media
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