The latest article on ‘Business 2 Community’ is titled “Tumblr Adds Ads”. Elizabeth Smith says, “Popular blogging platform Tumblr, which was recently acquired by Yahoo for $1.1 billion, has introduced advertisements into its interface. These ads come in the form of sponsored posts, which appear in the user’s Dashboard in the same format as a normal blog post. Sponsored posts blend in with the rest of the user’s Dashboard, only differentiated by a small dollar-sign in the top right-hand corner of the post (where the source of the post would normally appear). Reported companies... [...]

‘Business 2 Community’ is hosting a webinar on Wednesday July 10 at 2.00 pm ET. The topic of the webinar is “A Guide to Content Curation: How Social Media Changed the Game”. The ‘Business 2 Community’ team says, “Content Curation is a critical aspect of an organization’s Social Media and Content Marketing strategies. Content Curation is changing the way people read news, e.g. Reddit; the way we share our ideas and interests, e.g. Pinterest; and impacting the way customers are making purchase decisions. Key Takeaways This webinar will explore how marketers can take... [...]

The latest article on Business Insider is titled “How Amazon Is Trying To Create A Huge Mobile Business”. Josh Luger says, “U.S. mobile commerce is exploding. Amazon, as a leading ecommerce site, is set to grab a big chunk of that. But when it comes to mobile, Amazon’s ambitions are anything but limited to ecommerce. Recent reports from BI Intelligence detail Amazon’s mobile ambitions, analyzing everything from the potential impact of a rumored Amazon smartphone to Amazon’s ability to become a huge player in mobile advertising”. How Amazon Is Trying... [...]

The heart of marketing is knowing what potential customers do and then responding with “course corrections” to your marketing materials”. Chaim Stein has created the Easy Split Tester WordPress plugin to make it easy and quick to split test your sales pages or any other pages in your WordPress sites. He has prepared a video on his website to show how easy it is. You can understand what benefit or harm comes from making any change you choose. Maybe a change of color improves sales. Maybe a different headline improves sales. You can now test and find out with Easy Split Tester. Easy... [...]

The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “30-Day Challenge: 8 Little Changes to Your Marketing That’ll Make a Big Impact”. Corey Eridon says, “You’ve all heard of TED Talks, right? Their tagline is “Ideas Worth Spreading,” and some colleagues of mine have surfaced one of their talks that I think has an idea worth spreading to a lot of our readers. So, I’m blogging about it. Like bloggers do”. 30-Day Challenge: 8 Little Changes to Your Marketing That’ll Make a Big Impact HubSpot  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWrite’ is titled “4 Tips And Tricks For Pinterest Addicts”. Emily Bibb says, “Aside from discovering delicious recipes and inspiring quotes, there are several ways your can maximize your Pinterest account both professionally and socially. Here’s what you need to know to take your Pinterest addiction to the next level, whether you’re looking to start a group board, email pins to friends, or upload photos from Instagram”. 4 Tips And Tricks For Pinterest Addicts ReadWrite  [...]

The latest post on ‘Mashable’ is titled “Introducing the Mashies, Mashable’s Digital Marketing Awards”. Todd Wasserman says, “Over the last few years, the social media revolution has completely redefined marketing.The rising prominence of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and others has led to a more complex array of media choices, but has also rebooted our traditional view of marketing. This is no longer a one-way conversation with consumers. It is a real-time dialogue in which brands can be upended by an ill-conceived tweet or a rogue YouTube posting”. Introducing... [...]

David Henry has tackled the problem of getting higher search engine rankings in 2013, after the many revisions of ranking algorithms Google has made. He has just released software to improve your rankings called Comment Commander Pro Henry is convinced that through the proper backlinks you can still improve your site’s rank. Your goal would be to increase your site’s perceived authority and relevance through backlinks. To do that, you need to engage with the major influcencers in your niche to demonstrate your authority. If you an find the major influencers in your niche, and get backlinks... [...]

The latest article on Business Insider is titled “How The NSA Collects Contents Of Internet Traffic In Four Charts”. Tyler Durden says, “When it blew the lid open on the NSA domestic spying scandal in conjunction with the Guardian, the Washington Post released the first batch of slides revealing the preliminary details of which Internet firms cooperate in secret with the NSA, unleashing a firestorm of lies and denials by these same private companies (not to mention the administration), whose collaboration with the US government was subsequently revealed to be of symbiotically... [...]

The latest ‘Econsultancy’ blog post is titled “This week’s finest digital marketing infographic”. Ben Davis says, “This week’s finest digital marketing infographic, courtesy of Intent HQ, looks at the personalization and privacy of social media. A timely and exciting topic. The study looked at 2,000 UK adults who use social networks, with around a third (32%) agreeing they have become more selective in the information they share about likes and interests on social networks. There’s also some interesting data in the graphic about the motivations... [...]