This Week in Social and Digital (Week of February 12)

February 18, 2018 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

This Week in Social is a weekly digest of some of the biggest stories in social media marketing news. These stories are the show notes for the Brave Ad World Podcast. Each story is discussed at a deeper level on the podcast.

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Gives Verified Users Analytics, Google’s Ad Blocking Chrome Browser Launches and Snap Extends Marketing API.

The week’s news quick hits: Publishers and Influencers Work to Abide by Facebook’s Updated Branded Content Guidelines, Google Launches AMP Stories, Experts Advising on Messenger Kids Received Funding from Facebook, Facebook Hardware Coming in July and Pinterest Releases Board Updates.

This Week in Social and Digital (Week of September 11)

September 17, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Campus Publisher Stories, Facebook Brings New Ad Options to Instagram Stories and Facebook Expands Bonfire Test.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Opens Checkbook for Original Video Content, Apple News Testing Featured Video Section, Facebook Improves Live API, Facebook Testing Videos for Offline Viewing, Twitter Brings in 35 New Video Content Providers, Instagram Stories Can Be Shared Via Direct Message, Apple Unveils New Products and Pinterest has 200 Million Active Users.

Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 245

July 18, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

It turned out to be a pretty quiet week. I'm guessing everyone was playing Pokemon Go. But a few things did happen that are definitely worth discussing on the latest episode of the Brave Ad World Podcast.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Ephemeral Messaging for Messenger and Twitter Opens Up Gnip’s Audience API.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Live Streaming National Conventions and Bloomberg Television, Twitter Increases Supported GIF Size, Sponsored Locations Coming to Pokemon Go, Facebook Messenger Gets 3D Touch Support on iOS and Line Has Biggest Tech IPO of the Year.

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This Week in Social and Digital (Week of July 11)

July 17, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

This Week in Social is a weekly digest of some of the biggest stories in social media marketing news. These stories are the show notes for the Brave Ad World Podcast. Each story is discussed at a deeper level on the podcast.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Ephemeral Messaging for Messenger and Twitter Opens Up Gnip’s Audience API.

What Facebook Can Teach Brands About Disruption

June 21, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in Trends, Facebook, Periscope, Meerkat, Video, Virtual Reality

The Internet has brought about an age of disruption. That’s no secret. From Tesla to Uber to Airbnb to one start-up after another, disruption is all around us, but there is perhaps no greater disruptor that is also a target from fellow disruptors than Facebook. It’s upended the Internet as we know it (with fellow co-conspirators like, most notably, Google), while at the same time being threatened on all sides by the competition (like… Google).

Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 241

June 20, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week was almost too full of social and digital marketing stories, but they're all discussed on the latest episode of the Brave Ad World Podcast.

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Ads API, Microsoft Acquires LinkedIn, Apple Announces New Operating System Features at WWDC, Facebook Launches Updates for Local Awareness Ads, YouTube Gives New Tools for Businesses to Make Videos, Facebook Launches Creative Hub and Snapchat and Oracle Partner in Measurement Deal.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Introduces Direct Response CTAs, Android Users Can Now Send SMS Using Facebook Messenger, Pinterest Introduces Ad Retargeting, Twitter Allows for Targeting by Emoji, Twitter Gets Dedicated Periscope Button, Twitter Invests in SoundCloud, Facebook Expands Suicide-Prevention Tools, Meerkat Launches New App, Imgur Allows for Video Advertising, Snapchat Launching Its Own Online Magazine and Facebook Messenger Gets Reorganized.

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