Marketers should use lead generation to build brand awareness, nurture prospects and …
“. . . customers, qualify leads and ultimately generate measurable revenue.” Dan Strickland recently downloaded Marketo’s comprehensive, 160 page guide to lead generation, covering topics ranging from content marketing and website SEO to telesales and content syndication. Marketo’s Guide provides a “How To” for: Defining a lead and understand his or her buying journey Building a […]
Hubspot, Marketo, Eloqua: New data shows marketing automation market share in unprecedented detail
“This new information is from Datanyze, a company I’ve called the Google of sales and marketing for software-as-a-service technologies. Datanyze continually scans over 11 million of the world’s most-trafficked websites, looking for the little Javascript embeds and web tags that indicate the presence of an integrated SaaS technology — in this case a marketing automation […]
“7 Keys To Great SEO: What SEO practices are most important nowadays for brand publishers?”
Answers to Seven keys to successful SEO: Original, engaging stories always win. Keyword and audience research still matters. Great headlines are key. Better content > more content. Optimize on both the page and platform level. Get inbound links. Social matters to search, in more ways than one. Read details of what each key truly means […]
Mobile Contacts Are Now The Real Social Network
Editor’s note: Peter Yared is the CTO/CIO at CBS Interactive. Follow him on Twitter @peteryared. Facebook’s surprising acquisition of WhatsApp signals that it has realized that users’ true social network is the contact list on their smartphones.
What Amazon Knows That Distributors Don’t – Internet Retailer
An interesting blog post by Ragda Bodla (Director, Industry Marketing, NetSuite Inc.) on Internet Retailer today is a good read: “What does Amazon know about succeeding in B2B? Basically, B2B buyers increasingly want the same shopping experience they have as consumers on B2C e-commerce sites. The same people who buy shoes online are also buying […]
Playing the Price Game | STORES.org
The catalyst behind this move is “dynamic pricing,” a strategy that is the direct result of Internet price transparency. It refers to frequent price changes based on customer traffic, demand, weather, time of day, loyalty card data, competitive factors and some complex algorithms. The concept of dynamic pricing has been enormously successful for industries like […]
Amazon tightening grip on showrooming
Amazon takes showrooming to next level with image recognition … mobilemarketer.com Amazon is tightening its grip on showrooming with a new image recognition application feature that cuts down on the number of steps it takes for a consumer to find and buy a product – read full story by Mobile Marketer’s Lauren Johnson […]
CES 2014 brought us the future, and it is curved, ‘smart’ and wearable
Source: Washington Post “. . . John Curran, a senior executive with electronics and high-tech at consulting firm Accenture, said that over half of respondents in a survey . . . Fifty-six percent of respondents from the United States, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada said they would [buy] a wearable device — […]
Responsive Design: Quick Guide for Email Templates and Websites
Seven out of ten recipients will delete an email if it doesn’t look good or work well on their tablet or smartphone, and the same goes for websites
Google vs. Facebook in the Battle of Affinity
Excerpt from Nate Elliott, Vice President & Principal Analyst, Forrester Research posted on Allthingsd.com ” …this affinity data Facebook is collecting is enormously different from the intention data Google has traditionally collected. Think about it: Intent is expressed before a purchase; it’s an indication of what we want. But affinity is typically expressed after a […]
Yahoo Climbs Back Above Google in U.S. Web Traffic
Lizz Gannes from Allthingsd.com posted interested Yahoo! story today. . .[Excerpt]: “Yahoo properties got more unique U.S. visitors than any other company’s in July, according to comScore. They had 196.6 million, compared to 192.3 million for previous leader Google. What’s more, Yahoo’s numbers didn’t include the new Yahoo-owned Tumblr, which came in 28th place.” Read […]
Why Local Commerce Will Be Larger Than E-Commerce For The Next Decade, An Analysis
A very interesting TechCrunch.com article [was posted: 2/24/13] from Yelp’s Mike Ghaffary about local commerce vs. e-commerce, it gives e-commerce strategist food for thought, read on . . .
