Twitter testing Promoted Trend Spotlight ads that give brands space atop the Explore tab

Disney is the first advertiser to launch a campaign using the new ad unit. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

YouTube’s Copyright Match Tool finds videos uploaded without the creator’s permission

The first batch of creators to get access to the new tool will be limited to channels with more than 100,000 subscribers. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

IBM, Mediaocean announce blockchain consortium to tackle what’s wrong with ad tech

The effort, expected to launch by the end of this year, will track transactions on real-time programmatic platforms. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Facebook receives $664,000 UK privacy fine, which could have been $1.9B under GDPR

A US FTC investigation could also bring billions more in potential penalties. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Twitter is removing locked accounts from follower counts

The company says most users will see a slight change in follower numbers, but users with a large number of followers may see a more significant drop. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Marketing Day: Instagram expands ads, Amazon Prime Day, Google Marketing Live & more

Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Link to my awesome content, please!

Your content may be terrific, but if you lack a smart outreach plan, you're going to fall short, says contributor Jeremy Knauff. Here are several tactics and email templates you can use to execute a thoughtful link-building outreach campaign. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

The small business owners guide to conquering SEO: The glossary

Own a small business and struggle with SEO? Contributor Doc Sheldon has created a glossary of essential SEO terms to help small business owners improve their understanding and knowledge of SEO. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Amazon Prime Day 2018 begins July 16 & will run an extra 6 hours

This year's Prime Day starts 12:00 p.m. PT next Monday and will last six hours longer than last year. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Forrester announces a new Customer Experience Cloud, plus two acquisitions to power it

The research firm has picked up customer feedback firm FeedbackNow and AI-driven analytics company GlimpzIt. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Google Marketing Live: Here come fully automated ads & campaigns for Local, Shopping & more

Google announces machine learning-loaded initiatives at its annual advertiser event. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Instagram expands Collection ads & Shopping Bag icon for Stories to all brands

In June, Instagram began letting a select number of advertisers include the Shopping Bag icon e-commerce feature in their Stories on the app. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Marketing Day: Facebook tests AR ads, voice and graphical users, email results & more

Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Facebook testing AR ads in the News Feed & new tool to help brands create video ads

Facebook has been testing AR ads with a select number of brands and says it is expanding the ad product to more advertisers later this summer. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Want real email results? Stop focusing on the open rate

Contributor Ryan Phelan explains how painting a picture of your customer over time -- using email engagement data -- can yield significant results. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Voice user interfaces will work together with graphical user interfaces

So say two design experts in the emerging field of VUI design and development. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Report: Most consumers think companies aren’t doing enough to protect their data

A majority of consumers surveyed also say that the US government should get involved by mandating stricter privacy and security standards. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Are your marketing efforts hurting sales? The need for a consistent view of the consumer journey

Marketing professionals working with brands large and small across the world are facing a problem. Measuring marketing impact and quickly finding ways to drive a higher ROI has never been easy – many of the tools upon which we rely were developed when we were primarily marketing … | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Marketing Day: Google to be fined, SMX Advanced, recaps, Quora ads & more

Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Reddit gives advertisers the option to include call-to-action buttons in ads

Reddit's latest ad feature includes 13 different call-to-action options. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Report: Second big EU antitrust fine against Google coming next week

Reports speculate that Google will be forced to decouple Google Play access from app pre-install rules, clearing the way for new "default" apps. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

How to use Quora ads for big results in every step of the funnel

Contributor Joe Martinez overcomes a momentary feeling of greed to give up great insights and audience targeting tips using Quora Ads. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Analyst firm: Smart speaker market will reach 100M units by year-end

The US is the largest market, followed by China, which is still undeveloped. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Be careful what content you cut from your site

Contributor Janet Driscoll Miller helps you determine how to make your website lean and mean without eliminating big traffic drivers. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

SMX Advanced session recap: Mobile-first and AMP

Contributor Patrick Stox recaps an advanced SEO session where speakers shared how to perform audits in a mobile-first world and tactics to maximize the effectiveness of your AMP content. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

