Why Facebook Will Be Part of Your Video Strategy

September 09, 2014 by Taylor Wiegert in Facebook, Video, YouTube

Video was once a sideshow on Facebook. If a brand had a video to share, that was great. If not, well, that was okay, too. Brands had little reason to divert resources from optimizing text, photos and links on Facebook, and if a video was available, it was more beneficial to focus on YouTube and then include a link on Facebook. Today is a different story as Facebook is giving advertisers reason to consider it a primary driver for video creation and distribution.

Brave Ad World - Episode 161

June 10, 2014 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

It's a little later than normal, but the latest episode of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Facebook Works to Patent Technology to Allow Kids on the Network, Apple Products Evolve at this Year's WWDC, Facebook Starts Big Push with Small Businesses Tour, LinkedIn Adds More Premium Features for Users and Pinterest Testing Self-Serve Ad Platform.

The week’s news quick hits: Google+ Stories Come to iOS, Lookalike Audience Targeting Comes to Facebook Ads Manager, Instagram Adds More Editing Features, Facebook Rolling Out Pages Redesign, Bitly Launches Bitly Certified Partner Program and Video Views Objective Added to Facebook's Advertising Platforms.

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This Week in Social (Week of June 2)

June 09, 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.

Brave Ad World - Episode 127

August 12, 2013 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 127 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here. Download, sit back and get caught up on everything that happened last week!

This week’s headlines: Facebook Updates News Feed for More Relevant Posts, Twitter Launching Security Updates and Instagram Adds Video Uploads.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Hires Its First CMO, Twitter Updates Search, Pinterest Adds Price Alerts, Jeff Bezos Acquires The Washington Post, Facebook Chat Comes to BlackBerry 10, Feedly Launches Lifetime Premium Service and YouTube Founders Launch New Video Service.

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Pheeding Customers Premium Content

November 29, 2012 by Taylor Wiegert in Content Marketing

P heed has become the latest social network to gain traction by combining elements of Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram and Facebook with the endorsement of key celebrities. Users can follow others and have others follow them as well as share images, videos, songs and text. People can comment on anything a user posts and like, dislike and bookmark content from others.

The element that sets Pheed apart is its vision to be a platform for celebrities to deliver premium and exclusive content to users for a price ranging from $1.99 to $34.99 per month. Content is key.