The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Social Media Metrics – Perfection Of Means & Confusion Of Goals”. JimYu says, “We’ve come a long way in a very short time. The exponential growth of social media has made it an integral part of the marketer’s toolkit. Social media takes up more than one quarter of all time spent online, and is arguably the quickest, fastest way to reach millions of customers instantly“. Social Media Metrics – Perfection Of Means & Confusion Of Goals Marketing Land  [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “LinkedIn Paid Ads: A Beginner’s Guide”. Benjamin Spiegel says, “There are lots of ways to spend your digital advertising budget today; but, have you considered LinkedIn? Advertising on LinkedIn is a great choice for many businesses. Below, we’ll explore why you should consider it and provide a walk-through of how to create your first LinkedIn ad campaign. Why LinkedIn Gets Overlooked Have you run a campaign on LinkedIn? If not, you are hardly alone. LinkedIn’s self-service ad platform often gets overlooked... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “5 Tips To Leverage Twitter’s New Nearby Feature”. Wesley Young says, “In recent weeks, Twitter has made headlines with the quiet launch of its experimental Nearbytimeline, which allows eligible mobile users to discover tweets posted by others in their immediate vicinity, regardless of whether they are following them. This feature is currently available to a select number of users who have opted-in to allow their location information to be shared on Twitter. Nearby appears as its own tab alongside the Home... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “It’s 2014 — Is Your Content Mobile Ready?”. Arnie Kuenn says, “Mobile traffic has been growing steadily over the past five years, but increased more than 50 percent in the last 12 months. In fact, global tablet and smartphone traffic grew to 20 percent of all internet traffic in December 2013. Considering this 1-in-5 milestone, you cannot afford to ignore mobile users in 2014. It is imperative that your content is not only readily available to mobile users, but is optimized for mobile consumption. Is your... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “5 Social Media Trends To Kill In 2014”. Courtney Seiter says, “The beauty of a brand new year is the fresh start it provides — the idea that you can shake off all the past mistakes, assumptions and misunderstandings and start with a clean slate. It’s also a great time to get rid of a bad habit, like smoking or swearing. We could stand a little of that out-with-the-old feeling in social media marketing. With an eye to the past year’s news and themes, here are 5 social media trends that (with any luck) will... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Use Google Analytics To Create Campaigns, Not Just Track Them”. Carrie Hill says, “We all know that analytics are good for understanding how a visitor behaved on your website — what pages they looked at, what buttons they clicked or what keywords they used to find you. You can also use analytics to track campaigns like email blasts and paid advertising.  That’s pretty basic stuff. What many beginning marketers and small business owners don’t know is that you can use analytics data to create an online marketing... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Take Control Of Your Visitors’ Eyes”. Brian Massey says, “Websites are an important part of most businesses these days. They are essential to communication, providing cognitive clues to the authority of the business and providing sustaining methods of completing transactions that correspond directly to the bottom line of the companies that use them. The myriad opportunities to maximize this ROI are often wasted, however. Research by usability expert Jakob Nielsen found that fifty-two percent of screen space was... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Holiday Mobile Orders Shot Up 50 Percent In 2013; Social Commerce Remains Negligible, Organic Still Dominates”. Ginny Marvin says, “More than one in four US e-commerce orders this holiday season came from mobile devices. Custora released its complete E-Commerce Pulse data for the 2013 holiday season, an update of its post-Cyber Monday report that showed record sales in the US. This final analysis looks at e-commerce performance between November 1st through December 31st, highlighting Black Friday, Cyber Monday and... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Unlocking The Tremendous Possibilities Of Audience Data”. James Moore says, “I don’t think it’s news to anyone that there is more readily-available audience data than ever before. “From the dawn of civilization until 2003, humankind generated five exabytes of data. Now we produce five exabytes every two days… and the pace is accelerating.” – Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google In fact, according to Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt in the book, The Human Face of Big Data, the average person today... [...]

The latest article on  ‘Marketing Land’ is titled “Google Wins “Overall Brand Of The Year” & “Ad Of The Year” Awards From Ace Metrix”. Amy Gesenhues says, “Television and video analytics firm Ace Metrix has named Google the big winner in 2013. The video analytics firm assembled a list of the top performing brands based on its Ace Scores, a measurement of a brand’s television advertising effectiveness. According to the Ace Score results for 2013, Google won “Brand of the Year” in the software and website category, “Ad of the Year” for its... [...]