
Facebook to change terms of service for members outside Europe ahead of GDPR
The move, reported by Reuters today, comes as the EU prepares to begin enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) next...

Snapchat broadens its ad options with new Shoppable AR Lenses for brands
Snapchat is launching a new Shoppable AR Lens that lets advertisers add a “Buy Now,” “Watch” or “Install Now” button to branded Lenses,...

Facebook expands A/B ad-testing capabilities & adds reporting features
Facebook is adding new features to its A/B split-testing feature for advertisers and making it available from within the Quick Creation...

Facebook’s removing third-party targeting data: What marketers need to know
Facebook announced it will be removing access to data provided by third-party data brokers within its advertising system. It marks a...

Facebook booting data brokers, simplifying privacy tools to bolster user confidence
Seeking to reassure users on privacy following Cambridge Analytica and the subsequent fallout, Facebook has taken two related steps. The...

Instagram makes Stories advertising easier with automatic full-screen support
Instagram has announced that when an advertiser uploads creative that is square or landscape, Instagram will automatically transform it...

LinkedIn is rolling out native video advertising & video for Company Pages
LinkedIn is offering businesses two outlets for using video on the platform. Companies can now run native video ad campaigns and include...

Snapchat bulks up location-based ad targeting & launches in-store analytics tool
Snapchat is continuing its focus on location-based advertising initiatives. The app is rolling out three new ad tools today, two that...

Pinterest Shopping Ads now out of testing, available to hundreds of advertisers
Now that Pinterest has moved its Shopping Ads out of testing, the program is available to hundreds of advertisers. Pinterest’s Shopping...

Instagram expands shoppable organic posts to 8 more countries
Last year, Instagram launched shoppable organic posts for businesses in the US, giving brands the ability to add e-commerce links within...

Facebook suspends Cambridge Analytica, firm that exploited its data to support Trump election effort
In 2010 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg famously quipped that privacy, as a social norm, was dead. He was probably right but not in the way...

Quora launches List Match Targeting for reaching audiences based on email lists
As with Customer Match in Google and Custom Audiences in Facebook, for example, advertisers can upload customer or prospect email lists...

Reddit introduces native promoted post ads in its mobile apps
Reddit announced the launch of native promoted posts for its mobile apps on Wednesday. The company said in an email to advertisers that...

No, we can’t say Facebook CPMs are up because of the News Feed change
It’s a frustrating truth: Sometimes a data set just can’t tell the story you want or think you should be hearing. On Thursday, a story in...

Quora’s ad pixel now supports multi-event conversion tracking
Here’s a look at the new features. Multi-event conversion tracking Using Quora’s tracking pixel, advertisers can now track and optimize...

Report: Just under 400 brands ran video ads on Snapchat Discover channels in past 3 months
Just 397 brands bought video ads on Snapchat Discover channels — which feature content from publishers such as ESPN, Cosmopolitan and...

Mastering social media advertising
Mastering Social Media Advertising at SMX West. This one-day workshop is a great opportunity to network with other marketers and hear...

Facebook is removing 20 outdated, redundant ad metrics; adding methodology labels
Facebook has made several changes to how and what advertising metrics it reports in an effort to improve transparency and clear up...

Influential launches IBM Watson-powered platform to analyze a brand’s social audience
It’s not every day that one of my past stories played a role in the story I’m writing. But that’s the case here. In 2015, while working...
