Industry Statistics: E-commerce sales grow 17.3% in . . . – Internet Retailer
BREAKING NEWS: Industry Statistics – E-commerce sales grow 17.3% in Q3 – Internet Retailer E-commerce accounted for approximately 5.2% of total retail sales excluding foodservice — mainly restaurant and bar sales—during the three months ended Sept. 30, up from 4.7% in the third quarter of 2011 and 5.1% from the second quarter of 2012, the […]
Forward-Thinking B2B Marketers Partner With Influencers To Create Cross-Channel, Long-Term Campaigns
Risk aversion is becoming a top motivator for B2B buyers. Research shows 78% of buyers are dedicating more time to researching solutions and are increasingly turning to peers and thought leaders for relevant insights. Demand Gen Report’s 2018 B2B Buyers Survey demonstrates the growing influence of third-party sources and outside opinions on the buyer journey. […]
The missing step in B2B e‑commerce conversions
If you look at global budget trends among chief marketing officers and compare that specifically to budgets for B2B e-commerce marketers, you’ll find some interesting overlaps and insights. For instance, in the 2017-18 Gartner CMO Spend Survey, which includes CMOs at both B2C and B2B enterprises, a full two thirds of respondents said they plan […]
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: An update to referral source URLs for Google Images
Updating the referral source For webmasters, it hasn’t always been easy to understand the role Google Images plays in driving site traffic. To address this, we will roll out a new referrer URL specific to Google Images over the next few months. The referrer URL is part of the HTTP header, and indicates the last […]
Create and Optimize Effective Shopping Campaigns: Google Best Practices – AdWords Help
Shopping campaigns give you a chance to feature your products to online customers. Get our latest shopping campaign best practices guide on how to structure effective campaigns, set your best bids and optimize your strategy to deliver on your marketing objectives. Consumers today are shopping everywhere at any time on any device from the moment […]
SEO vs. PPC: Which is Better in the Long Run?
SEO vs. PPC: Which is Better in the Long Run? — Read on www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-vs-ppc/234681/amp/ ” While it’s no secret that paid advertising helps a brand, product, or service achieve the goals it aims to accomplish, it’s important to consider the volume disparity between organic and paid search in terms of traffic. Plus, in the case […]
Organic Search is Responsible for 64% of Web Traffic vs. PPC
Organic Search Is Actually Responsible for 64% of Your Web Traffic (Thought Experiment) — Read on www.conductor.com/blog/2014/07/organic-search-actually-responsible-64-web-traffic/
Google News Digest: Making Apps With Google, New Tools for Ad Tests on YouTube, and the World Cup GOOAAALS
Google changes: There has been a big emphasis on video and video advertising and increased control for users over the advertising and content they receive. Find out what Google has changed the past two weeks — Read on www.semrush.com/blog/google-news-digest-making-apps-google-new-tools-ad-tests-youtube-world-cup/
How to create the perfect ad with audience targeting – Search Engine Land
How to create the perfect ad with audience targeting – Search Engine Land — Read on searchengineland.com/how-to-create-the-perfect-ad-with-audience-targeting-300390
B2B Marketers Looking To Better Track Activity Across Buyer Stages, Channels & Campaigns
Findings from the 2018 Marketing Measurement & Attribution Benchmark Survey show that more than half (55%) of B2B companies say their current ability to measure and analyze marketing performance “needs improvement” or worse. The inability to track activity between specific buyer stages (48%) and measure impact across channels/campaigns (47%) are the biggest challenges for marketers […]
How focusing on brand value creates revenue growth – MarTech Today
How focusing on brand value creates revenue growth – MarTech Today — Read on martechtoday.com/how-focusing-on-brand-value-creates-revenue-growth-217577
How to transfer insights from search to social campaigns | Search Engine Watch
Get more from your paid search activity by transferring what you’ve learnt to your social campaigns — Read on searchenginewatch.com/2018/06/20/how-to-transfer-insights-from-search-to-social-campaigns/ via How to transfer insights from search to social campaigns | Search Engine Watch — UrTheory
Bing Ads app gets multi-user access to toggle between accounts & ability to add funds – Search Engine Land
Bing Ads app gets multi-user access to toggle between accounts & ability to add funds – Search Engine Land — Read on searchengineland.com/bing-ads-app-gets-multi-user-access-to-toggle-between-accounts-ability-to-add-funds-300724