From its inception as a marketing discipline nearly a decade ago, SEO has generally had a tactical focus. And that’s fine. After all, the specific tactics used to gain links, mentions, rankings, traffic and other KPIs are amazingly interesting subjects in their own right. (I’ve long been fascinated by the exact position of the demarcation…
NASA’s space channels on Pinterest and Giphy are out of this world. The government agency just announced that it has joined the image-sharing social networks to display the best of what they do. Photos of planets, international space stations, galaxies, black holes, nebulae and so many more are featured on an extensive Pinterest board that…
IBM’s Watson supercomputing service is adding yet another job skill to his resume. This week, Invoca announced that it will offer a version of its call intelligence platform that embeds Watson’s cognitive computing capability, via the Watson Speech to Text API. The companies said this is Watson’s first job in marketing-focused call intelligence, and it…
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: Compare 9 leading predictive marketing analytics vendors in this Marketing Land reportDec 8, 2016 by Digital Marketing Depot Marketing Land’s “B2B Predictive Marketing Analytics Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide” examines the market…
Marketing Land’s “B2B Predictive Marketing Analytics Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide” examines the market for predictive marketing analytics platforms and the considerations involved in implementation. The 35-page report reviews the growing market for predictive analytics platforms, plus the latest trends, opportunities and challenges This report includes: in-depth analysis of platform capabilities and features. profiles of 13…
“Content is king” is the familiar SEO refrain that has spawned umpteen pages of thin, vapid website content. The push toward more and more content was mitigated somewhat by the next refrain, “quality content,” following Google’s numerous Panda updates. But a widespread misconception perpetuated by the SEO industry persists: you need to continue to feed…
Not only do ad extensions work to encourage immediate sales, but they can also be used to move consumers along the decision journey/buy cycle. In our work, we’ve effectively used ad extensions in many stages of the buy cycle, for instance: When searchers research products online (research stage) When searchers home in on a specific…
Mobile apps command about 60 percent of digital media time according to comScore’s 2016 Mobile App Report. However that time is concentrated in a relatively small number of top apps that people use regularly. App discovery and retention have become a high-stakes game for publishers, brands and retailers. Evidence of this is the fact that…
Last year, over one million advertisers spent more than $81.5 billion on search ads worldwide. For many enterprises, SEM is a strategically important discipline. As such, SEM requires careful alignment with display advertising and the other elements of your marketing program. It also is vital to match your SEM strategy with your company’s business objectives….
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: Ad extensions for the entire decision journeyDec 7, 2016 by Mona Elesseily How can you use ad extensions to move potential customers further down the sales funnel? Columnist Mona Elesseily shares…
