Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 298

October 23, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

The week was pretty quiet, but what did happen laid the groundwork for big things to come.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Acquires TBH, Facebook Rolls Out Explore Feed and Pinterest Search Ads Available in Ads Manager.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook May Soon Allow for Conversation Insights Mining, Facebook Lets Users Order Food on Site, Nielsen Can Now Measure Netflix Viewing, Twitter Takes Steps to Curb Hate Speech, Twitter Launches Video Website Cards, Facebook Live Allows for Streaming Screen Shares and Amazon Enables Brands to Enhance Product Pages.

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This Week in Social and Digital (Week of October 16)

October 22, 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.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Acquires TBH, Facebook Rolls Out Explore Feed and Pinterest Search Ads Available in Ads Manager.

Some Bright Spots for Twitter

August 26, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Twitter, Video

It is easy to pile on Twitter right now. Between disappointments in user growth from a Wall Street perspective as well as the U.S. President not doing the platform’s reputation any favors, it’s fashionable to hate on Twitter.

None of that can be ignored, but from a brand perspective, these headlines are in many ways inconsequential. What matters is whether or not Twitter has the potential to drive businesses forward, and if that’s the question, there are a couple reasons brands should consider Twitter in their marketing plans.

Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 290

August 14, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 290 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Instagram Testing Live Video Collaboration, Pinterest Adds Third Party Verification to Video, Facebook Launches Video Tab and Snapchat’s Quarterly Earnings Not Encouraging.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Aims to Minimize Accidental Clicks, YouTube Introduces Video Sharing, Disney Sets Sights on Live Video Streaming, Google Notifies Publishers that they Need to Remove Certain Ads and Foursquare Emphasizes Personal Logging in Latest Update.

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This Week in Social and Digital (Week of August 7)

August 13, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

This week’s headlines: Instagram Testing Live Video Collaboration, Pinterest Adds Third Party Verification to Video and Facebook Launches Video Tab.

Brave ad World Podcast - Episode 288

July 31, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 288 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Facebook Working on Listening Assistant, Twitter Users Decline in US with Daily Active Users Up, Six-Second Video Ads Coming to Facebook and Twitter Launching $99 Subscription.

The week’s news quick hits: Group M Considers Changes to Viewability Standards, YouTube Shuts Down On-Site Video Editing Tools, Nielsen to Measure Hulu and YouTube in Ratings, Facebook Acquires Content Recognition Company Source3, Google Reports Successful Q2 Earnings, Twitter Adds More Notifications to Notifications, Facebook Original Shows Coming Mid-August, Facebook Reports Q2 Earnings, LinkedIn Launches Website Demographics and Messenger Adds Five New CTA Buttons.

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