Lane Ellis

23 Metrics to Measure Content Marketing Success [Infographic]
SEMrush takes a look at nearly two dozen metrics for measuring success in content marketing, by way of a new infographic looking at engagement and other factors. Social Media Today

Google My Business Insights adds branded search reporting
Google has added new features to its Google My Business Insights dashboard, allowing more robust analytics filtering, among other additions. Search Engine Land

Facebook Launches New Dashboard to Better Track Facebook Ad Performance
Facebook announced an update to its Attribution dashboard, with an array of feature additions aimed at making it easier to track ad performance. Leaving beta status, the new reports offer a variety of customer journey insights. Social Media Today

2019 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends: A First Look at New Research
For the ninth year MarketingProfs and Content Marketing Institute have released a detailed B2B content marketing report, with plenty of relevant insight for digital marketers. MarketingProfs

The 6th Annual B2B Marketing Data Report
A newly-released Dun and Bradstreet survey looks at the state of B2B marketing, as the firm has done each of the past six years, offering a slew of insights for digital marketers. Dun and Bradstreet

Facebook rolls out 3D photos that use AI to simulate depth
Facebook recently began launching the ability of create 3D photos using artificial intelligence to create the illusion of depth, a new tool in the digital marketer’s belt. TechCrunch

Google+ for G Suite lives on and gets new features
Despite Google shutting down Google+ after an API glitch allowed access to user data, its business version lives on and has even bene given new features. TechCrunch

Marketers struggle to keep up with content creation demand for their personalization efforts
New Adobe survey data shows the content scaling challenges digital marketers are increasingly facing as demand for content creation and personalization has risen. Marketing Land

Should You Entrust Chatbots With B2B Customer Communication?
With some predicting that by 2020 85 percent of customer interactions will be with chatbots, Forbes takes a look at their expanding role in B2B communications. Forbes

Social and Search Forecast to Contribute Two-Thirds of Global Ad Growth Through 2020
By 2020 search and social are expected to account for 66 percent of global ad spend growth, according to new research data by Zenith. Video ad spend growth has also surpassed that of static images. Spending for online video ads is forecast to grow annually by 18 percent, while that of social media looks to grow by 16% annually. MarketingCharts

Reaction: Facebook advertisers on alert as network breach exposes 50m user accounts
In the wake of Facebook’s recent revelation of a security breach that exposed some 50 million user accounts, advertisers have reexamined their advertising with the social media giant, and some have pulled the plug entirely, at least temporarily, including Mozilla and Sonos. The Drum

Adobe’s $4.75 Billion Purchase of Marketo Will Boost Its Ability to Compete With Salesforce
In its biggest purchase ever, Adobe has acquired Marketo, shoring up its B2B footprint and giving a vote of confidence to the marketing technology industry. AdWeek

Google Begins Using Neural Matching to Understand Synonyms, Impacting 30% of Queries
For its twentieth anniversary, Google has rolled out an array of new features, including neural matching artificial intelligence, mobile updates, and search changes including Activity Cards, announced at the company’s two-decade celebratory event. Search Engine Journal

Facebook Will Now Allow Pages to Join Facebook Groups
Facebook has allowed certain Pages to join, comment on, and otherwise interact with Groups, a new test that could lead to filling a need expressed by some digital marketers. Social Media Today