YouTube, Google+, LinkedIn Drive More Engaged Referrals Than Facebook, Twitter [STUDY] – Shareaholic looked a six months of data from more than 200,000 websites between September 2013 and February 2014 and discovered that the most engaged referral traffic comes from YouTube, which delivered 3 minutes 47 seconds and 2.99 page views per visitor. AllTwitter
Google Tests Product Images Within Organic Listings – It seems Google is testing showing product images in the organic, free search result listings, for certain e-commerce sites. This was first spotted in a Moz thread for a site that sells ski equipment named evo.com. Search Engine Land
Twitter Ad Revenue Forecast To Exceed $1 Billion In 2014 [Stats] – Twitter’s advertising revenue is on track to exceed $1 billion in 2014, up from $594.9 million last year, with further accelerated income from ads envisaged through 2016, reports eMarketer. AllTwitter
How The Inc. 500 Is Using Social Media – Virtually all – 95% – of the 2013 Inc. 500 companies are using at least one major social media tool, according to the latest study from the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Marketing Charts
Survey: Search Engines Dominate Mobile Product Research – Last week, Local Corporation released survey results from its latest round of consumer mobile shopping research. The company is promoting a new version of its local-mobile shopping app Havvit. The survey was conducted in March and carried out by the Chicago-based e-tailing group and consisted of nearly 1,300 US smartphone owners. Search Engine Land
80% of Marketers Will Run Cross-Channel Marketing Campaigns in 2014 [Study] – A new Experian report highlights survey data and gives step-by-step tips on how to address some of the most common cross-channel marketing challenges digital marketers face today. ClickZ
Study: Which Social Sites Refer The Most Engaged Visitors? – A recent study from Shareaholic revealed that StumbleUpon was referring more traffic to publishers than a host of other popular social sites (such as YouTube and LinkedIn), combined. Some readers were quick to comment that visitors from StumbleUpon tend to be less engaged and have high bounce rates. Now, a new report from Shareaholic ranking 8 social platforms on their “post-click engagement” confirms those anecdotal accounts, with some other interesting insights to boot. Marketing Charts
LinkedIn Launches New Tools: Measure Your Content Marketing Score and Discover Trending Content – LinkedIn announced the launch two new tools last week to assist businesses in their content marketing efforts: Content Marketing Score and Trending Content. Search Engine Journal
Which Type Of Online Content Most Influences Consumers? – Expert reviews are the most powerful digital content type for influencing consumers’ purchasing decisions, according to a recent Nielsen report commissioned by inPowered. MarketingProfs
Paid Search Spend Rises 8% In Q1, Mobile Shows Signs Of Maturing [Report] – In the first quarter this year, U.S. search advertising spend rose 8 percent when compared both quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) and year-over-year (YoY) according to IgnitionOne’s latest report which looks at the campaigns run through its digital marketing platform. Search Engine Land
Now Google+ Shows You How Many Times Your Profile, Content Have Been Viewed – For those of you following at home, the social media metrics scorecard has another entry. Google Plus has added the number of views you or your page have generated on the network. Marketing Land
From our Online Marketing Community:
In Evan’s post, Wrap Up: Waves to Remember from Social Media Marketing World 2014, Barbara Mckinney said, “Whether you’re a local hardware store Instagramming different home improvement projects or a major national retailer conducting a Twitter giveaway, the businesses that use social media effectively are building bigger brand followings and driving up their sales.”
On 5 Content Marketing Best Practices Most Businesses Aren’t Doing, but Should! #SMMW14, Ryan Biddulph commented that “Thinking through the outcome Evan helps you build logical, actionable steps to reach your goals. It works backwards-forwards. See the end and the means to the end find you. We’re like magnets to success when we see successful outcomes ;)”
And Krista Dial shared her thoughts on 10 New Media Trends Shaping the Lives of Modern Consumers – Keynote with Randi Zuckerberg #CZLNY. “Lots of great info to digest here! I particularly agree with #1 and #10. With all of the online media brands can leverage, there’s no excuse to not be engaging with your customers or future customers. Regarding unplugging…I do the very same thing on Sundays. So important to have that consistent digital detox! Thanks for the insight, Lee!”
What were the top online and digital marketing news stories for you this week?
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First off Ben, thanks for sharing my comment 🙂 I love this idea and may move forward on a similar one with my blog. Awesome strategy to build a community around your site.
I’ve doubled down on Google Plus these days. Engaging on G Plus seems to be the secret, as with any social network, but I also find folks respond more quickly on G Plus than twitter.
May be less noise on G Plus than twitter, or not. It seems that the eye candy nature of G Plus, plus ease of engagement, drives those numbers you mention in the first article.
As for Stumbleupon I agree; I drive traffic through the site but after tripping, rarely do people fall on my blog and stick around 😉 Even if the traffic seems more targeted, most of the SU crowd are quick hitters, compared to my traffic through Facebook, twitter and Google Plus accounts.
Power share here. Tweeting!
You are right about the mobile search. In the modern era of smartness people use smartphones to connect with many other people all over the world. As we know it is easy to carry. There are many particular apps for mobile phones by which people can get news for any particular stuff. Thanks for sharing your views.