Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 258

November 21, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 258 of the Brave Ad Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Facebook Acquires CrowdTangle, Snapchat and Foursquare Ink Deal, Pinterest Launches Autoplay Video and Explore Hub, Twitter Implements Moderation Controls and Facebook Updating Measurement.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook and Google Restrict Fake News Sites, Facebook Launches Unified Messages App, Facebook Testing Objective-Based Status Update Feature, WhatsApp Launches Video Calling, Twitter Monetizes NBA Live Shows, Snap Secretly Files for IPO, Twitter Launches QR Codes for Accounts, Facebook Adds New Custom Audience Targeting Parameters, Atlas Discontinues Serving Ads, Facebook Rolls Out Bot Analytics and Airbnb Launches More Robust Travel Services.

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Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 219

December 14, 2015 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

The last episode of 2015 for the Brave Ad World Podcast is here, and as always, we have a lot to talk about.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Shuts Down Creative Labs, Facebook Updates Customer Communication Tools on Pages, Twitter Testing New Timeline and Twitter Targeting Ads to Users Not Logged In.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Uncropping Images on Web Version Timelines, Pinterest Makes New Acquisitions, Tumblr Allows Users to Send Posts in Messages and Facebook Updates Instant Articles Policies for Publishers.

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This Week in Social (Week of December 7)

December 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’s headlines: Facebook Shuts Down Creative Labs, Facebook Updates Customer Communication Tools on Pages, Twitter Testing New Timeline and Twitter Targeting Ads to Users Not Logged In.

Facebook Messages Bringing Focus to Back to Service

December 12, 2015 by Taylor Wiegert in Customer Relations Managment, Facebook

Facebook Messenger has grown from 500 million users in November 2014 to more than 700 million users today. It shows no signs of slowing down, and Facebook is giving every indication that marketers should make messages a focus if they aren’t already.

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