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Clorox’s Twitter backlash shows perils of content for content’s sake

Clorox is the latest brand to face a social media firestorm after it posted an image on Twitter of a Clorox bottle made up of emojis with the caption “New emojis are alright but where’s the bleach.”

Despite the fact that there were no face emojis in the graphic, some Twitter users jumped on the brand, calling the company out for being racist.

Google reveals impact of store visits on conversions

Last year, Google added store visits to its Estimated Total Conversions feature.

At the time, Google noted that “roughly 95% of retail sales take place in physical stores,” making the ability to measure the influence of online ads on offline sales of great importance.

14 revealing mobile stats from January – March 2015

From responsive email design, to mobile payments, to joining up the customer journey, to weighing up the usefulness of apps, mobile is an endlessly fascinating and complex area for all marketers.

Which is why we’ve compiled this handy little digest of some of the most useful recent stats from our weekly digital marketing stats round-up and our gigantic Internet Statistics Compendium, covering a wide range of disciplines from the mobile world.

10 lessons from Mad Men on running an agency

The final series of Mad Men kicks off on AMC in the US on Sunday. 

The box set should be required watching for anyone that works in an agency. It’s packed with insight on creativity, talent, management, and life itself.

I’m looking forward to watching the final series of Mad Men, and here are some of my favourite lessons from the previous six series.