This Week in Social (Weeks of November 17, November 24 and December 1)

December 07, 2014 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 Planning Enterprise Platform, Snapchat Launches Snapcash, Facebook Launches Groups App, Twitter Launches Offers, Twitter Adds Photo Editing Features and Facebook Relaunches Slingshot.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Makes Every Tweet Searchable, Twitter Allows Users to Privately Share Tweets, Snapchat Rolls Out Sponsored “Our Story” Feeds, Tumblr Rolls Out App Install Ads, Google+ Introduces Pinned Posts Feature and Facebook Launches Mobile Autoplay Video Ads to Promote Apps.

Brave Ad World - Episode 177

November 03, 2014 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 177 of the Brave Ad World Podcast has been posted! It was a week full of earnings reports and news from the biggest platforms out there.

This week’s headlines: Twitter Reports Q3 Earnings, Tumblr Launches Auto-play Video Ads, Facebook Reports Q3 Earnings, Reddit Launches Crowdfunding Platform and LinkedIn Sponsored Content Drives Q3 Earnings.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Updates Business Website, Twitpic Gets Acquired, Facebook Adds Features to Mobile Photo Uploads, Instagram Launches Video Ads and Pinterest Updates User Profiles.

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The Tweet Seen Round the World and What Marketers Can Learn

March 11, 2014 by Taylor Wiegert in Twitter

The Oscars provided no shortage of social conversation, but what took the cake was a "selfie" from Oscar host Ellen Degeneres that featured several other celebrities including Bradley Cooper, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence and others. The photo was taken with a Samsung phone to help promote Samsung devices. The result was more than any tweet had ever achieved.