Brave Ad World

Episode 69

2012-05-28T04:01:00Z

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog) This week’s headlines: Microsoft Launches So.Cl, Facebook Faces a Shareholder Lawsuit, Oracle Acquires Vitrue and Facebook Launches an Instagram Competitor (Say What?!). The week’s news quick hits cover: TBS and Facebook Team-up, Groupon Launching In-Store Payment System, Facebook Tests a Close Friends Feature, Opera Rumored to be Purchased by Facebook and Yahoo Discontinues Livestand. Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast. Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com. You can contact Brave Ad World at BraveAdWorld [at] gmail.com, or connect with Taylor on Twitter @twiegert and Kevin @prblog.

Episode 68

2012-05-21T04:00:37Z

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog) This week’s headlines: Twitter Launches Email Digest, The Auto Industry Raises Questions around Facebook Ads, and Facebook’s IPOs and Makes Another Acquisition. The week’s news quick hits cover: Facebook’s Mobile News Feed Gets More Timeline Updates, Apple Working on Photo-Sharing iCloud Feature, Google Makes Significant Changes by Bringing the Knowledge Graph to Search, Facebook Tests Promoted User Posts and Twitter Joins ‘Do Not Track.’ Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast. Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com. You can contact Brave Ad World at BraveAdWorld [at] gmail.com, or connect with Taylor on Twitter @twiegert and Kevin @prblog.

Episode 67

2012-05-14T04:00:53Z

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog) This week’s headlines: Facebook Lays the IPO Groundwork, Google+’s Hangouts on Air Coming to All Users, The App Center is Coming to Facebook and Bing Offers Next Evolution of Social Search. The week’s news quick hits cover: The Government Recommends Creating a Social Media Will, MySpace Faces 20 Years of Privacy Scrutiny, Twitter Debunks Claims of Massive Security Breach, Google+ for iPhone Gets an Update, Facebook Rolling Out File Sharing for Groups, Twitter Acquires Personalized Email Team and Facebook Launches a Policy Hub. Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast. Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com. You can contact Brave Ad World at BraveAdWorld [at] gmail.com, or connect with Taylor on Twitter @twiegert and Kevin @prblog.

Episode 66

2012-04-23T04:00:15Z

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog) This week’s headlines: Twitter Moves Forward Without Instagram, Tumblr Makes Moves Toward Monetization, Twitter Makes Moves to End Patent Wars and Foursquare Ads are Coming. The week’s news quick hits cover: Facebook Profile Photos Get Bigger, More Retailers Promote Pinterest Presence, Facebook Ad Analytics Get Smarter and Storify Integrates GetGlue. Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast. Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com. You can contact Brave Ad World at BraveAdWorld [at] gmail.com, or connect with Taylor on Twitter @twiegert and Kevin @prblog.

Episode 65

2012-04-16T04:00:36Z

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog) This week’s headlines: Facebook Acquires Instagram, LinkedIn Introduces New Tools for Marketers, and Google+ Gets a Redesign. The week’s news quick hits cover: YouTube Allows Live-Stream Monetization, Spotify Introduces the Play Button, Facebook Opens Up More Privacy Disclosure to Users, YouTube Opens Up Its Partner Program to Everyone and Facebook Introduces Groups for Schools. Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast. Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com. You can contact Brave Ad World at BraveAdWorld [at] gmail.com, or connect with Taylor on Twitter @twiegert and Kevin @prblog.

Episode 64

2012-04-09T04:00:21Z

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog) This week’s headlines: Foursquare Blocks “Girls Around Me” App, Twitter Rumors Indicate Changes for Brands and Twitter Takes Spammers to Court. The week’s news quick hits cover: Tumblr Integrates with Facebook, Pinterest Co-Founder Steps Down, Instagram Finally Comes to Android, Pinterest Allows Users to Select Board Cover Photos, Pinterest Becomes Third Most-Popular Social Network and Facebook’s Nasdaq Ticker is Selected. Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast. Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com.

Episode 63

2012-04-02T04:01:15Z

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog) This week’s headlines: Google Plans Commenting System, Pinterest Takes on Spammers and Is Facebook Taking on Social Search? The week’s news quick hits cover: Pinterest Updates Terms of Service, Twitter Unrolls Self-Serve Advertising, LinkedIn Updates People You May Know, Twitter Acknowledges the “Unfollow Bug” and Facebook’s IPO Scheduled for May. Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast. Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com. You can contact Brave Ad World at BraveAdWorld [at] gmail.com, or connect with Taylor on Twitter @twiegert and Kevin @prblog.

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2012-03-12T04:00:15Z

SXSW is in full swing, so we decided to take a week off, but we'll be back again next week with all of the latest headlines (and some older ones) and insight.

Episode 62

2012-03-05T05:00:51Z

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog) This week’s headlines: Report Says Google+ Users Aren’t Sticking Around, Twitter Moves Forward with Monetization Strategies, Facebook Introduces Big Changes for Brand Pages with Timeline and Facebook Introduces New Premium Ads. The week’s news quick hits cover: YouTube Improves Automatic Captions, Apple’s Latest iPad Announcement Set for March 7, Foursquare Moves Away from Google Maps, Zynga Launches Gaming Website, Instagram Unofficially Reaches 25 Million Users and Yelp Stock Soars on First Day of Trading. Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast. Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com. You can contact Brave Ad World at BraveAdWorld [at] gmail.com, or connect with Taylor on Twitter @twiegert and Kevin @prblog.

Episode 61

2012-02-27T05:00:43Z

Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog) This week’s headlines: Pinterest Allows Sites to Block Pinning, New Facebook Ads Potentially on the Way, Tumblr Proposes End to ‘Self-Harm’ Blogs and Facebook Defriending on the Rise. The week’s news quick hits cover: Google Adds Google+ Sharing to its Search Page, Twitter Partners with Google’s Russian Rival, Flickr Unveils Big Changes to Design and Functionality and Twitter Reaches 500 Million Users (Active and Otherwise). Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast. Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com. You can contact Brave Ad World at BraveAdWorld [at] gmail.com, or connect with Taylor on Twitter @twiegert and Kevin @prblog.