Not a lot changed in rankings for the top 10 video creators between September and October, according to Tubular Labs. UNILAD and The LAD Bible kept their No. 1 and No. 2 rankings, while Viral Thread and Tasty switched places, with Tasty dropping to No. 4 and Viral Thread moving into the top three spots….
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: Top 10 video creators in October: UNILAD & The LAD Bible hold at #1 & #2Nov 17, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues October was UNILAD’s fourth consecutive month in the top spot,…
With Thanksgiving coming up next week, have you already thought about ways how to spend your days before the holiday? Well, you could send simple “Thank You” emails to your past clients, perhaps design something free for somebody, or take some time to improve your website. To those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, we’ve got…
As developers, are we paid to write code? This challenging question raises concerns about product quality, code quality, and our purpose as developers in a world of coded applications. You’ll find an interesting post that dives deeper into the matter in the “Work & Life” section of our reading list this week. But we have…
Among consistently hot marketing subjects like mobile and social, or buzzed-about trends like artificial intelligence and marketing automation, identity is emerging as a key marketing topic. Recognizing customers across devices and stitching that information together into a single view has never been more relevant. A Forrester report claims identity is the “next competitive battleground,” yet…
Google has started testing its mobile-first index. This new index will look first at the mobile version of your website for its ranking signals and fall back on the desktop version when there is no mobile version. Google has been slowly moving toward a mobile-first index for quite a while now. Google first hinted at…
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: 5 steps to optimizing your site for Google’s mobile-first indexNov 16, 2016 by Ryan Shelley Now that Google is officially testing a mobile-first index, columnist Ryan Shelley believes it’s well past…
According to Gartner’s “2016-2017 Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Spend Survey,” marketing budgets increased to 12 percent of company revenue in 2016, from 11 percent in 2015. Fifty-seven percent of marketing leaders surveyed expect their budgets will increase further in 2017. However, 14 percent of marketers say they are bracing for budget cuts, up from 3…
I recently spoke with a back-end developer friend about how many hours I spend coding or learning about code outside of work. He showed me a passage from an Uncle Bob book, “Clean Code”, which compares the hours musicians spend with their instruments in preparation for a concert to developers rehearsing code to perform at…
A few months after introducing click-to-play video ads, Pinterest is catching up with the times — and competitors like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat — and testing video ads that play automatically. American Express, The Home Depot, Macy’s and Sony Pictures are among the first brands to test Pinterest’s autoplay video ads, which Pinterest announced…
