Marketing Day: January 15, 2014

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Nestle Kicks-Off Its First Super Bowl Appearance With Teaser Ad Full Of Innuendo The Super Bowl ad frenzy has already started, with many brands like Jaguar posting “teaser” ads in anticipation […]

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mday240pxHere’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on MarTech and other places across the web.

From Marketing Land:

  • Nestle Kicks-Off Its First Super Bowl Appearance With Teaser Ad Full Of Innuendo
    The Super Bowl ad frenzy has already started, with many brands like Jaguar posting “teaser” ads in anticipation of their monumental Super Bowl advertising investments. Nestle is another brand to get in on the pre-game action, releasing a campaign for its new Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cups candy. Nestle posted its “Butterfinger Cups 2014 Big Game […]
  • Jaguar Teases First-Ever Super Bowl Ad, Says It Wants To Win The “Real-Time” Game
    Watch out, Oreo. Jaguar says it’s gunning to be “the most real-time engaged advertiser” of the Super Bowl this year. MindShare, which managed the communications planning and buying for Jaguar’s first-ever Super Bowl spot, has developed a war room it calls “The Loop,” with multiple screens for monitoring and acting on real-time consumer data. Jaguar’s […]
  • Will This “Devil Baby” Video Scare You Into Watching “Devil’s Due” In Theaters?
    With a box office release scheduled for this Friday, the people behind the motion picture “Devil’s Due” have released a video ad for the film that is scaring up lots of attention online. Since being posted on YouTube yesterday, the “Devil Baby Attack” video ad has earned more than six million views. Produced as a […]
  • How To Be The #1 Trending Hashtag On Twitter: Lessons From Nat Geo’s #KillingKennedy Campaign
    The National Geographic Channel regularly uses both organic and paid campaigns to engage audiences on Twitter. For its film, Killing Kennedy, timed to premier the week before the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK, Nat Geo wanted to make a big impact on Twitter to build excitement and drive viewership. Armed with Twitter-savvy celebrities […]
  • The Big SMX West Preview – A Virtual Tour Of What To Expect
    Search Engine Land’s SMX West search marketing conference is returning to San Jose on March 11-13, 2014. We’ve got a revamped, updated agenda, and have already confirmed more than 100 world-class speakers. SMX West is a can’t-miss event for all serious marketers, whether you’re the CMO or working to implement your key campaigns on a […]
  • Galaxy S3 And 10″ Tablets Dominate Samsung-Android Traffic
    Android is the world’s dominant smartphone operating system; and Samsung is the dominant Android handset maker. In North America the Samsung devices that generate the most traffic are the Galaxy S3 handset and the 10-inch Galaxy tablet. These data come from ad network Chitika, which analyzed “tens of millions of [North American] Samsung smartphone- and […]
  • 2014 Super Bowl Advertisers To Follow On Twitter
    If you’re looking to follow all the big brands that are advertising during Super Bowl XLVIII, we’ve got you covered with our latest twitter list, Super Bowl 2014 Advertisers on Twitter. How To Follow This Twitter List Of Super Bowl Advertisers Following this list is easy. Just go to Marketing Land’s Twitter account, click on […]
  • My Prediction For Email Open Rates In 2014
    With Google’s recent Gmail update significantly changing the way it handles cached images, they have also updated the desktop interface to display images by default. This is the most fundamental change in the default view of an email since Outlook and ISPs began blocking images by default more than five years ago. The primary reason […]
  • Facebook And YouTube: Top Social Traffic Sources For Ecommerce In December
    Driving 5.32 percent of traffic to retailer websites over the holiday season, Facebook accounted for more than half of all social referrals to retailers in the Hitwise 500, according to data shared by Experian. YouTube came in second with 1.65 percent of upstream traffic to retailers. Facebook’s share of referral traffic increased a relatively modest […]
  • LinkedIn Paid Ads: A Beginner’s Guide
    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 […]

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Matt McGee
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Matt McGee joined Third Door Media as a writer/reporter/editor in September 2008. He served as Editor-In-Chief from January 2013 until his departure in July 2017. He can be found on Twitter at @MattMcGee.

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