Brave Ad World - Episode 176

Episode 176 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Debuts its First Ad, Foursquare Unveils First Ad Campaign, Tumblr Ad Performance Revealed in Yahoo Earnings Report, Twitter Pitches Fabric to Developers and Facebook Launches New App Called Rooms.

The week’s news quick hits: Flickr Launches Its First iPad App, Twitter Plans 2015 Rollout for Buy Button, Facebook Launches Video Ad to Promote Messenger, Tsu Promises to Share Revenue with Content Creators, Groupon Unveils Pages, Google Launches Inbox and Ello Becomes a Public Benefit Corporation.

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This Week in Social (Week of November 4)

 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: IBM Files Patent Dispute with Twitter, Google Launches Helpouts, Google+ Gets Restricted Communities, i.TV Acquires GetGlue and Twitter Goes Public.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Raises Share Price Ahead of IPO, Microsoft Renews Searchable Tweets Deal with Twitter, Google+ Photos to Display from Callers on Android Devices, Instagram CEO Touts Ad Rollout, Facebook Updates ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ Buttons, Google+ Comments Come to YouTube, Groupon Acquires Ticket Monster and Facebook Tests Star Ratings on Brand Pages.

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Brave Ad World - Episode 99

Coming off of a huge week in the world of social media marketing, Episode 99 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches Graph Search, Viggle’s GetGlue Acquisition is Cancelled, MySpace is Back, LinkedIn Gets Rid of Answers and Yelp Adds Inspection Scores to Restaurant Listings.

The week’s news quick hits cover: Groupon Acquires Glassmap, Prominence of Link Previews on Facebook Grows, Judge Rules Tweeted Photos Retain Copyright, Facebook Messenger Gets Ability to Make Phone Calls and Twitter Introduces Instant Hyperlinks.

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.

Brave Ad World - Episode 69

Happy Memorial Day (to those in the US)! We hope you're having a great weekend. Episode 69 of Brave Ad World has been released, and we have a lot to cover.

This week’s headlines: Microsoft Launches So.Cl, Facebook Faces a Shareholder Lawsuit, Oracle Acquires Vitrue and Facebook Launches an Instagram Competitor (Say What?!).

The week’s news quick hits cover: TBS and Facebook Team-up, Groupon Launching In-Store Payment System, Facebook Tests a Close Friends Feature, Opera Rumored to be Purchased by Facebook and Yahoo Discontinues Livestand.

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However you choose to listen, let us know what you think! Leave a review, contact us on Twitter or send us an email to braveadworld [at] gmail [dot] com.