
Twitter will offer viewership stats for Moments makers
Five months after enabling anyone to create a Moment, Twitter will now show these Moment makers how many times people have seen the...

Facebook to phase out Atlas brand, shift tools & clients to Facebook’s products
Facebook is finally phasing out Atlas, the ad server and measurement platform that it acquired from Microsoft in February 2013 and has...

Facebook Messenger adds option for chatbots to avoid chatting
Conversations with Facebook Messenger bots soon may start to feel less like texting with a friend and more like tapping through a...

Denny’s ‘zoom in’ tweet is selling like hotcakes with more than 75K retweets, 100K
Playing off the now popular ‘zoom in’ meme, the tweet includes an image of the brand’s iconic pancake stack and directs followers to zoom...

Pro tips for every Facebook visual ad type
The tips in this post include best practices, plus my own personal recommendations to maximize performance for each Facebook ad type....

3 steps to take your influencer marketing to the next level
So how do you get heard? Well, last year, 86 percent of brands used influencer marketing in some capacity. Working with people who...

Instagram Story ads now sold globally as standalone placements through Facebook’s self-serve tools
Two months after Instagram began slotting ads between people’s Stories, the Facebook-owned photo-and-video app has started selling the ad...

How Facebook Messenger bots can now push out native, episodic content
Chatbots have cropped up as a way for marketers and media companies to push out content posted elsewhere. Just as a brand’s how-to...

Using social media to jump-start your content marketing strategy
2 billion social media users worldwide. Quality content is what makes social media tick. Unfortunately, most brands have a social media...

Making emotional connections in a digital era
From Audi’s “Drive Progress” campaign to Kia’s “Hero’s Journey” commercial, companies that can master emotional connections in a digital...

10 things you should be doing now on social media to grow your business
86 percent of Americans are now internet users, according to the latest data, and social media is one of the most cost-effective ways to...

Amobee beefs up Singtel’s digital ads division by buying ad tech firm Turn
Singtel’s ad tech division Amobee said Wednesday night it has agreed to buy ad tech firm Turn for $310 million. Amobee, which was...

Why longer Facebook Live streams mean more engagement
In 2014, CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated, “In five years most of [Facebook] will be video” — and now the site is so invested in video that...

LinkedIn Ads: How to target your ideal prospect, every time
LinkedIn Ads is the undisputed king of targeting professionals in the world of advertising, and it does it at scale. In an ideal world,...

Facebook opens mid-roll ads to more Live broadcasters, starts non-live test
Facebook is opening up its video ad revenue stream to more publishers and creators, though it’s not giving advertisers any more control...

Survey: Snapchat is a fleeting hobby, and ads don’t stick
A recent survey released by Fluent, a people-based marketing platform, may show Snapchat’s peak coming to an end. The survey consisted of...

Twitter’s Custom Profiles signal when DMs with brands’ bots are handed to a human
For all the talk of artificial intelligence, chatbots aren’t that smart. Brands are increasingly automating their customer services...

Instagram’s carousel format can now include more posts, be used outside of ads
Instagram is extending the number of photos and videos that brands can include in their slideshow-like carousel ads and opening up the...

Facebook Jobs makes having a Page that much more valuable for SMBs
Last week, Facebook formally entered the recruiting market. The company announced Jobs on Facebook, a new tool for small businesses (and...
























