2017-02-14







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179 reasons to attend MarTech San Francisco – rates increase next week!

Feb 14, 2017 by Marketing Land

100 speakers, 70+ presentations, 8 tracks, and 1 opportunity to get the lowest rate on your MarTech ticket.

From Marketing Land

Facebook turns sound on by default in videos, debuts TV apps

Feb 14, 2017 by Tim Peterson

By playing videos with the sound on and on people's TVs, Facebook is upping its push to become a destination for video viewers and video ad dollars.

7 tips for small manufacturers thinking about using AdWords

Feb 14, 2017 by Dianna Huff

New to AdWords? Feeling intimidated? In this helpful how-to, columnist Dianna Huff explains how to start small with AdWords so that you can be successful, even if you've never done a paid search campaign before.

Why machine learning is critical to multi-touch attribution

Feb 14, 2017 by Alison Lohse

Columnist Alison Lohse notes that in today's complex marketing atmosphere, marketers need tools that can quickly and accurately make sense of myriad and disparate data -- and machine learning does just that.

'Things to do near me' SEO

Feb 14, 2017 by Andrew Shotland

Columnist Andrew Shotland takes a look at the "near me" phenomenon and shares data that helps illuminate how to rank for these queries.

Mobile makes up 21 pct. of online spending in Q4, as digital commerce reaches $109 billion

Feb 14, 2017 by Greg Sterling

But e-commerce totals are much smaller than digital-influenced in-store sales.

Publishers Clearing House attributes 26 percent revenue lift to header bidding

Feb 14, 2017 by Barry Levine

One of the largest users of people-based marketing, PCH first launched header bidding with the OpenX ad exchange this past summer.

4 ways to grow your return on personalization

Feb 14, 2017 by Jim Dicso

Columnist Jim Dicso shares how brands can maximize their personalization efforts and build stronger, longer-lasting customer relationships.

Ready for GDPR? This white paper points you in the right direction

Feb 14, 2017 by Barry Levine

Here's a good starting point for learning about what any company with European users needs to consider before May of next year.

How ads on Google for its own products can impact the prices other advertisers pay

Feb 14, 2017 by Ginny Marvin

Just as on a retail shelf, there are only so many ad spots available on a search result.

2017 Hashtag Bowl winners: Congrats To Twitter, Anheuser-Busch & Eggo

Feb 14, 2017 by Matt McGee

We've chosen the winners from our 6th annual Hashtag Bowl, honoring the best digital marketing efforts surrounding the big game.

Online Marketing News From Around The Web

Affiliate Marketing

The Science Behind Ecommerce: Affiliate Marketing gets Scientific, Affiliate Marketing Blog

Analytics

B2B Blog Metrics: 4 Effective Categories to Measure Success, Sword and the Script

Social Media Reporting Tips (From Your Boss), Simply Measured

Why You Need to Measure Brand Equity - and How to Do It, Kiss Metrics

Blogs & Blogging

Advertising will remain optional for over 95% of sites on Disqus, Disqus Blog

How To Turn Your Daily Life Into Content, The Blog Herald

Important Changes - Disqus Ads Are No Longer Free to Disable, Kinsta

Timeline: What to Do When Your Blog Goes Down, Blog Tyrant

Business Issues

Amazon launches Chime, a video conferencing and communications service for business, TechCrunch

Content Marketing

46% of B2B Marketers Say Research Is the Most Effective Content, Convince and Convert

8 Content Marketing Lessons to Live By (and Win Awards), Content Marketing Institute

9 (More) Lessons From the World's Best Content Marketing Brands, Content Marketing Institute

Fake News in Content Marketing and Why it's Wrong, The Sales Lion

How to Reuse Content to Get More Traffic, Duct Tape Marketing

Transform Your Content from Predictable to Provocative with This Bold Method, Copyblogger

Conversion Optimization

Microcopy: Near Invisible Text That Converts Visitors to Customers, Shopify Plus

Copywriting, Design & Usability

Free Fonts With Personality And Style, Smashing Magazine

How a Website Redesign Increased Organic Traffic, Search Engine Journal

Domaining

2 Years of .Space, The Domains

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