
Twitter starts selling sponsorships of individual publishers’ Moments
Twitter is finally starting to convert Moments into its version of Snapchat’s Publisher Stories within its Discover tab. More than two...

Facebook updates branded content policy to clarify what qualifies as content
Two years after Facebook dropped its branded content restrictions and rolled out a branded content tagging system, the number of organic...

Burger King Whopper-splains net neutrality’s repeal in new ad
Trying to explain to people why the repeal of net neutrality is an important issue is like trying to force-feed brussels sprouts to a...

Facebook CMO Gary Briggs is retiring
Facebook is losing its marketing boss at an inopportune time for its brand. Facebook CMO Gary Briggs is retiring more than four years...

Snapchat will let non-users see Stories outside its app but won’t show them ads (yet)
Snapchat is pulling a Twitter in a bid to accelerate its Twitter-esque user growth. Snapchat will enable people to share and view its...

Twitter COO Anthony Noto leaving company to become CEO of troubled SoFi
Twitter announced this morning that Chief Operating Officer Anthony Noto was resigning to become CEO “at another company.” That company...

Don’t let your organization be a sitting duck: 10 reputation management tips for 2018
In a reputation audit study I conducted with Digitalis UK last year, we found that out of 50 of the world’s top brands, 14 had items with...

Facebook will prioritize news from ‘trusted’ publishers while de-emphasizing news overall
A week after Facebook said that it will reduce the amount of news in people’s News Feeds, the company has announced that it plans to...

Snapchat updates app install ads with quicker deep links, deeper analytics
A year ago Snapchat enabled app advertisers to attach deep links to their campaigns, so people could swipe up on an ad and open to a...

WhatsApp officially launches app, profiles for businesses
Four months after WhatsApp announced that it would introduce tools for businesses, on Thursday the Facebook-owned messaging service...

Survey: 66% of consumers want brands to take social and political positions
In this highly polarized political environment, brands face major challenges in trying not to take sides on hot-button issues. Being...

From breaking down walled gardens to augmented reality adoption: Five predictions for social in 2018
Personally, I’m hoping for a kitten and a lottery win. But as for the world of social media — if 2017 is anything to go by, it’ll be full...

Facebook algorithm change: Moves to ‘fix’ the News Feed by de-emphasizing commercial con
Facebook has had a tough year. Despite the fact that revenues are soaring, engagement has declined, and there’s less personal content...

Report shows Snapchat’s newer features falling flat but messaging more popular than ever
Snapchat rose to popularity thanks to the secretive nature of its photo messaging, and it has kept that theme constant when providing...

2018: Year of the Influencer or year of the influencer marketing implosion?
If you haven’t tried influencer marketing, you may feel as if you’re in the minority. Many brands have plunged into it and seen a...

Mark Zuckerberg’s New Year’s resolution is to solve Facebook’s issues
New Year’s resolutions typically adhere to some form of self-improvement. People pledge to stop smoking, stop drinking soda, stop...

Social networks to face huge fines in Germany for not removing ‘illegal content’ in 24 h
As of yesterday, Germany began to enforce its anti-hate speech and illegal content law (“NetzDG”), originally passed in mid-2017. It...

8 tips for getting social media ads right
A friend recently complained to me that the targeted ads that persistently stud her social media feeds are not only disruptive but also...

On Facebook, viral reach for branded-content ads eclipses standard ads
If brands want to attract extra attention for their ads on Facebook, they may be better off paying a publisher or influencer to produce a...
























