
Snapchat will tell brands how many people saw their ads, then visited their stores, restaurants
In the growing rivalry between Facebook Inc. and Snapchat’s parent company Snap Inc., Facebook’s strategy seems to be copying Snapchat’s...

Twitter’s latest ad format turns Periscope hearts into branded ones
Twitter is ramping up the revenue options for its live-streaming app, Periscope. A couple of weeks after inserting ads before some...

Facebook now has more than 5 million monthly advertisers
Facebook execs continue to caution investors that its advertising revenue growth will soon decelerate. But so far, the social network’s...

Facebook adds new Estimated Daily Results report, upgrades Delivery Insights
One of the issues plaguing Facebook Ads’ system over the years has been the struggle associated with mining data and insight from the...

Is Snapchat’s bubble about to burst?
161 million daily active users (DAUs) and become part of popular culture — a part that many young people couldn’t bear to live without....

Snapchat ads take closer aim with new retargeting-lite, goal-based bidding options
If advertising were like fishing — and it definitely is — then Snapchat is creating new nets to help advertisers corral the people they...

LinkedIn introduces lead gen ad offerings
LinkedIn has just come out with a new product that it hopes will bring leads to advertisers. Called LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms, the...

Facebook’s Canvas ads get easier to create (and recreate) with new API
Facebook’s iAd-like Canvas ads can be as labor-intensive as they are immersive. The social network unveiled the creative kitchen sink of...

P&G’s Marc Pritchard calls for timeline on digital ad measurement audits
Procter & Gamble’s chief brand officer, Marc Pritchard. When Marc Pritchard, the chief brand officer of one of the world’s most powerful...

Reddit launches a new self-serve ad platform
Reddit is upping its game in the advertising space, with an announcement that they have just launched a revamped self-serve platform for...

Twitter to bring pre-roll ads to Periscope videos
Twitter is chasing the money, and Periscope is their next target. Per an announcement today, Twitter will soon allow publishers and...

This new AI-powered social marketing tool can predict engagement or write the post for you
A rebranded startup is launching this week an AI-powered social marketing tool that it says can boost engagement, and even write the...

Facebook’s shoppable ‘Collection’ ad is its latest iAd-like format
Twin Design / Shutterstock.com Traditionally, clicking on a brand’s ad on Facebook would open a dedicated microsite or product catalog...

How to track Facebook’s ratio of ads to organic posts in your desktop news feed
Some time this year, Facebook will max out the number of ads it can squeeze into people’s news feeds. But how many ads is Facebook...

Instagram now has more than 1M advertisers, doubling in past 6 months
It has been a year and a half since Instagram rolled out the welcome mat to all advertisers. Remember that as you read the next sentence....

Hootsuite acquires Snapchat analytics solution from marketing firm Naritiv
Social media management platform Hootsuite is continuing to beef up its ad and analytics chops, with today’s announcement that it has...

New: LinkedIn’s Matched Audiences will target ads based on people’s web browsing, email
LinkedIn continues to cross off the checklist for assembling a modern digital advertising business after pressing reset a year ago. Later...

Facebook will let publishers show more ads in Instant Articles
Facebook is an important platform for publishers to have their work seen and heard. But publishers also need to make money, especially...

Video: See how Facebook inserts mid-roll ads in non-live videos
Of course the first time I find an ad interrupting a video on Facebook would happen while watching a video titled “No pants in court.”...
























