Marketing Day: Facebook ad group tests, micro-moments & YouTube’s top 10 ads

[Marketing Day] [Featured Story] Featured story [Marketing automation made easy] Oct 11, 2016 by Mary Wallace Marketing automation doesn't have to be intimidating. Columnist Mary Wallace explains how to select the right tool and offers tips for launching a marketing automation project. From Marketing Land [Using Google to drive offline sales] Oct 11, 2016 by Digital Marketing Depot Learn about the new challenges and opportunities for brick-and-mortar brands. [Facebook tests ads in Groups, potentially easing ad load issue] Oct 11, 2016 by Tim Peterson If Facebook decides to officially slot ads in Group feeds, the new inventory could offset its news feed ad load dilemma. [Expedia now lets you pick Hawaii travel packages with your smile] Oct 11, 2016 by Barry Levine Its new ‘Discover Your Aloha’ campaign is one of the first where facial recognition helps a consumer make a choice. [Forget about unique content. Try actually BEING local!] Oct 11, 2016 by Greg Gifford Columnist Greg Gifford notes that when all your competitors have unique content, then that alone won't be enough to help you stand out from the crowd. [Does finding that micro-moment feel like chasing fireflies? Here are 9 data points that will help you catch them.] Oct 11, 2016 by Wesley Young Consumers are searching, doing and buying on their mobile devices, yet the challenge to reach them seems greater than ever. Columnist Wesley Young of the Local Search Association takes a look at 9 stats that suggest ways to improve your capture rate. [Twitter’s debate live stream viewership exceeds NFL audience — again] Oct 11, 2016 by Tim Peterson 3.2 million people saw Sunday night's president debate broadcast on Twitter, compared to 3.1 million who streamed last week's Thursday Night Football game. [Your most effective marketing assets may be hiding in your fans’ social activity] Oct 11, 2016 by Jordan Kasteler Columnist Jordan Kasteler discusses the value of visuals in marketing and why the images generated by your customers are your most powerful marketing tools. [Top 10 YouTube ads in September: Apple ranks No. 1, Clash Royale wins 3 spots] Oct 11, 2016 by Amy Gesenhues With two ads in the top 5, Apple earns 20.6M views. Clash Royale generates more than 16M views. [MarTech Today: IAB’s first report on AR/VR, Google’s RGB-Hex color converter & more] Oct 11, 2016 by Barry Levine Here's our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. [Will the end of Samsung’s Galaxy Note boost sales of Google’s Pixel?] Oct 11, 2016 by Greg Sterling Samsung facing billions in lost sales, as well as damage to its brand reputation. [See the complete agenda for MarTech Europe] Oct 11, 2016 by Scott Brinker Join us for 20+ sessions and fireside chats on digital transformation success. From Search Engine Land [Best practices for personalizing content at the local level] Oct 11, 2016 by Digital Marketing Depot Live Webcast: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 01:00 PM EDT (10:00 AM PDT) [Why Google’s quality updates should be on your algorithmic radar [Part 2]: The connection to low-quality user experience] Oct 11, 2016 by Glenn Gabe In the second installment of his two-part series on Google's quality updates (aka Phantom updates), columnist Glenn Gabe explains the connection between user experience and organic search performance. [I’ll stop the world and link with you] Oct 11, 2016 by Julie Joyce Wondering why a link builder gives a link to someone? Contributor Julie Joyce takes us through a few failures and successes that can help you better understand why people link. [Google looking at how to measure brand awareness for search] Oct 11, 2016 by Barry Schwartz Will Google ever give sites credit for brand name mentions or citations without an actual link? Gary Illyes from Google said Google's UX team is looking at ways to measure brand awareness. [See the complete agenda for MarTech Europe] Oct 11, 2016 by Scott Brinker Join us for 20+ sessions and fireside chats on digital transformation success Online Marketing News From Around The Web Affiliate Marketing [Affiliates Sued By Merchants for False Advertising], thepma.org [Taking Your Affiliate Program Global], thepma.org Analytics [Are Small Businesses Too Quick To Outsource Data Analytics?], smallbiztrends.com [Digital analytics demystified, Part One: Puzzle vs. Mystery], econsultancy.com [How Social Analytics Can Launch Your Global Newsrooms], www.newswhip.com Blogs & Blogging [We Fought the Comment Spam (and the Comment Spam Didn't Win)], moz.com Business Issues [Facebook paid £4.2 million in tax in the UK last year, nearly 1,000 times more than the year before], qz.com [Internal Memo from Jack Dorsey Seeks to Calm the Waters at Twitter], www.adweek.com Content Marketing [5 Content Marketing Ideas for November 2016], www.practicalecommerce.com [Why Create Whitepapers?], www.copypress.com Conversion Optimization [8 keys to driving cross-border conversion], www.internetretailer.com [CRO: Four key factors for increasing conversion rates], www.econsultancy.com [Use Micro-Moments To Drive Conversions], www.ppchero.com [User Flow Optimization: The CRO Strategy No One Talks About], blog.crazyegg.com [Your Organization Really Doesn't Want Optimization To Succeed], conversionxl.com Copywriting, Design & Usability [Designing Card-Based User Interfaces], www.smashingmagazine.com [Getting Started With Data Driven Design & Why Your Website Needs It], www.socialmediaexplorer.com [Hyperlink Usability: Guidelines For Usable Links], usabilitygeek.com Domaining [The .Com Cliff is .Coming], domainnamewire.com E-Commerce [Consumers Just Aren't into Buying Packaged Goods Online], www.emarketer.com [E-commerce marketing tips for the holiday season], www.internetretailer.com [Report: Holiday shopping to take off early November], www.retaildive.com [Why an online retailer hosts a fashion week in Silicon Valley], www.internetretailer.com General Internet Marketing [9 Ways to Measure and Receive ROI From Influencer Marketing], www.adweek.com [An 8-Step Process to Use Influencers to Elevate Your Brand], contentmarketinginstitute.com [Don't Be a Slave to Your B2B Marketing Process], www.convinceandconvert.com [What Is The "Holy Grail" Of Marketing?], adexchanger.com Internet Marketing Industry [Introducing a New Way To Build a Website You'll Be Proud Of], www.vistaprint.com [join.me Integrates with Slack, HipChat, Trello and Others to Accelerate Productivity], www.globenewswire.com [Lotame Chief Data Scientist Omar Abdala Receives American Marketing Association 4 Under 40 Award for Data Analytics Innovation], www.marketwired.com [Webscale Closes $12 Million Funding Round to Accelerate Adoption of Integrated Cloud Application Delivery for the Mid-Market], www.marketwired.com MarTech [11 commandments for chatbot developers], venturebeat.com [Keeping Up with MarTech is Hard, But You Don't Have to Do It Alone], www.cmswire.com [Six Adtech and Martech Startups We're Watching - 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