
Composition of an online reputation dream team
If you are the victim of an online reputation attack, you might wonder what you could do about it if you had substantial resources to get...

Social’s role in SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud)
For those of you unaware of the acronym, SMAC stands for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud. In my last post, I discussed the importance...

Report: News organizations don’t get much out of Twitter
If you’re a news organization, you’ve probably noticed that Twitter isn’t doing much in terms of bringing you lots of traffic. A report...

Instagram highlights video with new look for Explore
Video is all the rage, and Instagram has taken note. Today, the company has announced a brand new look for Explore that highlights video...

Inside the making of Taco Bell’s artificially intelligent, drunk-tolerant TacoBot
James R. Martin / Shutterstock.com Welcome to 2016, where you can buy flowers, book a flight and order an Uber through messaging apps...

Facebook exposes Page posts’ Reaction counts through new API
Brands are about to get a much better idea of how people feel about feel about their Facebook posts and who those people are. In late...

Sci-fi film and video game studios find the way into the mainstream via social media
When you think about the persona of a video-gamer or a sci-fi movie buff, you may draw up images of the stereotypical “Star Wars”...

Streaming social: What marketers can learn from Netflix’s social strategy
Denys Prykhodov / Shutterstock.com Television is changing right before our eyes. Cord cutting, video on demand and the lack of commercial...

Facebook drops branded content restrictions for publishers
Advertisers typically pay publishers and social celebrities for branded video or advertorial campaigns based on how many people see that...

Publishers, embrace the rise of real-time social storytelling
There’s been a great deal of discussion about the future of the publishing world lately. I’m constantly reading articles with questions...

Facebook Messenger has new ways for brands to meet its 900 million users
Yeamake / Shutterstock.com Facebook is priming the pump for brands to go big on Messenger. A week before Facebook is expected to announce...

4 top brands on Snapchat that are having just as much fun as their followers
The social media network claims more than 60 percent of Millennial and Gen Y smartphone users are Snapchatters. With such a key...

Want consumers to be more loyal? Be more social.
With all the information and technology available today, the power has shifted from the brand to the consumer. Your consumer has the...

Facebook expands Live video, will put it front and center in mobile app
In case there was any doubt left, Facebook is serving notice that it’s super-serious about its video platform, Facebook Live. The company...

Dark search, dark social & everything in between
In an advertising world where tracking matters more than ever — where understanding our consumers and knowing exactly how to reach and...

Kik opens Bot Shop to encourage more fun and engaging chat
Kik has announced a third-party development platform with the launch of its Bot Shop. Just as the name implies, the objective of the Bot...

Are longer tweets better tweets? We analyzed 4,700 tweets to find out
Twitter has decided not to extend tweet lengths beyond the current 140-character limit. But would it matter if it did? To peek at how...

3 digital marketing pros sound off on upcoming Instagram algorithm
Author Robert C. Gallagher once said, “Change is inevitable — except from a vending machine.” In digital marketing, we know this all too...

The ideal Facebook advertising structure: single objective
There are multiple ways you can structure a Facebook advertising account. What I’d like to share today is a tried-and-true method I’ve...
























