Marketing Day: October 17, 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: New Mobile App From SumAll Lets Users See 30+ Data Sources From A Single Screen SumAll, an analytics solutions provider that integrates multiple sources of marketing data viewable on a single […]
Matt McGee on October 17, 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:
- New Mobile App From SumAll Lets Users See 30+ Data Sources From A Single Screen
SumAll, an analytics solutions provider that integrates multiple sources of marketing data viewable on a single screen, has released an iOS and Android application and optimized its analytics platform for mobile devices. SumAll says its solution integrates analytics from more than 30 social media, payment and digital marketing platforms, into one chart. With its latest […] - AOL Takes Top Video Ads Spot From Google
AOL is now the top video ad-serving property or network on the Internet; Google is number two. That happened as a result of AOL’s roughly $400 million acquisition of programmatic video ad platform Adap.tv in August. The following the top 10 video ad properties according to comScore: Source: comScore (9/13) ComScore said that “Americans viewed […] - Moms & Their Smartphones: Is mCommerce Becoming A Reality?
According to recent research conducted by Babycenter.com (and digested via eMarketer), smartphones have become the “go everywhere, do anything device” of choice for mothers in the U.S. With the number of mothers using smartphones rising from 34% to 46% in the last year alone, it’s clear that this device is becoming ubiquitous among the demographic […] - 20 Quick-Win Tactics For Building A New Social Media Presence
Have you ever noticed that all the social media experts who tell you not to worry about fans and followers usually already have plenty of both? It’s great to have smart, long-term social media goals like traffic back to your website and even conversions. But we all have to start somewhere. And sometimes, where you’re […] - Marketing Power Processes: The Lord Of The Rings
As marketers, we are dealing with a power crisis. We have more channels than ever to get our message out, and yet have fewer resources with which to utilize these channels. We must be proficient in a variety of skills to even manage our teams. This is a huge challenge when change occurs faster than […] - Bottlenose Releases Free Social Visualization Tool ‘Sonar Solo’ To Show Trending Content
Social analytics and monitoring company Bottlenose has been leading innovation in the social discovery space as of late. On the heels of last month’s enterprise Nerve Center solution, Bottlenose has announced the new free tool – Sonar Solo. Sonar Solo is a scaled down version of their previous Sonar product that has been rolled into […] - Report: Online Shoppers More Likely To Respond To Free Shipping Offers Than Price Discounts
Based on data pulled from 100 million online transactions, 20 million user profiles and 100 email campaigns, marketing solution provider Retention Science discovered online shoppers are twice as likely to respond to free shipping offers versus price discounts. According to Retention Science’s report, conversion rates for ‘Free Shipping’ offers ranged from .22 percent to 1.9 […] - Study: 51% of Facebook Engagement Occurs On Mobile & Status On Paid Post Performance By Type
Last month ShopIgniter released their “Social Benchmark Report” that covered overall Facebook revenue & forecasting to in-depth post performance statistics. To pull these statistics they leveraged more than 2,000 posts with 2 billion impressions in Q1 & Q2, uncovering quite a good bit of data in the process. Some of the major stats revealed were: […]
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
- Google Intros Android App For Managing Google Places Listings
- Coping With Enhanced Campaigns & The Problem Of Modifier Stacking
- Google Seeks Searcher Satisfaction: How Marketers Can Keep Up
- Mobile Accounts For One-Third Of Google Paid Clicks In Q3, Yet CPCs Drop From Q2 [Report]
- Homeward Bound: A Great Long-Form Ad For Google Maps
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
