Marketing Day: YouTube Launches Music Key, Announcements From Twitter’s Analyst Day & More
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: This Hotel’s RFID Bracelets Make Social Sharing Easy For Super Lazy Vacationers At this social-media-friendly resort, all-inclusive really means all-inclusive. It’ll even take your picture and share it to Facebook for you […]
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web.
From Marketing Land:
- This Hotel’s RFID Bracelets Make Social Sharing Easy For Super Lazy Vacationers
At this social-media-friendly resort, all-inclusive really means all-inclusive. It’ll even take your picture and share it to Facebook for you automatically. - YouTube Music Key: Will A New Music Subscription Service Quiet Piracy Complaints?
YouTube has long been one of the primary ways consumers discover and listen to music, and Google took a big step toward making that even easier with today’s launch of YouTube Music Key — a subscription-based music service opening next week in a limited beta before launching later with a promotional fee of $7.99/month and […] - Three Years After Breaking Up, Twitter Wants Back The Google Search Love It Once Had
Twitter is having its Twitter Analyst Day today for investment analysts, designed to reassure them about the company’s future. Analysts got told one of the growth strategies Twitter has is to gain more Google traffic. That’s ironic, given how three years ago, Twitter didn’t renew a deal that gave it unprecedented Google visibility. Twitter Ramps Up […] - Top Things We Learned At Twitter’s Analyst Day
Twitter is holding court for stock analysts today in San Francisco, trying to make the case, in a seven-hour presentation, that it’s on the way to building the “largest daily audience in the world.” Analysts have been a skeptical bunch in general, and the company’s stock has dropped after nearly every quarterly earnings call since […] - Google’s DoubleClick Failure Causes Ad-Free Morning On Major Sites
Google’s DoubleClick For Publishers display ad serving platform went dark this morning for more than an hour. DoubleClick’s platform is used by scores of major publishers. Gigaom reported ads failed to serve on its own website and others such as Forbes, VentureBeat and Buzzfeed during the outage, likely resulting in millions of lost ad revenue. […] - What’s Everybody Watching? Google Trends Now Showing Top 200 YouTube Videos
Curious what the most popular videos on YouTube are? Google Trends is now answering that question by tracking the top 200 trending videos. Google’s new video trends feature is currently only available in the U.S., but according to this Google+ post, it will be expanding soon. For now, here are the top five videos trending […] - Myopic Investors Want Yahoo To Merge With AOL
A Reuters article reports that frustrated Yahoo investors have appealed to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong to “explore a merger [with Yahoo] and run the combined company.” On paper this may make some sense because the companies would cut jobs and save money accordingly; however it makes little sense for the long term health or performance […] - How Individual Identity Influences The Way Audiences Share [Survey Data]
What motivates us to share content? Contributor Kelsey Libert delves into a recent study by Fractl detailing how and why we share on social media. - Why Reputation Matters In Email Marketing & How You Can Change Yours
How many of your emails are reaching your customers’ inboxes? According to columnist Tom Sather, it may be fewer than you think. - Bold Predictions For Mobile In 2015 From ad:tech New York
What’s on the horizon for mobile marketing? Columnist Andrew Waber dives into some key takeaways from ad:tech New York. - Yahoo Buys Video Platform BrightRoll For $640 Million In Cash
Now we know what Yahoo is doing with its Alibaba “mad money.” As previously rumored, Yahoo has announced the acquisition of programmatic video platform BrightRoll. The deal is worth $640 million in cash. Yahoo said that BrightRoll is profitable and expected to clear $100 million in revenue this year. Video and video advertising are key […] - #VeteransDay: Brands Honor Soldiers Past & Present
We give brands a lot of grief for social media flubs, especially when they make ham-handed attempts to exploit real-time trends and topics. We have been known to urge businesses to stand down on social media on certain anniversaries. But today we’re putting aside our cynicism about motives and presenting a sample of brands’ Veterans […] - Starwood Touts New Keyless Mobile Check-In App With Goofy Videos
The hotel company is raising awareness about a new feature on its loyalty program app.
