A Contracting Social Ecosystem

January 21, 2014 by Taylor Wiegert in Trends

The social media acqui-hiring trend is heating up. Last week, Facebook acquired the social conversations start-up Branch, which comes with the social bookmarking service Potluck, to build out what Facebook calls its Conversations Group. The team at Branch was invited by Facebook to do what its always done but with Facebook support and capital behind it to "build Branch at Facebook scale." That kind of invitation would be nearly impossible for any entrepreneur to turn down, and it signals a growing trend.

Brave Ad World - Episode 144

January 20, 2014 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Another week has passed, and another episode of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here.

This week’s headlines: Twitter Web Redesign Resembles Mobile Experience, Facebook Acquires Branch and Potluck, Tumblr Adds Mention Alerts, Twitter Allows Ad Targeting by Email and User ID, and Facebook Launches Trending Topics.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Updates YouTube Comment Moderation System, Google Acquires Nest, Buffer for Business Gets Google Analytics Integration and Twitter Working with Stripe for Potential Commerce Feature.

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This Week in Social (Week of January 13)

January 19, 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.