
Snapchat launches new Facebook-inspired ad technology platform
Snapchat is launching a new Facebook-inspired ad platform. While it has had an API since 2016, today marks its official opening of...

Facebook opens its ad network’s video ads to independent viewability checks
After a series of measurement errors disclosed last year, marketers’ distrust of Facebook’s math grew, as did their calls for more...

Inmoji launches first self-service platform for its interactive emoji-like icons and stickers
Inmoji used in conversation. Inmoji creates for brands what could be called “interactive emojis.” This week, the company is launching...

Facebook tests putting its news feed ads in Messenger to make app more plug-and-pay for brands
Facebook is about to max out the amount of ads it can slot into people’s Facebook feeds, so it’s been ramping up its rollout of ads...

Snapchat will target ads based on what people buy off Snapchat
If you want to make a lot of money selling digital ads, you need to win over direct-response advertisers, like Google and Facebook have,...

Why influencer marketing trumps influencer advertising
“60 Minutes” segment in October, influencer marketing has crossed over. It’s no longer just a topic of interest to advertisers. It’s a...

Pinterest now offers ad groups to paid campaigns
Pinterest is building out a better advertising product. It’s been announced recently that Pinterest is giving advertisers more control...

Instagram will show ads to the 150 million people viewing Stories daily
Five months after Instagram cloned Snapchat’s Stories product, the Facebook-owned photo-and-video app’s version has accrued a daily...

Facebook’s retargeted ads broadened to include rivals’ sites, Page audiences
Almost two years after Facebook rolled out a way for advertisers to retarget people checking out products on their sites, the social...

Facebook’s mid-roll video ads will be limited to 15 seconds
Last year Facebook started interrupting some Live broadcasts with mid-roll video ads, and this year the social network plans to do the...

8 tips for jump-starting your social ads in 2017
This post will walk you through some tips and tricks on how to make the most of your social ads in 2017. 1. Capitalize on reduced...

Medium will eliminate its Promoted Stories ad product following layoffs
Medium’s advertising product never made it out of beta. The publishing platform created by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams will shut...

LinkedIn Ads: CPC vs. CPM bidding — Stop saying, ‘It depends on your goals’
I very quickly noticed that my response is very different from “conventional wisdom.” When I hear others asked this question, I...

Going viral: The top social media marketing columns of 2016
Social media has the power to change the very fabric of our society, and nowhere was that more evident than with this year’s presidential...

Twitter overcharged video advertisers due to error in its Android app
Well, Twitter has one-upped Facebook. For more than a month, Twitter incorrectly measured brands’ video ads running on Android devices...

Should advertisers pressure Facebook to be audited?
If you buy clicks, views or other engagements on Facebook, you’ve probably been paying close attention to recent disclosures about the...

[Podcast] Marketing Land Live #38: Facebook’s measurement mistakes with Jeanne Bright of Digit
Facebook has suffered a significant black eye after three revelations in recent months that the company has been misreporting some of the...

Why influencers are not programmatic
addressed before. Long before influencer marketing became an industry buzzword, consumers were reacting positively to branded messages...

IAB begins to address messaging segment with report, standards development
Messaging and messaging apps are now bigger than social networks — and may have more longevity. Messaging has been around for years, and...
























