
Twitter recycles 7-year-old tagline in new ad campaign
On a day that one high-profile tech company that had notoriously struggled for years to define itself gave up its independence — and soon...

9 new and semi-secret Facebook targeting options
Whether it’s performance-driven advertising, awareness or engagement you’re seeking, Facebook undoubtedly offers the best targeting...

5 reasons your Facebook Ads aren’t working
Brands big and small have deployed Facebook Ads. They can come up with an inspirational post to help their fans start their mornings....

Twitter-NBA deal marks first exclusive original shows for social network, company confirms
Twitter’s latest deal with the NBA marks one first for the social network and one for its relationship with the sports league. First, the...

3 reasons nobody is watching your Facebook Live video
In the last few years, Facebook has developed new features to become one of the strongest platforms for sharing video content. The social...

Mayer confirms Yahoo’s selling Tumblr ads through Facebook’s ad net
Tumblr is in a bad way. Three years after Yahoo bought the company in a $1.1 billion deal, the social network is having such a hard time...

Facebook to aim app install ads at people most likely to buy a product, complete a level
Sometimes mobile app developers might be better off burning their money than spending it on an app install ads. Sure, the ads may get...

How to conjure big PPC profits with a few hundred dollars
Many PPC marketers are frustrated. Why? Because they feel like AdWords is no longer an option. Over the past few years, CPCs have...

Finding the right brushstrokes for Facebook’s Canvas
Facebook earlier this year launched its Canvas ad product, and let’s face it — it’s pretty well done. In case you missed the fanfare,...

SocialPro 2016 recap: What Your Social Data Should Be Teaching You
SocialPro 2016 conference in Seattle. Kerns, vice president of research & insights at Spredfast, provided a wealth of insights in this...

SMX Advanced recap: Using Paid Search & Social Together to Deliver the Ultimate Knockout Punch
As always, SMX was chock full of new ideas and actionable content. One of the struggles that many media teams face is the disconnect...

LinkedIn starts officially auctioning off its desktop banner ads
Evan Lorne / Shutterstock.com Remember bookstores. Remember how if you wanted a book you had to put in the extra effort required to...

How to run a conversion-focused Facebook Ads campaign
1.09 billion users, Facebook is an advertiser’s dream come true. But this immense reach also brings with it a lot of challenges. As...

Facebook is getting closer to putting ads in Live videos
Some publishers and creators are already making money from using Facebook Live. Facebook pays them. But Facebook isn’t going to pay...

Where Instagram and Facebook advertising converge and where they differ
tanuha2001 / Shutterstock.com As of last count, Instagram had 500 million monthly active users and (already) more advertisers than...

Instagram advertising: What’s working? Part 2
Chukcha / Shutterstock.com Six months have passed since my last Instagram-focused column, so it’s a good time to provide an update on the...

Snapchat’s Everest Live Story showed climbing production quality of app’s TV-like format
Snapchat’s Everest Live Story used pre-recorded footage that the company’s curation team polished in production. Snapchat’s Live Stories...

How Facebook turned an end-to-end ad tech strategy on its head
Maybe Facebook doesn’t need to own the entire ad tech stack to overtake the entire digital ad ecosystem. Or maybe Facebook just doesn’t...

Social intelligence platform Unmetric launches Discover feature so marketers can see what other mark
An image board in Unmetric’s new Discover feature When a brand wants to conduct a social media or other online campaign, the first step...
























