Messenger: Too Big to Ignore

January 20, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in Facebook, Messaging

Love it, hate it or find yourself somewhere in between, Facebook Messenger is not only here to stay. It’s just getting started.

Facebook kicked off the year with an announcement that it has reached 800 million users. This comes after an outcry from users when it separated Messenger from the core Facebook app. Users got over their frustrations quickly and adopted Messenger in droves. Now, Facebook’s ready to take the next step to becoming even more dominant.

Brave Ad World - Episode 126

August 05, 2013 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 126 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here.

This week’s headlines: Twitter Clamps Down on Abusive Tweets, Pinterest Introduces User Tracking, Facebook Video Ads Around the Corner and Foursquare Makes Data Available through Ad Targeting Firm.

The week’s news quick hits: Reuters Twitter Account Hacked, Washington Law Banning Employer Requests for Social Media Passwords Goes into Effect, Facebook Launches Publishing Effort, Twitter Releases Government Request Report, LinkedIn Upgrades Page Analytics, YouTube Announces Top Fans Manager, Facebook Cover Feed No Longer Requires Home and LinkedIn has Strong Q2.

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 July 29)

August 04, 2013 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.

The week’s news quick hits: Reuters Twitter Account Hacked, Washington Law Banning Employer Requests for Social Media Passwords Goes into Effect, Facebook Launches Publishing Effort, Facebook Launches Embeddable Posts, Twitter Releases Government Request Report, LinkedIn Upgrades Page Analytics, YouTube Announces Top Fans Manager, Facebook Cover Feed No Longer Requires Home and LinkedIn has Strong Q2.

Things I’ve Learned from Lately #47

June 15, 2013 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: Facebook’s Decline in Japan, Forget Transparency, Coded Not to Read and Facebook Home at Odds with Computer Users.

Brave Ad World - Episode 119

June 10, 2013 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 119 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is recorded, uploaded and ready for your listening pleasure.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Lets Users Take a Break from Home, Foursquare Tests Small Business Program, Vine Coming to Android, Pinterest Lets Users Search for their Pins and Facebook Simplifies Ads.

The week’s news quick hits: Yahoo Discontinues Mail Classic, Zynga Announces More Layoffs, Twitter Music Landing Page Gets an Update, Google Integrates Wildfire Tech with DoubleClick, TweetDeck Gets an Update, Facebook Continues Plans to Shutdown Facebook Credits and Twitter Inks another Agency Deal.

This Week in Social (Week of June 3)

June 09, 2013 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.