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‘Don’t Worry About Facebook Instant Articles: Here’s Why They’re Actually a Good Thing’ – HubSpot
Joe Chernov says, “Last week, Facebook made a big announcement: the release of their new Instant Articles feature. It allows publishers to create and distribute mixed-media articles in a self-contained Facebook “capsule,” while promising mobile app users a more visually interesting reading experience that loads significantly... [Read more]
‘What should a good ‘about us’ page contain?’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog
Graham Charlton says, “About us pages are easily overlooked, but they do perform a valuable role on websites: explaining your product or proposition in a way that visitors can easily understand. Here, I’ll look what about us pages need to do, as well as some useful examples… How important are ‘about us’ pages? That’s... [Read more]
‘How to Use Analytics to Unlock a Treasure Trove of Information’ – ‘Entrepreneur’ Blog
Eric Samson says, “Some marketers get overwhelmed when they open up Google Analytics. The platform is more powerful than people can imagine and yet a majority of users only take advantage of its most basic offerings. Within every Google Analytics account is a treasure trove of information about audience behavior and how those users impact a... [Read more]
Social Robot builds social backlinks to your site #ad
Joshua Zamora has just released his new software, SocialRobot. This new tool, under your guidance, automates setting up accounts on social media sites with one click.Then you use it to automatically create high-quality social bookmarks to any URL of your choosing, using your accounts. Since it supports over 500 social media sites, this can be a major... [Read more]
‘Are Infographics the Ultimate Content Marketing Tool?’ – ‘Business.com’ Blog
Matt Byrom says, ” It’s no secret that the way we market our businesses has changed. Good marketing is now about great content which is engaging, useful and sharable, rather than interruptive and irrelevant. However, contending with the fact that, in one day, 1.5 billion pieces of content, 140 million tweets and 2 million videos are created,... [Read more]
‘Competing With Content Marketing: 7 Steps to Success’ – HubSpot
Siobhán McGinty says, “Today, succeeding in inbound marketing means putting content at the heart of your communications strategy. This is no secret, of course. Content marketing is now a well-established technique and the space has become pretty competitive. So, the question is, how do you invest wisely in content marketing to improve your... [Read more]
‘Twitter’s New Ad Units Are Now Available to All Advertisers’ – Shopify
Kurt Wagner says, “Twitter’s Q1 earnings call was a bit of a nightmare. The company missed revenue expectations and lowered its 2015 guidance, and as a result, the stock tanked. And it all came back to one specific reason: The company’s new direct response ads, which are now available to all of Twitter’s advertisers after nearly 10 months... [Read more]
LeadSnaps: Marketing Pages, Websites, Optin Pages in a snap #ad
LeadSnaps is a new drag and drop web page builder that anybody can use to build professional looking websites. Beginners, take note: There is absolutely no code knowledge or experience needed. You just drag the predefined elements where you want them on your pages. All of the predefined blocks and templates are designed to be ready for mobile. (Google... [Read more]
‘What You Don’t Know About Copyright Can Hurt You’ – ‘Copyblogger’ Blog
Mark Trenner says, “As writers, we are very protective of our own creations. But when we perform research on a topic and come across the perfect passage on a website, or an image that perfectly captures the essence of the point we are trying to make, sometimes it can be tempting to just copy and paste it into our own content. With that one move,... [Read more]
‘YouTube beefs up video ads with side-by-side product listings’ – ‘Mashable’
JP Mangalindan says, “If you’ve ever watched a retail ad and wished there was an easier way to go about finding those featured products, YouTube — like it or not — has you covered. The popular video service on Thursday announced TrueView video ads, a desktop and mobile feature rolling out over the next few months. It essentially lists... [Read more]
‘How leaders manage global engagement differently to the rest of industry’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog
Christopher Ratcliff says, “Digital marketing and customer experience management are hard enough when targeting a single region and language. The challenges grow exponentially as marketers contend with the nuances of multiple geographies, peoples and cultures. How do brands tell stories and engage with customers across these borders and languages?... [Read more]
Cheap traffic + good CPA offers leads to profits #ad
Kris Waters and Bryan Super say, "It’s so easy to make money when you know where to buy cheap traffic that converts and what offers to send it to.... [Read more]
‘5 Steps to Harnessing the Power of Twitter’ – ‘Entrepreneur’ Blog
Mitch Meyerson says, “Twitter is the fastest growing of the top-tier social networks. But from a business standpoint, it’s the most undervalued, misunderstood, and underutilized of all the major social media sites. Many marketers just don’t understand or know how to harness its power. Can I make a guess? At least half of you reading... [Read more]
‘Competing With Content Marketing: 7 Steps to Success’ – HubSpot
