
Twitter will automate brands’ customer service DMs with welcome messages, quick replies
Welcome! Have you been paying attention to the battle between Twitter and Facebook Messenger to serve as marketers’ favorite social...

Instagram tests shopping outside of ads with 20 retailers in the US
Ever seen a brand post a photo of a shirt on Instagram and thought, “I want that. How can I get it?” But then realized in order to get...

Snaplytics launches Snapchat analytics
A screen from Snaplytics A Danish startup is now offering a new analytics service for Snapchat’s disappearing videos and photos that it...

What Snapchat’s Discover ad sales shift may mean for marketers
Snapchat’s reported plan to take full control of ad sales from publishers in its Discover section isn’t simply a bad thing for those...

LinkedIn earnings up 23% YoY in Q3 2016 with revenue at $960M
LinkedIn released its Q3 2016 earnings report, showing a 23-percent year-over-year increase for the quarter, with $960 million in...

What advertisers should know from Twitter’s Q3 2016 earnings call
Twitter’s third-quarter earnings report and corresponding call with analysts on Thursday covered a lot of things you probably already...

Q4 must-knows for CMOs: Crucial developments across channels
In any of those scenarios, having a firm grasp of the current state of digital is critical to success. And if you haven’t tuned in...

Twitter to cut workforce by 350 employees to refocus efforts
What’s happening at Twitter lately? Today, we found out that 350 employees have been laid off, or nine percent of the workforce. The cuts...

Twitter’s Q3 2016 Earnings Report in 5 Charts
Twitter released its third-quarter earnings results on Thursday morning. Here’s a quick rundown of how the social network’s business is...

October surprise: When brands enter the political discussion
Over the past few months, it’s grown increasingly difficult to enter a lengthy discussion without drifting into politics. Between the...

Facebook now re-ranks News Feed stories in real time on the client side
Facebook’s efforts to make News Feed more accessible to all users regardless of the speed or reliability of their internet connections...

Research: location a primary buying consideration for 43 percent of consumers
The consumer path to purchase has become increasingly complex, with multiple channels and devices playing a role in influencing buying...

Fueled by the Audience Network, Facebook advertisers saw higher Q3 spends & returns
A new report from social ad automation company Nanigans shows substantial growth in both YoY Facebook ad spend and on the overall Return...

Pinterest announces Pin Collective, connecting businesses with content creators
rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com Marketers already have a lot on their hands, but sourcing content doesn’t necessarily have to be one of them....

Harassment problem on Twitter? Brands say they’re not worried
Apparently, the brands looking to buy Twitter the company are way more concerned about the social network’s longstanding but recently...

Instagram highlights Stories on Explore tab to boost viewership
Instagram has started displaying Stories atop the Explore tab in a bid to get more people to tune into its two-month-old clone of...

4 tactics to generate quality leads from social media
Because this is how many see these sites, traditional social media marketing efforts have largely focused on using social platforms as...

Pinterest’s monthly user base hits 150 million people, up 50% from last year
I AM NIKOM / Shutterstock.com Pinterest isn’t done growing, but it still has a ways to go. On Thursday, the social network/search engine...

Social CMO to social CMI: the insight-driven evolution in the enterprise
Earlier this year, we discussed the importance of leveraging social data to impact your organization’s marketing efforts. We focused on...
























