
Facebook will penalize fake videos in latest news feed algorithm update
However you feel about videos that play automatically, clicking on what appears to be a video only to find out that it’s a hyperlinked...

Facebook offers in-stream-only video ad buys as it looks to rival YouTube, TV
A week after Facebook revealed its upcoming video service, Watch, to compete against Google’s YouTube, as well as streaming and...

Pinterest now lets people zoom in on pins, has redesigned visual search icon
Pinterest continues to try to make it easier for people to use its visual search engine. Now Pinterest users can zoom in on pins when...

Facebook redesigns news feed with larger link previews, circular profile photos
A few months after Twitter tweaked the look of its feed, it’s now Facebook’s turn to make some mostly cosmetic changes. On Tuesday,...

Facebook copies Instagram’s Live Stories, Boomerangs with in-app camera update
Instagram has replaced Snapchat as Facebook’s muse. On Tuesday, Facebook added some of Facebook-owned Instagram’s features to its own...

10 tools for creating compelling content for social media
New platforms have come into the mix. Veteran platforms continue to evolve their algorithms, rules and layouts. There are constantly new...

Facebook lets brands promote publisher & influencer posts as ads
After officially opening itself up last year as a free distribution outlet for branded content and influencer marketing, Facebook is...

New research shows Hispanic millennial shoppers are ‘a driving force’ of US economy
The US Hispanic population includes 59 million Americans, and more than 40 percent are millennials. That means that a wide margin of the...

LinkedIn adds analytics, audience management & media buying solutions to its partner program
The Marketing Analytics partners integrated with LinkedIn’s Marketing Analytics APIs include Bizible, DashThis, Datorama, Hootsuite, Nugi...

Personable is profitable: A case to rethink your content marketing strategy
It’s no secret that a well thought out content marketing strategy can boost a brand’s visibility. If executed properly, it generates...

Facebook tests targeting ads to people who visited brands’ brick-and-mortar stores
Over the past couple of years, Facebook has rolled out ways for retailers to push people from Facebook to their brick-and-mortar stores....

Facebook debuts Watch, its home for original shows
Facebook is ready to premiere its attempt to take on YouTube. Facebook announced on Wednesday that it will begin rolling out a revamped...

Facebook bans advertisers, Pages that disguise links violating its rules
Facebook continues to crack down on the shady side of its social network. On Wednesday, Facebook announced that it has started fighting...

Influencer marketing and ad tech collide: ‘It’s hard to make people programmatic’
It has never been easier for brands to find celebrities, or so-called influencers, to promote their products. And it has never been more...

Snapchat’s Snapcodes decline in getting brands new followers, eclipsed by deep links
Marketers regularly harrumph over Snapchat’s indifference to their unpaid presences. Unlike Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, Snapchat...

Pinterest opens up autoplay video ads to self-serve advertisers
Pinterest is officially pressing play on its autoplay video ad business. A few months after it began testing autoplay video ads,...

Facebook looks to clean up Audience Network with higher standard for counting clicks
Facebook continues to try to ease advertisers’ concerns with ads running across its Audience Network ad network. After appraising...

Measuring social traffic effectiveness when conversion is not the goal
In many cases, your content and landing pages that get social traffic have a clear success metric: conversion. You want to know if...

Facebook extends dynamic ad retargeting to real estate listings
A couple of years ago, Facebook rolled out an ad format tailored to retailers looking to retarget people browsing their e-commerce sites....
























