Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 294

September 25, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 294 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Instagram Revisits Approach to Auto-Play Videos with Sound, Pandora Rewards Users for Viewing Ads, Facebook Gives Ad Targeting More Human Oversight and Facebook Allows Targeting for Store Visits.

The week’s news quick hits: Airbnb Lets Users Book Tables, Pinterest Makes Pin Collective Self Serve, Spotify Launches Ad Studio, Twitter Launches Popular Articles and Instagram Adds Stickers to Live Broadcasts.

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

September 24, 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.

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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Brave Ad World - Episode 209

September 14, 2015 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 209 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here coming off of a Labor Day break.

This week’s headlines: Twitter Testing Stickers for Photos, Instagram Updates Direct Messaging, LinkedIn Improves Messaging, Facebook’s 360 Degree Ads Being Tested and Instagram Opens Up to All Advertisers.

The week’s news quick hits: Google+ Collections Coming to iOS, Google Updates Its Logo, Twitter Expands Promoted Tweets into More Countries, Hulu Rolling Out Ad-Free Service Tier, Facebook Allows Advertisers to Test Effectiveness of Multiple Ads, Twitter Unifies iOS Experiences, Facebook Mentions Becomes Available to All Verified Profiles and Periscope Allows Landscape Video.

Check it out, give it a listen and let us know what you think! You can get this episode and many others in the podcast section, and be sure to subscribe via iTunes.

This Week in Social (Weeks of August 31 and September 7)

September 13, 2015 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 in Social (Week of July 6)

July 12, 2015 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

This week’s headlines: Instagram Makes Photos Higher Def, GIFs Get More Prominence in Messenger, Meerkat Launches Cameo and Facebook Gives Users Greater News Feed Control.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Launches More Granular Demographic Targeting Called Personas, Facebook Testing Floating Video, Twitter Asks Users to Share Their Birthdays, Facebook Updates CPC Actions, Pinterest Launches Engagement Campaigns for Promoted Pins and Twitter Adding Video to Mobile App Ads.