To focus brainstorming in a new campaign, marketers can find paid or organic posts by brands in their industry around popular topics. Barry Levine on June 15, 2016 An image board in Unmetric’s new Discover feature When a brand wants to conduct a social media or other online campaign, the first step is to … Continue reading Social intelligence platform Unmetric launches Discover feature so marketers can see what other marketers have done
Columnist Chad White says marketers need to be bolder and more innovative to win (and even just to survive) at email marketing. Chad White on June 14, 2016 When Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers came out in 2008, everyone was really taken by the “10,000 Hour Rule,” which said that it took roughly 10,000 hours to … Continue reading Are email marketers too afraid of failure? 4 fears to conquer
by Suzanne Hoenig June 14, 2016 Follow @SMHoenigJune 14, 2016 Last week, we looked at Instagram in the abstract — as something Margaret Atwood may have written at the turn of the century — and then, with a high-level geopolitical analysis — because I fancy the work that Stratfor and the like do for our … Continue reading Instagram Pros and Cons for Small Business Marketers: 2016 Social Media Series
by Chris Boyles June 13, 2016 Follow @chrsboylsJune 13, 2016 What can a Silicon Valley venture capitalist tell you about content marketing opportunities? Plenty. That’s because for 21 years, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers’ Mary Meeker has obsessively studied how people use the Internet. Meeker presented her 2016 Internet Trends report last week and here’s … Continue reading Mary Meeker’s Latest Internet Trends Report Suggests Content Marketers Should Focus on Snapchat, Facebook Video
by Karen Repoli June 11, 2016 Follow @karenrepoliJune 11, 2016 70% of the U.S. population has at least one social networking profile. (Statistica) Social media has become firmly established as an effective way to market almost any business, but there are so many sites, tasks, profiles and publishing to manage every day, it is easy … Continue reading Learn the 8 Habits of Successful Social Media Marketers
What you need to know about SEO tools Digital Marketing Depot on June 6, 2016 Marketing Land’s “Enterprise SEO Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide” examines the market for enterprise SEO software platforms and the considerations involved in implementing this software into your business. This 44-page report is your source for the latest trends, opportunities and … Continue reading Enterprise SEO Platforms Marketer’s Guide — Updated for 2016
by Andrew Sheridan June 5, 2016June 5, 2016 The world has gone mobile and digital marketers are taking every opportunity to connect with consumers on their mobile devices. Display, social, and search marketing efforts on mobile have more consumers choosing to convert over the phone. This has increased the volume of inbound customer calls to … Continue reading 9 Call Attribution Metrics Digital Marketers Can’t Live Without
Are you an agile marketer? Jim Yu discusses the convergence of digital marketing disciplines and the hybrid skills that you’ll need to thrive. Jim Yu on May 31, 2016 As the digital marketing industry matures, digital channels have converged. As customers have become more technologically savvy, they have become increasingly channel-agnostic. They readily use search … Continue reading The 7 habits of highly effective digital marketers: agile skill sets
by Andrew Sheridan May 29, 2016May 29, 2016 Digital marketing has gone mobile. And thanks to smartphones and click‐to‐call, consumers are responding to search, social, display, and other digital ads and campaigns by calling businesses by the billions. These calls, while often the most lucrative type of conversion, are also the most difficult for marketers … Continue reading Why Marketers Can’t Optimize for Mobile Without Call Attribution Software
With marketing innovation happening at a meteoric pace, how do you keep up? Columnist Lewis Gersh has some tips on how to spot the latest trends and stay ahead of the curve. Lewis Gersh on May 27, 2016 The ability to spot an opening to transform an industry and innovate ahead of the pack is … Continue reading What marketers need to know about the rate of technology obsolescence
