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  1. 25 April 2013 >

  2. If a Product Launches in a Forest and There’s…

    Image from: Nature and Technology / Shutterstock Every company spends a lot of time and money making sure its products and services are the best they can be. That’s the point of business,…

  3. Could WPP Be Next to Strike Media Deal With Twitter?

    WPP is looking closely at rival Publicis Groupe’s newly-minted media partnership with Twitter, a deal revealed earlier this week that gives Publicis’ Starcom MediaVest Group access to Twitter…

  4. Marketers May be Underinvesting in Email, Social

    A new report [download page] from the Platt Retail Institute, conducted in association with the American Marketing Association and sponsored by hybris software, compares marketers’ rankings of…

  5. Social, SEO Highly Rated for Lead Gen, Conversions

    April 25, 2013 by MarketingCharts staff HubSpot has released its “2013 State of Inbound Marketing report” [download page], with a host of statistics covering adoption and use of inbound…

  6. Google Analytics Adds Conversion Funnel Benchmarking Tool

    With marketers all but required to play in multiple digital channels these days, ranging from online display to search to email, they are increasingly likely to have a hard time figuring out…

  7. What Programming Is Teaching Me About SEO and Life

    Even if you have zero interest in programming or SEO, I’m convinced you’re going to be glad you decided to read this blog post. And to make it a total no-brainer for you, I’m offering a 100%…

  8. Does Does Your Brand Have Digital Laryngitis?…

    It’s certainly not a revelation that a brand with a strong personality, or voice, stands out more to customers and makes a bigger impact on their choosing the brand when it comes time to open…

  9. Five Minutes with a Search Guru

    By Lucy Cleary, Marketing Manager, IgnitionOne UK IgnitionOne’s remarkable technology is backed by a global team of online experts, who are constantly building upon the company’s products…

  10. Small Business Internet Marketing – 7 Things…

    The ways in which businesses can now communicate with potential and existing clients continues to grow at break neck pace. Any decision maker that has invested in a form of small business…

  11. New FTC Disclosure Guidelines For Social and Digital…

    Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finally gave the digital advertising world what it’s been waiting for and badly needed for years: “Dot-com Disclosures: How to Make Effective…

  12. Choice Channels: The Platforms that Matter in Social…

    In an increasingly “social” world, having the right communication channel for your company is more important than ever, and the list of social media platforms grows longer. The choices seem…

  13. iTunes Sales Are Huge! But Growth May Be Slowing

    Apple sold $2.4 billion worth of apps, music, movies and books via its iTunes store last quarter. That’s almost twice what the company was doing two years ago. And no matter how you look at…

  14. A Beginner’s Guide to WordPress

    Not only is WordPress the most popular blogging tool around (powering over 60 million websites and blogs worldwide), it’s also incredibly easy to use. So if you’re looking to start a new blog,…

  15. 21 Social Media Tool And Technology Tips That Will…

    It’s hard to argue that social media tools and technology is not an important part of your social media strategy. It’s one of many ingredients you need to be successful but not the only…

  16. 24 April 2013 >

  17. 21 Social Media Tool and Technology Tips that will…

    It’s hard to argue that social media tools and technology is not an important part of your social media strategy.  It’s one of many ingredients you need to be successful but not the only…

  18. Dusting The Website For Spring: Optimization and SEO…

    Posted by scottwyden This post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his…

  19. Who Will Claim the Throne in the Game of Local…

    I spend a good portion of my day writing about either TV or online marketing. Sometimes those two passions collide. Like today, when I opened my email to find this wild infographic from Matt…

  20. The Secret to Content Optimization for People and Search

    Working as a content marketing director, my team and I are responsible for the creation, editing, publishing and optimization of dozens of pieces of content each week. We strive to create…

  21. Resolving the SEO vs. PPC Debate: Integrating SEO…

    The Ongoing Debate Debates over online business techniques and what’s best for independent business pros are numerous. The everlasting SEO vs. PPC debate is one of the most controversial;…

  22. Go Far West, Young Startup: SoftBank Capital and…

    SoftBank Capital and Yahoo Japan said they had created an unusual $20 million fund to help U.S. startups break into the Japanese market, while also upping a presence in the U.S. The…

  23. Applying Yourself Socially—Taking Advantage of…

    Lost in the Numbers Today’s world is an easy one to get lost in. Sometimes getting lost is a good thing, especially if you’re getting lost in deciding what cool, new tech toy to treat…

  24. 5 Aspects Of Google Policies That All PPC…

      Get to grips with the PPC advertising essentials of Google’s policies and make sure your Google AdWords campaign remains in Google’s good books. Even the most experienced PPC managers…

  25. Not Your Average Marketing Post: You Can Teach An…

    In my later forties I found myself heading into a new career…. Familiar with advertising and a little acquainted with internet advertising, I ventured into the internet media of SEO and…

  26. 3rd Party Online Data Ranked Most Effective for…

    April 24, 2013 by MarketingCharts staff More than 80% of advertisers find audience targeting to be very (29%) or somewhat (55%) effective, and the vast majority of agencies agree, per…

  27. How To Be A Prolific Writer

    Wouldn't it be amazing to be a prolific writer? The only problem is that not all of us are experts on everything. Not to mention that you don't want to be perceived as the pedantic sort,…

  28. Global Paid Search CTRs Up 62% in Q1

    April 24, 2013 by MarketingCharts staff The latest report on paid search trends has been released, this one from Kenshoo. As with previous reports from RKG, The Search Agency, and…

  29. Calling Green Eggs and Ham On Your SEO Scam

    “I will not eat green eggs and ham!” The famous words from the self-proclaimed Sam I Am, remind me of the constant pestering of sales pages I see promoting automated, instant, push-button,…

  30. The Innovation Imperative

    It's not easy inventing the future, but it is necessary. The Digiday Innovation Summit will celebrate how brands, agencies and publishers are constructing new models for digital media. Join us.

  31. The Platform Media Era

    Digiday talks with John Borthwick, CEO of Betaworks, about real-time marketing, big data and what the next year looks like in digital media.

  32. Machine Learning and Link Spam: My Brush With Insanity

    Posted by wrttnwrd This post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or…

  33. 23 April 2013 >

  34. Is your Content Boring? 8 Types of Content Every…

    Ever sat down at a dinner party and after a few minutes of conversation the guest opposite you starts yawning? Is your content boring? Most of us have been brought up on a diet of vanilla…

  35. Cheap Mobile Games? Bah! Meet zSpace's $4,000…

    When done well, video games have the power take players out of their own physical world and make them believe they’re somewhere else. The business of consumer gaming, though, has shifted away…

  36. Tumblr Slips Ads Into the Mobile Stream

    Of all the social media networks, Tumblr is the one whose users seem most likely to rebel against advertising. Why? Because even though the photoblogging site is loaded with brand name…