Digital Marketing News: 15 Reasons for Brand Advocacy, Email Priorities and Google TV Ads

15 Reasons Why Brand Advocacy is the Bedrock of Your Business [Infographic]
Although brand advocates are important for brand marketing – with referrals, user generated content, and positive online reviews being just a few of the benefits of brand advocacy, this infographic shows over 80% of companies are not using advocates in their marketing strategy, and 58% don’t even know who their advocates are. Social Media Today The Email Priorities of Brand and Agency Marketers in 2017
MarketingProfs reports: “Some 30% of brand marketers say personalization is one of the top three areas of email marketing they really need to focus on in 2017, up from 22% last year; 28% say they need to focus on automated campaigns, 25% on segmentation, and 24% on measurement/analytics.” MarketingProfs Google Sees Another Chance to Get Programmatic TV Right
In a bid reminiscent of their 2012 attempt at TV advertising, Google has again invested in offering TV ads for programmatic buying that marketers can choose as part of their digital video ad buys through their ad tech platform. Will this turn out better than their last attempt? Time will tell. Ad Age Goodbye, Like button
Pinterest announced in a press release: “After doing a bunch of research with Pinners, we found Pinterest is easier to understand when we remove the Like button altogether.” This will not affect the functionality of the Save button, and other Likes will be retained in a new board called “Your Pinterest Likes”. Pinterest Mobile Captures More Than Half Of All U.S. Internet Advertising Revenue For The First Time Ever, Total Digital Ad Spend Hits a Landmark $72.5 Billion in 2016
IAB reports: “Mobile advertising accounted for more than half (51%) of the record-breaking $72.5 billion spent by advertisers last year […] The total represents a 22 percent increase, up from $59.6 billion in 2015. Mobile experienced a 77 percent upswing from $20.7 billion the previous year, hitting $36.6 billion in 2016.” IAB New: LinkedIn Launches Matched Audiences
LinkedIn is launching Matched Audiences, allowing marketers to utilize website retargeting, account targeting and contact targeting. These new tools will be available for all of LinkedIn’s ad platforms. Will this help LinkedIn ads beat out Facebook for B2B advertisers looking for more targeting? Search Engine Journal eMarketer Releases New Programmatic Advertising Estimates
Despite controversy around programmatic advertising in recent marketing headlines, eMarketer found that nearly four of every five digital display ad dollars in the US will go to programmatic advertising this year. eMarketer Facebook Is Testing Video Cover Images for Pages
Facebook has confirmed that they’re testing giving Pages the ability to upload videos as cover images, as you can see if you look at the Narcos Facebook page. It’s unconfirmed if and when this update will roll out network-wide. AdWeek What were your top digital marketing news stories this week? We’ll be back next week with more top digital marketing news! If you have something to share, sound off in the comments or Tweet it to us @toprank.