Digital Marketing News: The Perfect Sales Page, YouTube Changes & Instagram Polls

How to Write a Persuasive Sales Page (Even If You Hate Selling) [Infographic] Selling doesn't have to be 'sleazy' -- it can be helpful, timely and informative. This infographic shows exactly how to perfect your website's sales page to be informative, helpful, and not at all creepy to your intended buyers. MarketingProfs YouTube Changes Rules Regarding Videos With External Links YouTube is restricting which accounts are able to add external links at the end of videos. The new requirements are that the user is a member of the YouTube Partner Program and your channel must have 10,000 total public views (or more). Search Engine Journal Instagram Adds Polls in Stories, New Creative Tools Instagram is adding a new way for users to conduct polls using a sticker option that allows users to ask a question within their Instagram Stories and see results from followers as they engage with the polls. Social Media Today Google releases a variety of Accelerated Mobile Pages Project (AMP) updates This week, Google announced several AMP technical updates. Updates include scrolling animations, responsive sidebar, native video analytics and support, improved client ID information and fluid-ad support for publishers. Search Engine Land YouTube Advertising: New Research and Insights for Marketers Considering advertising on YouTube but unsure of best practices and next steps? This roundup of news and insights from Social Media Examiner shows four key insights and takeaways to help you get started or optimize your current program. Social Media Examiner

LinkedIn to launch Talent Insights, a new analytics tool, as it dives deeper into data TechCrunch reports: "LinkedIn Talent Insights, a self-service, big data analytics product that will let recruiters make deeper queries into statistics for hiring and employment, based on LinkedIn data. Talent Insights is being announced in a closed beta today at the company’s Talent Connect event, with a full launch in 2018." TechCrunch Snapchat rolls out Sponsored 3D World Lenses, bringing its AR format to advertisers Snapchat has released its latest AR ad format. Now advertisers can create their own versions of Snapchat's 3D World Lenses. This will allow users to augment videos shot with their device's rear facing cameras with animated 3D objects. Marketing Land 80% of Instagram Users Voluntarily Connect With a Brand on the Platform According to Instagram's COO, Marne Levine, 80% of users connect to a business voluntarily. She said: "Shrinking the distance between businesses and customers and bringing you closer to the things that matter to you is really something that we’re focused on.” AdWeek What were your top digital marketing news stories this week? We'll be back next week with more news! Have something to share? Tweet to @toprank or @Tiffani_Allen, or shoot a message over to the newsroom.

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