If content is king, then context is queen

In this age of sound bites and clickbait headlines, contributor Matt Umbro contends it's more important than ever to dig deeper into what we're told. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Marketing Day: Facebook blocking the wrong ads, massive data breaches continue & more

Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Despite marketers’ optimism about new privacy laws, massive data breaches continue to rock consumers’ trust

Will GDPR and the recently passed California privacy law herald a new age where companies avoid breaches by taking proper precautions? | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Acxiom sells Marketing Solutions division to Interpublic, readies LiveRamp

As personal data for ad targeting becomes increasingly burdened with consent and other conditions, time will tell if Interpublic has made a good deal. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Facebook’s automated systems to monitor political advertisers are blocking the wrong ads

Ads with words like 'Bush' and 'Clinton' are being taken down because they have been tagged as political ads from non-verified advertisers. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Marketing Day: Facebook deadlines, SMX Advanced recap, programmatic accounts & more

Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Should marketers own programmatic accounts as they do with SEM & Social?

Contributor Kevin Lee discusses the pros and cons of large brands bringing some elements of programmatic media in-house. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

SMX Advanced recap: Audience targeting in a privacy-centric world

Contributor Keri Morgret recaps a session covering new developments in audience targeting and how tracking changes will affect the way you use audience targeting and remarketing. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

How to prioritize SEO tasks by impact

How do you know if the SEO and content changes you're making will benefit your site? Contributor Casie Gillette looks at ways to prioritize resources so they impact your bottom line and support your business objectives. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Facebook reminds developers deadline for app reviews is less than a month away

App developers wanting to keep access to a number of APIs will need to submit their apps for review by August 1. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Marketing Day: The Feds go after Facebook, Instagram Stories, GDPR & more

Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Instagram signs on to the time well spent movement with new ‘You’re all caught up’ notifications

Starting today, the app will start displaying a message that lets users know when they have seen every post in their feed from the last 48 hours. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Instagram testing open-ended questions in Stories to make content more interactive

The Facebook-owned app confirmed it is testing a feature that would let users include open-ended questions within a Story. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Report: Feds widen scope of Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal probe

The FBI, the SEC and the FTC have reportedly joined the Department of Justice in the investigation, which will include a deeper look at Zuckerberg's Congressional testimony. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Post-GDPR, Purch points to 70 percent consent rates and the sweet spot for contextual targeting

Per this publishing/performance marketing platform, here’s how consent for data-based targeting and context for non-data targeting may thrive. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Vistar launches online storefront for complete DOOH deals

Called Deals Discovery, it lets self-service ad buyers find, price and purchase outdoor signage entirely online. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Marketing Day: Facebook alerts users, California privacy rules, AI report & more

Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Crowdsourcing your inventory: Outsource product and empower customers

Contributor Rohit Gupta explains how crowdsourcing inventory helps companies cut costs associated with product design while keeping customers engaged. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Facebook alerts 800K users that people they’d blocked may have been unblocked the 1st week of June

Facebook blames the unblocking glitch on a bug that lasted from May 29 to June 5. This is the second bug confirmed by Facebook in less than a month. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Apps must now pass review process before getting access to Facebook’s Marketing API

In its latest updates to the app developer platform, Facebook is instituting new review processes for certain APIs, while shutting down others. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

New Forrester report: ‘Speech analytics has found its voice with AI’

The firm’s first evaluative report on this space rates vendors who leverage AI to turn phone calls into action items, voice-of-customer results and marketing opportunities. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

California lawmakers approve highly contested new data privacy rules, staving off a November ballot initaitve

The legislation echoes GDPR and affords consumers greater control of their personal data. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago

Here’s how to use custom intent audiences in your GDN campaigns

Contributor Grace Kaye walks through the process of creating custom intent audiences and offers tips for getting the most out of the capability. | Continue reading


@marketingland.com | 6 years ago