This Week in Social (Week of May 5)

May 11, 2014 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: Amazon Launches #AmazonCart, Facebook Announces Video Metrics, Twitter Shares Slide as Lockup Ends, Twitter Introduces Language Targeting for Ad Products and Tumblr Launches Mobile Customization Features.

The week’s news quick hits: John McAfee Releases Secure Messaging App, LinkedIn Introduces Different Ads for Language Preferences, Twitter Makes Deal with Exclusive South Africa Ad Partner, App.net Reports Revenue Viability, LinkedIn Announces CardMunch Shutdown and Twitter Expands One-Click Video Ads to More Advertisers.

Brave Ad World - Episode 116

May 20, 2013 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 116 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here after a very big week in social media marketing.

This week’s headlines: Bing Adds Facebook Engagement to Search Results, Twitter Acquires Lucky Sort, Google Launches Google+ Content Recommendation Engine, Google I/O Brings Big Announcements and Yahoo In Talks to Buy Tumblr .

The week’s news quick hits cover: App.net Opens Free Accounts to Everyone, HTC First to be Discontinued, Twitter Expands Media Partnerships, Pinterest Updates Mobile Apps with Mentions, Reddit Allows Customizable Homepage, Google Glass Gets More Social Apps and Tweets Come to Yahoo Search.

Get this episode and many others in the podcast section or subscribe via iTunes. However you choose to listen, lease leave a review, contact us on Twitter or send us an email to braveadworld [at] gmail [dot] com.

This Week in Social (Week of May 13)

May 19, 2013 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

Brave Ad World - Epsiode 109

April 01, 2013 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

The latest episode of the Brave Ad World Podcast is ready for your listening pleasure.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Releases New Commenting System, LinkedIn Updates Search, Facebook Exchange Ads Go Into Testing and Twitter Mobile Ad Revenue Growth Sparks $1 Billion Revenue Prediction.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Google+ Allows GIFs for Profile Photos, Ning Evolves to Become Blogging Platform, App.net Launches Video App Climber, Digg Officially Announces Google Reader Replacement, Facebook Updates Mobile Install Ads with more Targeting Options, Amazon Set to Acquire Goodreads, Delicious Adds Twitter and Facebook Logins and Vine Adds Ability to Embed Videos.

You can find the latest episode in the podcast section or subscribe via iTunes. However you choose to listen, lease leave a review, contact us on Twitter or send us an email to braveadworld [at] gmail [dot] com.

This Week in Social (Week of March 25)

March 31, 2013 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

Brave Ad World - Episode 105

March 04, 2013 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

The first March 2013 episode of the Brave Ad World podcast is here. Following a week of big changes for Facebook advertising and other news in social media marketing, Episode 105 is packed.

This week’s headlines: Foursquare Takes Steps Toward Revenue Model, Google+ Launches Social Sign-in, Facebook Delivers Ads Based on Offline Shopping and Facebook Buys Atlas Ad Suite.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Facebook Updates iOS App with Free Calling, YouTube App Code Shows Paid Channels are Close, App.net Launches Free Membership, Instagram Surpasses 100 Millon Active Users, Yelp App Shows Users Where Friends are Checked-In, Groupon CEO Fired, Yelp’s Mobile App Gets Display Advertising and Viddy Updates to Compete with Vine.