Recent Headlines From Search Engine Land, Our Sister Site Dedicated To Search News & Information:
- EBay Dumps Google Syndicated Ads For Bing Ads On Mobile Devices
- Twitter: Renewed Focus On SEO Generated 10 Times More Visitors
- Philae Google Logo Marks Incredible Accomplishment Of ESA’s Rosetta Mission To Land Probe On Comet
- Facebook Launches New Places Directory
- In A Big Shift, Google’s Latest Ad Test Drives Users To Google Shopping, Not Advertisers’ Sites
- The 4 Cs Driving Mobile Search, Shopping & Buying
- Ranking First Is Good, But First With Prerender Is Better
Online Marketing News From Around The Web:
Affiliate Marketing
- AvantLink Launches Australian Affiliate Network, www.avantshare.com
Analytics
- Advanced Customer Analytics, imimpact.com
- Are Marketers Actually Measuring Ad Viewability?, www.adexchanger.com
Blogs & Blogging
- Engage Visitors on Your Blog Before Turning to Social Media, www.blogherald.com
- How to Create Blog Content that Spreads like Wildfire, blog.getresponse.com
Business Issues
- Google Music Download Sales Miraculously Growing Despite Their Death Everywhere Else, TechCrunch
- Google’s Eric Schmidt: Robin Hood or the Big Bad Wolf?, www.huffingtonpost.com
- Marissa Mayer has tripled Yahoo’s stock price, but apparently that’s not enough, www.marketingpilgrim.com
- Some unhappy Yahoo investors asking AOL for rescue, Reuters
Content Marketing
- 10 Content Marketing Predictions for 2015 From Top Industry Minds, contently.com
- Customer Insights Are Key for More Persuasive Marketing Content, www.toprankblog.com
- My Failed Attempt at Content Marketing and What I’ve Learned, www.quicksprout.com
- So Brands Are Producing Lots of Content. What’s Next?, contently.com
Conversion Optimization
- How To Improve International Website Conversion, www.stateofdigital.com
Copywriting, Design & Usability
- 5 Brands That Boosted Their Traffic With Content-Focused Redesigns, contently.com
- Is Squarespace A WordPress Killer?, www.webpresence.tv
- The Psychological Benefits of Simple Design, www.searchenginejournal.com
- What Does Design that Differentiates Look Like?, uxmag.com
Display & Contextual Advertising
- How to Scale Your Display Campaign, performinsider.com
Domaining
- New gTLD Domain Name Forum Launched, www.billhartzer.com
- Taunting Nets? Family Makes That Its Domain, New York Times
- Tip for Getting Domain Blog Coverage, www.domaininvesting.com
Ecommerce
- Amazon Conference Showcases Another Side of the Retailer’s Business, blogs.wsj.com
- Bargain Hunters Holding Out for Hot Holiday Deals, nrf.com
- Ecommerce in Russia: Another Emerging Market?, www.practicalecommerce.com
- How Alibaba Created the World’s Biggest Online Shopping Day, Wired
- How to Improve eCommerce Conversions on Physical Products, blog.crazyegg.com
- Shipping wars: Retailers to push order deadlines later, www.cnbc.com
Email Marketing
- 10 Examples of Highly Effective Welcome Emails, www.verticalresponse.com
- 7 Ways You’re Missing Out on Attracting More Loyal Subscribers, socialmouths.com
- Get More Email Lead Capture With These WordPress Plugins, www.searchenginepeople.com
- How to Use Email Autoresponders to Accelerate Your Growth, blog.kissmetrics.com
- How to Write Subject Lines That Drive Open Rates, www.buzzstream.com
- Is Email Marketing Effective? Three Examples That Prove It Is, www.wordstream.com
General Internet Marketing
- 3 Secrets for Becoming More Relevant in Your Digital Marketing, www.silverpop.com
- How To Build Your Marketing Stack, blog.marketo.com
- How to Responsibly Scale Your Marketing Strategy (& Avoid a Mess), www.impactbnd.com
- It may be time to drop your annual marketing strategy, www.businessesgrow.com
- Marketers Exaggerate Their Digital Prowess, Says Report, www.dmnews.com
Internet Marketing Industry
- Swrve Launches World’s First Open Platform For Mobile Marketing Automation, www.swrve.com
- First Mobile-First Video Mediation Platform from AerServ, www.aerserv.com
- Crowd Relations is starting a design marketplace for agencies and brands, www.crowd-relations.com
- Former Oracle Executive Joins The CHR Group, thechrgroup.com
Mobile/Local Marketing
- How Smartphones Have Transformed Retail, www.searchenginejournal.com
- IAB Research Reveals Uptick in Mobile Usage During Commute Time in China, www.iab.net
- Interconnectivity and the Mobile Mind Shift, streetfightmag.com
- Mobile gap becomes insurmountable for some businesses, www.mobilemarketer.com
- Mobile Shopping Behavior During the Holiday Season, www.marketingprofs.com
Social Media
- 10 New Social Media Strategies, blog.bufferapp.com
- 5 Facebook Holiday Contest Ideas to Boost Your Sales, www.jeffbullas.com
- Are Companies Actually Getting An ROI From Social Media?, www.socialbro.com
- Facebook Doesn’t Care About Your Reach — And Neither Do Users, www.jonloomer.com
- Facebook Sees New York City Office as Recruitment Tool, Wall Street Journal
- Facebook Tells Marketers Not to Worry, Their Marketing Data Is Highly Secure, www.adweek.com
- Facebook Urges Page Admins (via Email) to Contact Ads Specialists, allfacebook.com
- High-Engagement Hashtag Discovery on Instagram, totems.co
- How Facebook Marketers Should Approach Optimists, Explorers and Realists Aged 13-24, allfacebook.com
- How to Create a Holiday Social Media Calendar, blogs.constantcontact.com
- How to Use Pinterest to Drive Conversions, www.searchenginejournal.com
- Introducing Say Thanks, newsroom.fb.com
- Searching for social ROI?, www.socialmediaexplorer.com
- The giving season: a Twitter Ads guide for nonprofits, www.twitter.com
- How Newlyweds Use Facebook, and What Marketers Should Do, allfacebook.com
- This gossipy social network is getting huge on US college campuses, qz.com
- Why 60 Million Employees Use Social Media to Advocate, adage.com
Video
- Common Elements of Highly Shared Videos, relevance.com
- How Web video pioneer IGN gets its game on, digiday.com
- Marketers Optimistic on Digital Video Ads in Australia, www.emarketer.com
- Video Marketing Tips for Home Builders, www.paveya.com
- YouTube Influencer Marketing: The Mistakes Brands Make, www.reelseo.com
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