LinkedIn’s Senior Director of Product Management Pete Davies shared insights this week on the changes LinkedIn has made to its news feed algorithm over the last year and a half. Aiming to create more engagement for users, the company is moving away from ranking trending content and, instead, putting more weight on niche-specific professional conversations….
Constant Contact announced an integration with WooCommerce is now available to merchants using both platforms. Constant Contact also revealed enhancements to its current integration with Shopify. Features such as email automation, personalization, segmentation and triggered emails will be available to customers who connect their WooCommerce platform to their Constant Contact accounts. Shopify customers can expect…
GetResponse, an inbound and outbound marketing platform, has announced expanded capabilities, including webinar support, e-commerce solutions, a new online payment gateway and Facebook advertising integrations. The webinar capabilities include a new design that supports audio and video for HD streaming, live chat functionalities, Q&A management, recorder templates, Facebook and YouTube live streaming. Users can also…
Most marketers are equipped with copious amounts of data that help us understand our customers, create meaningful messaging that resonates with our audience and drives the business outcomes we need to achieve our goals. Marketers also have the ability to translate different trends across customers and prospects such as strong lead generation sources, common themes,…
Search advertisers will need to adapt the way they market for the next generation of consumers, with 78% of Generation Z seeking authenticity as an important quality in brands that are advertising to them. To connect with new audiences, advertisers will need to become part of the conversation; they will need to understand the wider…
Instagram announced Wednesday that it is introducing ads in its Explore tab, the section where users can browse content and discover new accounts based on their interests. The company said it will be rolling out the ads “slowly and thoughtfully” over the coming months. Instagram’s Business Product Marketing Director Susan Bucker Rose told TechCrunch Instagram…
Amazon Prime Day, which began four years ago as a tool to drive Prime memberships, has become as hotly anticipated as “Black Friday.” For 2019, it’s expanding from one day to two and will begin at midnight U.S. Pacific Time on July 15. Since Prime Day’s inception, there has been 20.5% growth in the number…
You read that right: Rand Fishkin returns to the SMX stage in New York City this November! Don’t miss your chance to see the consummate advocate for search marketers deliver his opening keynote, Google: From Everyone’s Search Engine to Everyone’s Competitor. Here’s your exclusive sneak peek, straight from Rand himself… In years past, Google has…
A recent report (.pdf) from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) addresses the question of whether real-time bidding (RTB) is compatible with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As currently constituted and operated, the regulator’s answer seems to be “no.” Report puts the industry on notice. ICO says that it published the report “to provide…
If you’re looking to gather leads for your business, you need to have a landing-page strategy. Just like every other marketing tactic, this can be done well or it can be done poorly. To see the greatest return on their investment, businesses need to build effective landing pages, then test and optimize them to maximize…
