Persuasion. Influence. Psychology. The conversion rate optimization (CRO) crowd is adept at tapping into these to drive the actions of their audiences. When it comes to ad copy, there may not appear to be a lot we can do to actively influence our search audience. Short of a screaming headline (not allowed), all we have…
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the new frontier for digital services. The enterprise is armed with excellent digital marketing tools that need to be right-sized to SMB needs and budgets before a small business will enjoy the same digital advantages. This BIA/Kelsey report, sponsored by Vendasta, introduces an emerging online services category which will…
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 “Do It With Me” marketing services can help SMBs access the latest marketing practicesJun 24, 2016 by Digital Marketing Depot Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the new frontier for…
Some publishers and creators are already making money from using Facebook Live. Facebook pays them. But Facebook isn’t going to pay everyone. So if Facebook wants everyone — especially digital celebrities and publishers that are used to making money from their YouTube videos — to be using Facebook Live, then at some point, Facebook will…
The now almost-cliche response to the issue of ad blocking is: “Deliver better ad experiences that consumers don’t want to block.” Easier said than done. Indeed, there’s no simple solution to this growing industry challenge. Forecaster eMarketer estimates that this year, 70 million people in the US will use ad blockers, representing growth of nearly…
Combining SEO with Influencer Marketing enables you to ensure you are identifying the right influencers, based on the keywords and content campaigns you are already optimizing for. This white paper from gShift includes: why influencer marketing should be in your mix; the link between SEO data and influencers; influencer analytics and reporting; and a getting…
With full-screen video and comment overlays, YouTube’s mobile livestreaming bears a closer resemblance to Periscope than Facebook Live. YouTube has had a livestreaming product since 2011. But it hasn’t been a great one. It required a lot of technical know-how and wasn’t possible to use on mobile. As a result Twitter’s Periscope and Facebook Live…
Today will be a day in history regardless of what happens over the next weeks. The majority of people in the UK voted to leave the EU, and this made clear once again that many people in our society think the current situation is no longer acceptable. Unfortunately, we think blaming those people is the…
BuzzFeed Tasty remains the most popular video creator this year, earning 1.9 billion video views across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Vine in May. This is the fifth month in a row the food-focused video creator has earned the top spot on Tubular Lab’s most-watched video creators monthly top 10 list. In addition to its nearly…
PebblePost is dedicated to remaking snail mail into personalized marketing. Since October of last year, the New York City-based company has offered what it describes as the “first programmatic direct mail platform.” It allows user behavior on desktop and mobile websites to trigger the creation and mailing of personalized physical color mail. So, a person…
