
Twitter is testing a subscription-style ad program that costs $99 a month
With its ad revenue in decline, Twitter needs to explore ways to boost its business. And it really is. Twitter is testing a...

Snapchat’s ad biz has matured but is still a shiny new object for advertisers
Like many of its users, Snapchat’s advertising business has grown into its awkward teenage years. Fortunately for Snapchat, it’s still...

European regulators turning up the heat on Facebook, other social sites to modify terms
Google’s recent $2.7 billion antitrust fine in Europe had a material impact on its quarterly earnings. The possibility of additional...

Facebook lets brands, publishers connect Groups to their Pages
Facebook is finally letting brands, publishers, celebrities and all other Page owners create Groups connected to their Pages. Facebook’s...

Facebook plans to start testing Instant Article subscriptions as soon as October
Facebook’s Instant Articles format may not be the revenue rainmaker that publishers had hoped for, but the company is readying another...

Video: How Snapchat’s Snap Publisher ad creation tool works
Snapchat has rolled out a tool called Snap Publisher that the company claims brands can use to create vertical video Snap Ads in under...

How to use SEO data in your social media strategy
I’ll start by stating that social media and SEO are heavily tied to each other. SEO data can help improve your social efforts, and social...

Snapchat releases Snap Publisher: self-serve ad creation tool converts horizontal videos, websites i
One of the knocks against advertising on Snapchat is that it’s hard to make ads for Snapchat. The mobile app’s insistence on vertical...

Facebook tests ads in Marketplace, its Craigslist-like shopping section
Newspapers reaped a lot of revenue from their classified sections. Then Craigslist killed that business. Then Facebook cloned Craigslist....

Social media pages for store locations have 5x the engagement of brand pages [Report]
Until comparatively recently, most multilocation brands and enterprises didn’t maintain separate corporate and individual store location...

Facebook expands test to show News Feed-like ads in Messenger globally
Facebook announced its beta for ads in Messenger is expanding to all markets, meaning the big ads can pop in the message feeds of the...

The pros, the cons and the future of Facebook chatbots
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new chatbot feature for the Facebook Messenger app. This feature would allow a bot to respond...

Snapchat launches new features, including Paperclips for links within Snaps
Snapchat is taking a step that Instagram simply hasn’t, with new features on both its iOS and Android app that include allowing marketers...

8 key steps for a successful Instagram takeover
Instagram takeovers are a great and mutually beneficial way for brands and influencers to work together. To make the most of an...

2017: The year in social marketing so far
The social marketing landscape shifts so quickly that a half-year review isn’t so much ridiculous as almost requisite, if only to keep...

Facebook targets individual spammers with latest news feed tweak
Facebook is getting more tactical in its war against spammy links invading people’s news feeds. After pinpointing individual spammy...

Facebook will tell brands if the people clicking their ads actually made it to their sites
Just because Facebook has disclosed 10 measurement errors since last September doesn’t mean the company is shying away from providing...

How publishers, brands are using links in Instagram Stories to boost web traffic
Near the end of May, Outside magazine’s website risked falling short of its internal traffic goal for the month. Typically, when...

Facebook’s Messenger officially debuts Discover tab to highlight chatbots, businesses
Originally a place for people to chat with their friends, Facebook’s Messenger is officially making a home for people to find businesses...