Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: SMX West session: The definitive guide to local search ranking factorsMar 27, 2017 by Greg Gifford What will help your local business stand out in Google search results? Contributor Greg Gifford…
A year ago, chatbots reemerged atop a mountain of hype that messaging marked tech’s latest paradigm shift, after messaging apps Facebook’s Messenger and Kik officially opened up to chatbots. A year later, the trend has slid down the mountain into its own uncanny valley. However, that slide may provide the momentum that chatbot makers, from…
As we look deep into 2017, one of the questions on every web developer’s mind ought to be, “What trend will define the web in 2017?” Just three years ago, we were talking about the “Year of Responsive Web Design”, and we’ve all seen how the stakes were raised when Google announced Mobilegeddon (21 April…
The role of demand generation marketing is evolving along with technology, enabling B2B marketers to get better at filling the pipeline with actual opportunities versus just a bunch of leads. In one TED Talk, Malcolm Gladwell shares a story about choice, happiness and Howard Moskowitz. He talks about Howard’s role as a food scientist and…
Call it corny, but today’s marketers really need to create an emotional connection with their customers. Why? Because today’s customer is much more receptive to positive brand experience. A new Lithium/Harris poll finds that US consumers will spend one-third of their disposable incomes with brands they love. They’ll go for the brand first, then the…
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: How much is a happy customer worth?Mar 24, 2017 by Digital Marketing Depot Call it corny, but today’s marketers really need to create an emotional connection with their customers. Why? Because…
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Are technical and content audits still relevant?Mar 23, 2017 by David Freeman SEO audits are very useful in identifying website issues and areas for improvement, but columnist David Freeman believes the…
With Twitter’s advertising business struggling, the company has begun looking at other means of making money. Twitter is exploring a paid subscription-based version of its TweetDeck app, according to photos posted to Twitter (of course) of a survey the company is running to gauge people’s interest. The Verge first reported the news on Thursday. “We’re…
With GraphQL, FQL, and IndexedDB2, we have new tools at our fingertips that allow us to build products that are not only more flexible but also faster. With this week’s Web Development Reading List, we’ll dive a bit deeper into these promising technologies and combine this with thoughts about the openness of the internet, ethical…
Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: How to track Facebook’s ratio of ads to organic posts in your desktop news feedMar 22, 2017 by Tim Peterson The Facebook Ad Spotter extension for Chrome browsers highlights ads as…
