
What the FTC’s latest endorsement disclosure actions mean for marketers
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made a number of moves that paint a somewhat clearer picture of the regulatory body’s...

Facebook tests group video chat app called Bonfire
Facebook is making another foray into the group video chat space. Facebook has rolled out a standalone mobile app in Denmark called...

Facebook will tell brands where their ads appeared, ban certain content from carrying ads
Facebook is increasingly attaching brands’ ads to others’ content, including Instant Articles and videos. That leaves advertisers...

Facebook is consolidating its ad-buying tools and combining its ad placement options
On Tuesday, Facebook announced a sweeping overhaul of its self-serve ad-buying tools and ad placement options. At the heart of Tuesday’s...

Facebook will stop displaying Instant Articles within Messenger
Fourteen months after Facebook’s Messenger added support for its parent company’s proprietary article format, Messenger will no longer...

Facebook updates its shoppable Collection ads to mirror print catalogs
Facebook is updating the shoppable Collection ad format introduced in March to combine the look of a print catalog with the interactivity...

Facebook tests a new ad format that puts it further ahead of its competitors
Consumers’ fondness for and engagement with social media platforms are often cited as reasons that advertising on these sites...

Twitter brings Teams to its mobile apps for on-the-go account sharing
Twitter is making it easier for multiple people to manage a brand’s account while away from their computers. Two-and-a-half years after...

4 easy ways to take social media marketing to the next level
What should brands be thinking about in the second half of the year to take their social media marketing to the next level and create...

Instagram starts testing Facebook’s app-like Canvas ads within Stories feed
Facebook is bringing its most creative ad format to its most creative app. Over a year after Facebook said it would extend its Canvas ad...

Why Facebook says its ads can reach more people in the US than live there
Facebook may have messed up on its math again. Or maybe not. Facebook claims that its ads can reach more people in the US than the number...

How media companies are creating episodic series for Instagram Stories
At the same time as Facebook and Snapchat are stocking up on original shows, media companies are independently producing episodic series...

Instagram starts putting Stories, but not Story ads, on its website
The majority of people who use Instagram’s app every day check out its Stories feed. Now the Facebook-owned photo-and-video-sharing...

Survey: More consumers seeking to buy directly from brands vs. retailers
One of today’s marketing mantras is “brand loyalty is dead.” As always, the truth is more complicated than a slogan. While millennials...

Mapping the new economy of micro-influence: What governments can learn from brand marketers
In this new economy, influence happens at the most local level. The influencers aren’t celebrities or news organizations, but active...

Facebook bans Pages sharing fake news from buying ads
Facebook will try to stem the spread of fake news, even if it means cutting off some revenue. Facebook will block Pages that repeatedly...

Forrester Wave: Social ad tech tools are still an ‘immature’ category
From the website of ad tech tool AdEspresso, acquired by social management platform Hootsuite in February Forrester is out this week with...

Facebook culls 17 types of posts that Pages can no longer boost as ads
Facebook is curtailing the types of organic posts that Pages can convert into ads as it looks to make the purpose of its ads more...

Snapchat lets advertisers control the types of content their ads appear next to
Snapchat is giving advertisers new controls over where exactly their ads appear within the mobile app to avoid experiencing its own...
