Siobhán McGinty says, “Today, succeeding in inbound marketing means putting content at the heart of your communications strategy. This is no secret, of course. Content marketing is now a well-established technique and the space has become pretty competitive. So, the question is, how do you invest wisely in content marketing to improve your... [Read more]
‘The Hidden Side of Email Marketing: The once-and-done option, A/B testing and a supersmart kind of dumb’ – MarketingSherpa Blog
Daniel Burstein says, “What assumptions do you make about your customers? Your competitors? Your industry in general? More importantly, what do those assumptions cost you? At MarketingSherpa, we write case studies to help you execute your marketing strategy. We also talk to writers, researchers and, well, renegades to help you challenge those... [Read more]
CPA mobile profits @ under 4 cents per click #ad
CPA has been around for a long time, but sending CPA offers to mobile phones is relatively new. But it is growing rapidly. That's because: 1. There is almost an infinite number of potential CPA visitors (and networks that can send you traffic)... [Read more]
‘A new ad metric? The Financial Times creates ‘cost per hour’’ – ‘Econsultancy’ Blog
Patricio Robles says, “Despite the significant innovations that have taken place in online ads in the past several years, advertisers still largely rely on metrics like CPM and CPC to quantify their digital ad spend. To a large extent, the use of these metrics makes sense. They are simple and for many channels, are reasonably meaningful. But... [Read more]
‘Flickr’s monstrous tagging algorithm labels people as ‘apes” – ‘Mashable’
Seth Fiegerman says, “Flickr has accidentally created an insensitive monster. The popular photo-sharing website, which is owned by Yahoo, rolled out a suite of new options earlier this month, including an automatic tagging feature using the company’s “image recognition technology.” The goal: to make it easier for people to organize... [Read more]
‘3 Ways to Optimize Your Video Content for Mobile’ by John Chow
Chow says, “You can’t avoid video marketing going forward because of the increased use of mobile phones over the last 3 years. You have to remember, video content is a great way to get your point across to visitors on and off PC. Around 40% of the content I read online will be done on my mobile and it’s important that the flow, content, and... [Read more]
Tube Live Profits: YouTube marketing updated for Live Events #ad
Four well-known marketers have worked together to produce 'Tube Live Profits', It shows you how to sell your products and affiliate products using YouTube Live Events... [Read more]
‘Understanding Your Customer’s Story: How one company increased conversion 104% by identifying motivation’ – ‘MarketingExperiments’ Blog
Andrea Johnson says, “Every time someone wants to buy something from your brand, there’s a story that explains why they want what you’re selling. Identifying that story is key to making the sale. How do we know this is true? Because when we know someone’s story, we know their motivation. If someone is highly motivated to get a solution,... [Read more]
‘Marketing Automation & the Perfect Audience’ – ‘Website Magazine’ Article
Pete Prestipino says, “Marin Software, which provides a cross-channel performance advertising platform, and inbound marketing solution HubSpot, announced an integration that will enable marketers to synch their HubSpot landing pages and contact lsits with Perfect Audience – a retargeting platform for retargeting audiences. When advertisers... [Read more]
Cheap traffic + good CPA offers leads to profits #ad
Kris Waters and Bryan Super say, “It’s so easy to make money when you know where to buy cheap traffic that converts and what offers to send it to.” They have shown the truth of that statement in their own online work. They have done very well with CPA offers, once they figured out where to get the traffic and what offers that traffic will... [Read more]
SEO Commander gets your SEO data from 15 mega-marketers #ad
Authority sites, the sites respected by the search engines and getting thousands of visits each day know their market; that's how they got to be authority sites. Wouldn't it help your own site to know behind the scenes information about what searches are directing people to the authority sites?... [Read more]
‘People Are Talking, Are You Listening? The Importance of Social Media Monitoring’ – ‘Business.com’ Blog
Alesia Hsiao says, “Listen, can you hear it? People are talking about you. Social media has transformed the way we market our businesses. But regardless of what we have to say about our products and services, people are going to have their own take on them, and they may be turning to social media to express that. What if you’re not there... [Read more]
‘The Web’s Most Effective Ads’ – ‘Entrepreneur’ Blog
David Rekuc says, “Digital advertising is a crowded space, and the modern consumer is constantly pulled in different directions, so it’s no surprise that the industry’s overall click-through rate hovers at around a mere .06 percent. Related: Everything Business Owners Need to Know About Beacons Put another way, that small percentage means... [Read more]
‘Form Length Isn’t Everything: 3 Other Ways to Optimize Your Forms for Conversions’ – HubSpot
Jeffrey Vocell says, “What’s the best length for landing page forms? Would a shorter form increase submissions while retaining quality, or are longer forms better? These exact questions have been at the center of a hotly contested debate that’s been raging on since 2009. In fact, the popular website WhichTestWon that catalogs A/B... [Read more]