
Facebook slots ads in Instant Articles’ Related Articles sections
Facebook’s Instant Articles format is supposed to be a better, faster version of the web’s standard article page. Now it’s adding what...

Instagram’s direct-response Story ads are available for self-serve buys
Publishers have shown that people viewing Instagram Stories are willing to swipe up to visit a site. Now it’s time to see if that’s also...

Facebook adds templates for Canvas ads, extends iAd-like format to Collections
Almost two years after Facebook debuted its fast-loading, iAd-like Canvas ad format, the company continues to make the creation of its...

Report: 67% of US marketers have paid to promote video on Facebook in past year
Video is making a serious dent in marketing spend and conversion, especially when it comes to social video. Two-thirds of US marketers...

Pinterest’s first US ad campaign spans Times Square, Facebook, Instagram, Mic and New York Tim
Pinterest will debut its first ad campaign in the US on Tuesday. Called “What If,” the campaign is designed to get people thinking about...

Snap acquires Placed to better measure in-app ads to in-store sales
Snapchat’s parent company, Snap, has acquired location analytics firm Placed, a company spokesperson said on Monday, confirming a...

Social bookmarking pioneer Delicious heads to the dead pool
Delicious.com, once the internet’s top social bookmarking site, is shutting down later this month. The announcement Thursday came from...

Finally getting (Linked)In on the retargeting action
Besides offering the chance to connect with your colleagues and wider network, it provided a new array of choices for anyone looking for...

Microsoft clones Snapchat’s Stories for its reimagined Skype experience
Skype was first released in 2003 as a messaging and free calling tool — ahead of its time. Since then it has evolved, been acquired by...

Instagram ads can now link to brands’ Messenger accounts, bots
Facebook continues to find ways for its three major brands — Facebook, Instagram and Messenger — to complement one another. In the latest...

Demand generation’s next frontier: 3 ways to tap into social to get more leads
I can’t be the only CMO focusing on and prioritizing the measurement of the real bottom line of all marketing team activities: demand...

Facebook rolls out software tool to make AMP, Apple News pages more like Instant Articles
Ever since Facebook officially opened up Instant Articles to all websites last year, publishers, brands and other site owners have had to...

Pinterest adds autoplay video ads to feeds, search results
Consider the video ads that Pinterest debuted last summer a pilot for the type it’s now premiering. Pinterest is rolling out Promoted...

Instagram’s Location, Hashtag Stories are its spin on Snapchat’s search-driven Stories
It’s a weekday, so Instagram is copying Snapchat again. Roughly two months after Snapchat began showing algorithmically curated Stories...

Facebook wants to automate publishers’ direct-sold video ad deals
Already a dominant audience conduit, Facebook is looking to play an even bigger role in publishers’ ad businesses. A year after Facebook...

Twitter adds Direct Message Cards for advertisers to kick-start specific conversations
One of chatbots’ main challenges is kick-starting a conversation. So Twitter is introducing its own kind of ice-breaker. Twitter is...

Facebook enables all Pages to add guests to Live broadcasts on iOS
Facebook is extending the option for all Pages and normal accounts to add a guest to their Facebook Live streams after opening up the...

Email vs. social: Which works best for B2C?
Email and social media are two completely different beasts and could serve two separate purposes in your overall strategy. To narrow your...

After recent News Feed changes, Facebook offers guidance for publishers
Are you a publisher who’s looking for tips about how to connect and engage your Facebook fans? Facebook has just shared a series of...
























