
Instagram Story ads now sold globally as standalone placements through Facebook’s self-serve tools
Two months after Instagram began slotting ads between people’s Stories, the Facebook-owned photo-and-video app has started selling the ad...

Twitter extends abuse blocking to main timeline, puts offenders on timeout
Twitter continues to step up its attempts to stamp out abuse on its platform. After adding an option for people to block tweets...

How Facebook Messenger bots can now push out native, episodic content
Chatbots have cropped up as a way for marketers and media companies to push out content posted elsewhere. Just as a brand’s how-to...

Using social media to jump-start your content marketing strategy
2 billion social media users worldwide. Quality content is what makes social media tick. Unfortunately, most brands have a social media...

10 things you should be doing now on social media to grow your business
86 percent of Americans are now internet users, according to the latest data, and social media is one of the most cost-effective ways to...

On a buying spree, Hootsuite adds analytics provider LiftMetrix
In its second acquisition announcement in two weeks, social media management platform Hootsuite said this week that it has purchased...

LinkedIn Ads: How to target your ideal prospect, every time
LinkedIn Ads is the undisputed king of targeting professionals in the world of advertising, and it does it at scale. In an ideal world,...

Survey: Snapchat is a fleeting hobby, and ads don’t stick
A recent survey released by Fluent, a people-based marketing platform, may show Snapchat’s peak coming to an end. The survey consisted of...

Twitter’s Custom Profiles signal when DMs with brands’ bots are handed to a human
For all the talk of artificial intelligence, chatbots aren’t that smart. Brands are increasingly automating their customer services...

Instagram’s carousel format can now include more posts, be used outside of ads
Instagram is extending the number of photos and videos that brands can include in their slideshow-like carousel ads and opening up the...

Marketing Land’s guide on how to use Snapchat
Do you find Snapchat confusing? Not sure why anyone would even use Snapchat at all? Don’t worry. Marketing Land has you covered. Here’s...

With 1M apps to date, Facebook’s analytics tool adds features but hasn’t fixed measurement err
Facebook’s rival to Google Analytics has piqued developers’ interest, though it’s unclear to what extent it’s been able to sustain that...

Mark Zuckerberg’s manifesto: How Facebook will connect the world, beat fake news and pop the f
You might have read Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s nearly 6,000-word manifesto on global community. It’s partly a response to the crises...

Facebook Jobs makes having a Page that much more valuable for SMBs
Last week, Facebook formally entered the recruiting market. The company announced Jobs on Facebook, a new tool for small businesses (and...

Snap starts selling Spectacles, accessories online ahead of IPO
If Snap’s Spectacles were more than a marketing ploy to exhibit how hyped people are on Snapchat, then Snapchat’s parent company needs to...

2017 is here: Don’t dawdle. Double down on social media ads now
by up to 40 percent when compared with costs in November and December. With less competition for shopper attention and lower costs, the...

Improving the social shopping experience: Facebook Shoppable Feed ads
Back in 2015, Facebook released Dynamic Product Ads, which enabled advertisers to serve users ads that were dynamically populated with...

Facebook turns sound on by default in videos, debuts TV apps
Facebook videos are getting bigger and louder. In the biggest change since December 2013, when Facebook began playing videos...

2017 Hashtag Bowl winners: Congrats To Twitter, Anheuser-Busch & Eggo
An exciting football game. Several very topical and relevant commercials. Some clever tie-ins connecting those ads to digital marketing....
























