Fahad HApr 24, 20182 min readFacebook now letting users appeal posts that were removed for violating content standardsFor the first time ever, Facebook has released the guidelines its internal content review teams use to determine whether or not to remove...
Fahad HApr 24, 20182 min readFacebook opens Authorization tab in Page settings for advertisers running political adsFacebook announced earlier this month that as part of its efforts to make political ads more transparent, it has now added an...
Fahad HApr 20, 20181 min readFacebook to change terms of service for members outside Europe ahead of GDPRThe move, reported by Reuters today, comes as the EU prepares to begin enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) next...
Fahad HApr 18, 20182 min readFacebook reopens review process for Instant Games & Messenger appsAfter hitting the pause button on app reviews following the Cambridge Analytica firestorm, Facebook has announced that it is reopening...
Fahad HApr 18, 20182 min readSnapchat broadens its ad options with new Shoppable AR Lenses for brandsSnapchat is launching a new Shoppable AR Lens that lets advertisers add a “Buy Now,” “Watch” or “Install Now” button to branded Lenses,...
Fahad HApr 17, 20181 min readPinterest redesigns business profile pages with monthly viewer countsPinterest is giving the 1 million businesses on its platform refreshed profile pages. The company aims to give brands more control over...
Fahad HApr 17, 20183 min readFacebook’s secret ‘Loyalty Prediction’ ad tool anticipates future user behavior & purchasesFacebook’s predictive ad service tool will make it possible for advertisers to build campaigns beyond user demographics and preferences,...
Fahad HApr 17, 201812 min readThree brands still killing it on FacebookIn my column last month, I set out a manifesto for social media marketing in 2018, a call to “grow up or get out.” I compared what social...
Fahad HApr 12, 20181 min readSnapchat looks to offer new e-commerce options for Discover PublishersSnapchat is testing an e-commerce option on some of its Discover publisher channels. The feature will allow users to swipe on a product...
Fahad HApr 12, 20182 min readInstagram tests scannable Nametags, taking another page from Snapchat’s playbookIt appears Instagram is once again taking a page from Snapchat’s playbook. The Facebook-owned social media site confirmed it is testing...
Fahad HApr 11, 20182 min readFacebook confronts class action lawsuit on behalf of 70M usersYesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified for more than five hours before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce...
Fahad HApr 10, 20182 min readDoes Cambridge Analytica have your info? Here’s how to checkAs Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg heads to Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress about Cambridge Analytica exploiting user data, the...
Fahad HApr 9, 20183 min readFacebook announces election-based independent research initiative as part of its continuing hearts aToday, Facebook announced it had initiated a new independent research project seeking to determine social media’s impact on elections....
Fahad HApr 8, 20181 min readSurvey: Chasm exists between brands and consumers on data privacyDismissed by many digerati several years ago, privacy has come roaring back as an existential challenge for online publishers and digital...
Fahad HApr 6, 20182 min readSMB marketing survey finds only 3% use outside agency or vendorBrandMuscle recently released a “State of Local Marketing” report for 2018. The sprawling document captures marketing and ad-spending...
Fahad HApr 6, 20182 min readFacebook Live broadcasts have doubled YoY since the livestreaming feature launched in 2016Facebook reports Facebook Live broadcasts have doubled year over year since the feature debuted in 2016, and the number of daily average...
Fahad HApr 5, 20181 min readFacebook & Instagram ads granted accreditation by the Media Rating CouncilAfter more than a year of audits by the Media Rating Council (MRC), Facebook has been granted accreditation for ads on both its platform...
Fahad HApr 5, 20182 min readPinterest reports 50% gain YoY in SMB advertisersrvlsoft / Shutterstock.com Pinterest reports it has 1.5 million businesses connecting with customers on its site each month, is...
Fahad HApr 4, 20182 min readFacebook is now giving users the option to remove apps in bulkFacebook has rolled out a new option that allows users to remove apps in bulk from their profile settings. The new feature, which is...
Fahad HApr 4, 20182 min readPinterest’s head of ad products exits company less than 6 months after taking over ad businessPinterest has confirmed that its head of ad products, Jon Alferness, has left the company and that it has made a change to its product...
