
Instagram Hits 400 Million Monthly Active Users
Instagram announced today that it now has 400 million MAUs (monthly active users), adding another major milestone for Facebook’s stable...

ABC Gives #TGIT Fans Emoji Triggers For Video Trailers On Twitter
ABC’s Thursday dramas — “Grey’s Anatomy,” “How to Get Away With Murder” and “Scandal” — drive one of the biggest social media nights on...

Federal Trade Commission To Serve As Opening Keynote For Marketing Land’s SocialPro Conference
Social media is no different from other forms of media when it comes to making clear when there’s a paid relationship. The US Federal...

Pinterest Says Pinners Are Already Planning For The Holidays
‘Tis not the season. There are still 93 days until Christmas, and only the most organized of your friends and family have started...

Will Facebook’s “Empathy” Button Be Good News For Marketers?
Facebook’s Like button is about to have company. One question: Will marketers give it the thumbs up? It almost certainly won’t be a...

Webinars: Social Media Compliance (Tues.); Global Content Marketing (Thurs.)
This week, our sister site, Digital Marketing Depot, is hosting two webcasts: Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 22, Social Media: Risk or...

Twitter Unleashes Special Hashtag Emoji For The 2015 Rugby World Cup
The 2015 Rugby World Cup is underway, with 20 nations from around the world competing over the next six weeks to become the world...

Facebook Like And Share Buttons To Power Ad Targeting Based On Sites And Apps Users Visit
Last year, Facebook announced it would begin using data about the websites and apps that users browse for ad targeting. Soon, the company...

Facebook Video & Snapchat Drive Nearly Half Of BuzzFeed’s Views
360b / Shutterstock.com BuzzFeed is known as a company pushing the envelope on pushing content well beyond its website. A leader in...

Periscope Adds Profile Pages For The Web
Periscope today launched Web profiles to give its broadcasters a beachhead on the desktop. Born in March as a mobile video live-streaming...

With #ShareaCoke, Twitter Unleashes First Branded Custom Emoji
It was only a matter of time before brands joined the emoji fun on Twitter. Twitter has been creating custom emojis (also called...

Pinterest Says It Has 100 Million Monthly Active Users
For the first time in its five-year history, Pinterest has released its user total, and it’s a big round one: 100 million monthly active...

Creating Synergy Between Social Media And Search
Social media image copyright rvlsoft In my last exploration of leveraging social media for SEO, I discussed how one can utilize social...

Facebook Adds Support For Third-Party Verified Viewable Impression Bidding
Twin Design / Shutterstock.com Facebook is getting on board with the move to buy digital advertising based on impressions that are served...

Advertisers’ Spend On Facebook Retargeting Up 31 Percent YoY [Study]
Advertisers continue to increase investment in Facebook retargeting, with average spend per advertiser increasing by 31 percent year over...

Digging into Dads on Facebook: Psychographic Targeting Hot House
Men + Demographics > Parent Targeting Naturally, our first step in dad-targeting is to select Men as the target gender. Next, drop down...

Shopify Opens Door For More Shopping On Facebook
Facebook is making it easier for retailers to set up shop on the social network. And Shopify is helping clear the way. This week the...

Topshop & Pinterest Unveil Pinterest Palettes For Fashion Week Fans & Shoppers
Earlier this summer, Pinterest opened its platform to give developers the ability to integrate websites and apps with the popular social...

Dislike Button? Facebook’s Not Getting That — But It May Gain Alternative To The Like Button
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has long disliked the idea of a dislike button, but he said today that Facebook will soon be testing an...
























