This Week in Social and Digital (Week of March 18)

March 24, 2019 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’s Journalism Project Shares Research to Tackle News Deserts, Google Announces Chrome-Powered Gaming Platform Stadia and Instagram Testing In-App Shopping and Buying.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Announcing New Gaming Platform, Advertisers Seek Refunds Following Facebook Outage, Facebook Works to Limit Discrimination in Ad Targeting, LinkedIn Updates Targeting Tools, Snapchat Pays Some Creators, Some Facebook Passwords Stored in Readable Format and Comcast Launching Streaming Service for Internet Subscribers.

Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 284

July 03, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Summer break is over and the Brave Ad World Podcast is back!

This week’s headlines: Facebook Gets Hollywood Involved in Long-Form Content, Facebook Ads Get Slew of New Updates In Time for Holiday Planning, Snapchat Makes Geofilters Easier to Make and Facebook Messenger Elevates Bots in Discover Tab.

The week’s news quick hits: Tech Companies Partner to Fight Violent Extremism, Messenger Adds Filters to Video Chats, Posts on Google Expands to Local Businesses, YouTube Measurement Program Goes Live, Uber Allows Users to Order Rides for Others, Facebook Hits 2 Billion User Milestone, Google Tests VR Ad Format, Pinterest Rolls Out Security Protections, Pandora Focuses on US Market, Instagram Tests Nested Comments, YouTube’s Uptime Removes Invite-Only Limitation, Instagram Launches Comment Filters, Twitch Allows Live Streaming from Mobile Devices and AMC Launches Commercial-Free Platform.

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This Week in Social and Digital (Week of June 26)

July 02, 2017 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.

Things I’ve Learned from Lately #87

August 23, 2014 by Taylor Wiegert in Things I've Learned From Lately

“Things I’ve Learned from Lately” is a regular compilation of articles that have made me a smarter marketer. Hopefully, they’ll help you, too.

This Week: Calling Out Patent Malpractice, The Toothbrush Test, Kicking the [Coffee] Habit andGoing Behind the Comcast/Time Warner Merger.

This Week in Social (Week of October 7)

October 13, 2013 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

This week’s headlines: Nielsen Introduces Twitter TV Ratings, Twitter Focuses on Mobile on Homepage, Facebook Streamlines Ad Creation Process, Facebook Rolls Out New Page Insights and Facebook Removes Timeline Lookup Privacy Setting.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Expands Social TV Reports to Overseas Broadcasters, Twitter Launches Update for Windows Phone, Flickr for iOS Gets Auto-Upload Feature, Twitter and Comcast Launch ‘See It’ Feature, Instagram Updates iOS and Android Apps and Foursquare Updates with Real-Time Recommendations.