
Snap names former McDonald’s marketing leader Kenny Mitchell as its first CMO
Kenny Mitchell, the former VP of brand content and engagement for McDonald’s, has been named Snap’s first ever CMO. Mitchell will begin...

Facebook ad revenue keeps rising, 3 million advertisers using Stories Ads
Source: Facebook Facebook’s bet on Stories Ads looks like it is paying off. COO Sheryl Sandberg said Wednesday during the company’s first...

Snapchat’s Gen Y, Millennial audience helps deliver 39% YoY lift in revenue
Snapchat has been able to stabilize users for two consecutive quarters now, increasing DAUs by 2% to 190 million in the first quarter of...

Facebook hires former Google, Microsoft director to lead PR
Communications veteran John Pinette has been named Facebook’s new VP of global communications. Pinette is replacing Caryn Marooney, who...

Twitter’s ad revenue jumps 18% as marketers invest more on the platform
“We’ve never been more confident in our strategy and execution and see a great opportunity to grow our audience and deliver even more...

Digital marketers on Pinterest IPO: Get in early while costs are low, learning opportunities are hig
Pinterest’s Chief Product Officer Evan Sharp and CEO Ben Silbermann Pinterest debuted on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday under...

Facebook gives Ads Manager a design refresh and launches new cost cap bidding strategy
Facebook announced on Tuesday it is refreshing its Ads Manager interface to improve navigation and deliver a cleaner design to help...

More people will turn to their mobile device instead of TV for entertainment in 2019
Most marketers know the pace at which people are consuming media via their mobile devices shows no signs of slowing down, but the rate at...

Pinterest introduces new conversion features for Promoted Pins and Videos
Pinterest launched two new conversion tools for advertisers on Thursday, offering conversion optimization for Promoted Pin campaigns and...

Facebook to replace Exclude Categories with new brand safety ad filters
“We are transitioning advertisers to the inventory filter over the coming weeks and plan to have the tool fully up and running by the end...

Lush UK bids farewell to social. Will other brands follow suit?
Lush UK, a cosmetics company known for its bathing products, dropped a major bomb on Tuesday when the company announced it was bidding...

Snapchat announces new features geared at creativity, collaboration, partner advertising
Snapchat parent Snap Inc. on Thursday announced a slate of new features designed to help it keep pace in a digital environment that...

Vimeo bulks up its stock video inventory, giving video marketers access to more footage
Vimeo has added 1,000 video clips to its Stock Essential’s inventory, expanding the number of available videos paid members can use. The...

First-party hygiene: Facebook shows users when a Custom Audience list was uploaded
Facebook added Custom Audience details to the “Why am I seeing this ad?” notification in News Feed ads in February. Users can see if...

What counts as a video view? A refresher on how social platforms calculate video ad views
This article has been updated to reflect changes and include video ad view count information from more platforms. Advertisers allocated a...

Pinterest’s new head of engineering brings deep e-commerce experience
Pinterest has recruited Walmart’s former CTO Jeremy King as its new head of engineering. King will lead the team responsible for building...

What marketers can do next time a major social network (ahem, Facebook) goes down
Last week, Facebook suffered the longest outage of its 15-year existence. Not only was it down for more than four hours in some areas,...

LinkedIn adds lookalike targeting, Bing tie-in and B2B templates to ad platform
LinkedIn advertisers are getting three new updates: a lookalike audiences targeting feature, interest targeting that leverages Bing...

The 5 best digital marketing courses for your digital success this year
Modern-day digital marketers are expected to be skilled in a variety of areas, including analytics, copywriting, creative direction,...
























