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…
Over the past couple of years, Google has shown a strong focus on user experience on mobile devices. They have developed their algorithms to address customer experience and usability and to encourage organizations to meet certain standards. For instance, Mobilegeddon looked not only at the responsiveness of a mobile site, but how truly mobile-friendly a…
Nothing is more top of mind for marketers than attribution. It’s a complex topic, and there are lots of questions. This guide from AdRoll examines the history of attribution models and dives deep into platform data, third-party research, and advertiser survey data to make the case for marketers to adopt a blended attribution model, one…
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: Pinterest queues up autoplay video ads for new Explore tabNov 15, 2016 by Tim Peterson American Express, The Home Depot, Macy’s and Sony Pictures are among the first brands to test…
Native advertising is fast becoming a powerful digital marketing strategy, as traditional display and banner ads become less and less effective. With internet users increasingly ignoring overt sales tactics, average click-through rates (CTRs) for display ads have fallen over time to 0.17 percent, according to Google. In contrast, native ads enjoy much higher CTR and…
According to reports, Apple is developing digital glasses. However, if the product appears at all it won’t be until 2018 at the earliest. The glasses would reportedly offer augmented reality experiences. It would also, like Apple Watch, require an iPhone for connectivity. The company is under pressure to produce new hardware products that further diversify…
Managing the volume of marketing content that needs to be created, distributed, analyzed and managed has become complicated, time-consuming and costly for many organizations. A crowded field of content marketing tools has emerged to help brand marketers automate their content marketing strategies and tactics. The 2nd edition of Marketing Land’s “Content Marketing Tools: A Marketer’s…
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 avoid an outbound link penalty from GoogleNov 14, 2016 by Tony Edward We’ve all heard of unnatural link penalties from having a spammy backlink profile, but columnist Tony Edward…
During the US presidential campaign, bookings at Trump hotel properties saw a whopping 60 percent decline. This was a result of customers voting with their wallets. Indeed, the Trump brand became so damaged that the company is introducing a new hotel brand, Scion, that completely avoids the president-elect’s name. The question is: will this sort…
Since the dawn of the internet, people have been drawn to online communities for collaborating and advancing knowledge. Discussions that previously took place in the depths of Usenet are now emerging on Reddit. In a matter of seconds, you can find massive online communities dedicated to everything from astrophysics to Zen. As a marketer, it’s…
