
FTC Updates “.Com Disclosure” Online Ad Guidelines
updated its online advertising disclosure guidelines and requirements. A previous version of these guidelines was issued in 2000. The...

Twitter Likes Promoted Tweet Results, Pushes Brand Surveys Out of Beta
The findings of the beta studies include: Promoted Tweet exposure drove 22% increase in message association Brand favorability saw a 10%...

Twitter Launches Promoted Products API, Letting Marketers Buy Via Third-Party Tools
announcing it will offer an advertising API for its Promoted Tweets and Promoted Accounts products, a development allowing marketers to...

Facebook: 500,000 Pages Have Used Promoted Posts, 70% Become Repeat Advertisers
announced Q4 financial figures that beat analyst estimates. During the earnings call, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg announced that almost...

64 Percent Of Digital Marketers Plan To Spend More On Social Ads In 2013 [Report]
Many online marketers love social media marketing because it’s traditionally been a free channel for customer outreach and/or customer...

Report: Twitter To Release Ads API This Quarter
Twitter will surpass the half billion mark in ad revenue for the first time. Since launch in 2010, Twitter has scaled up ad revenue with...

Stark Differences: Social Vs. Search Referrals & Ad Clicking Behavior
The search marketplace is still a relatively young industry, yet the technology and investment communities view it as a mature market. A...

Facebook To “Vigorously” Defend Instagram Against Suit Over Terms Of Service
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, makes various claims related to Instagram’s...

Twitter Expands Keyword Targeting Choices For Promoted Tweets
The company is launching three keyword matching options, along with the ability to use negative keywords, too. Search marketers will be...

2012 Social Media Report: Users Spending 58% More Time On Social Media, Social App Usage More Than D
In today’s 2012 Social Media Report from Nielsen, one thing was clear — social media usage shows no signs of slowing down. The biggest...

Twitter’s Ad Products Hit Southeast Asia With Help From Komli Media
In today’s announcement, Twitter VP of international revenue Shailesh Rao, says Southeast Asia is one of the company’s fastest-growing...

Twitter Giving Out $1 Million In Ads To Lure New Small Biz Advertisers
In its announcement, Twitter says that it’ll give $100 credits to the first 10,000 qualified small businesses. The signup form details...

Beyond The Campaign: Exploring Next Steps
So, you’ve chosen your ad types, written creative, ran and optimized your campaign. What’s next? Evaluating Success It’s a fairly...

‘PageLever Now’ Launches Real-time Facebook Post Analytics & Management Tool
One of the toughest items that most Page admins ask is “what should I post my content?” While there have been various studies and...

Market By Mobile Type: Device Targeting Comes To Facebook Ads
App developers rejoice! Facebook has unleashed new targeting options that allow advertisers to target specific mobile operating systems...

Non-Social Facebook Ads Begin Creeping Into The News Feed
As Facebook’s continued quest for revenue continues, the News Feed relevance appears to be declining. Under immense pressure to generate...

Facebook’s “Suggested Post” Ad Helps Push Page Content, No Connection Required
By now, we’ve all seen Sponsored Stories popping up in our news feed, and a new ad unit may increase the overall number of posts. New...

Twitter Launches Gender Targeting For Advertisers
Gender targeting may sound a bit strange since Twitter users don’t have to declare if they’re male or female anywhere in the account...

Twitter Offering $100 To Get Users To Advertise
This email arrived in my In box just a few moments ago: As you can plainly see, Twitter has started offering users $100 in an effort to...