- Unique ‘Taste Test’ Tool and Huge Range Adds Value for Affiliates, performancein.com
Analytics
- 68 Analytics, CRO and UX Tips From MeasureFest 2013, Koozai
- Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reports DS.js Code Typo, BruceClay.com
- Mind the Gap: Improving Referral Information with Universal Analytics, Google Analytics Blog
- Review of Google Tag Manager Year One, SwellPath
- The Power of Segmentation in Web Analytics, Koozai
- Why Visitor Analytics Aren’t Enough for Modern Marketers, moz.com
Blogs & Blogging
- Are We Misunderstanding the Purpose of a Business Blog?, Mack Collier
- Behind the Scenes – My Low Tech Editorial Schedule, ProBlogger
Business Issues
- Twitter Hires Google Advertising Executive Ahead of IPO, Bloomberg
- Google Lures Programmatic Buying Expert from Kellogg Co., Ad Age
- Gore: I Tried to Buy Twitter, Still Very Bullish, Bloomberg
- Search Engine Giant Yandex Launches Cocaine, A Cloud Service To Compete With Google App Engine, TechCrunch
- Twitter Plans to Revamp Its Private Messaging Product, All Things D
Content Marketing
- The Content Marketing Ecosystem SkyScape™ – A Guide for Marketers, www.skyword.com
Conversion Optimization
- 3 Ways to Improve Ecommerce Conversions this Month, Practical Ecommerce
- [Case Studies] How Failed A/B Tests Can Increase Conversion Rates, Unbounce
Copywriting, Design & Usability
- Best Of Both Worlds: Mixing HTML5 And Native Code, Smashing Magazine
- What’s the secret to balancing images with speed in mobile?, Internet Retailer
Display & Contextual Advertising
- Kenshoo Social Study: Quarterly Analysis of Facebook Advertising Performance Shows Strong Improvements Across Key Performance Indicators, kenshoosocial.com
- Nanigans Releases Benchmark Report for Retailers Advertising on Facebook; Highlights 152% ROI into Holiday Shopping Season, www.nanigans.com
Domaining
- 23 end user domain name sales from GoDaddy and Afternic, Domain Name Wire
- 5 with…Elliot Silver, Domain Name Wire
- Apple Wins Control Of 11 Domains: Macbook7.com; Findmyipad.com; Jailbreakmyipad.com, The Domains
- Go Daddy CEO Blake Irving Using Twitter to Win Back Business, www.domaininvesting.com
Ecommerce
- 20+ Minutes of Content Marketing Tips for Ecommerce, Get Elastic
- Mobile Shoppers Start Their Shopping Routines at Home, Yahoo Advertising Blog
- U.K. ecommerce increases 20% year over year in September, Internet Retailer
Email Marketing
- 6 Signs Your Email Newsletter is Failing (and How You Can Fix It), HubSpot
- Marketo Announces Dialog Edition, Delivers Game-Changing Advances to Email Marketers, PR Newswire
- Top Strategies for Capturing Email Addresses, blog.thedma.org
- Using Data Algorithms to Better Predict Email Conversion, performancein.com
General Internet Marketing
Internet Marketing Industry
- Lanctot named Mixpo chief executive, blogs.seattletimes.com
- Tailwind Buys PinReach As Pinterest Analytics Startups Consolidate, TechCrunch
Other Items
- Yahoo and VIZIO Upgrade Your HDTV to a Smart TV, yahooconnectedtv.tumblr.com
Social Media
- Dear Brands, Please Talk With Me (Not At Me): Social Media Tips For Businesses, Overit
- Facebook tests Follow and Review buttons on pages, Inside Facebook
- Five examples of brands that are nailing Pinterest, eConsultancy
- How To Encourage More Social Sharing + 36 Other Useful Tools, www.bing.com
- Official Facebook app for Windows 8.1 now available, The Verge
- Storify stories now included in Twitter’s related headlines (with images, tweets), storify.com
- Teens Now Start With “Friends” Privacy for New Accounts; Adding the Option to Share Publicly, newsroom.fb.com
- Twitter Announces Scheduled Tweets – Here’s What It Means For Marketers, KISS Metrics
- Twitter Enables Direct Messages From All Your Followers: The Effect on Social Customer Service, www.conversocial.com
- Twitter Rankings!, blog.majesticseo.com
- Twitter’s Theoretically Temporary URL Messaging Ban Due To Massive Wave Of DM Spam, TechCrunch
- [New Data] Tweets Between 100 and 115 Characters are More Likely to be ReTweeted, danzarrella.com
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