Is this Twitter’s Big Moment?

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Twitter Moments, previously referred to as Project Lightning, is here, and it brings with it an understandable level of excitement. It is a feature that lives within the Twitter mobile app, which is made up of curated videos, photos and tweets related to stories and events being discussed on Twitter. An editorial team at Twitter curates the content.

Moments is really compelling. It is Twitter doubling down on what makes it unique from any other platform out there, serving as the default source for what is happening in the world right now.

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Brave Ad World - Episode 204

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Get your week's digital and social media marketing news.

This week’s headlines: Instagram Brings Search to Desktop, Facebook Gives Brands More Video Tools and Twitter Allows Advertisers to Buy Around Events Ahead of Time.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Experiments with Related Videos, Google+ Photos Shutting Down, Twitter Removes Custom Backgrounds, Yahoo Advertising Showing Rebound, Twitter Launches Safety Center and Pinterest Adds Save for Later Feature. 

Check it out, 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.

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Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 198

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It's been another huge week in the world of digital and social media marketing.

This week’s headlines: Google Now Displaying Tweets in Search Results, Pinterest Updates Advertising Products, Twitter Launches Objective-Based Campaigns for All, YouTube Adds Buy Button to Videos and Instagram Looks to Engage Users with Highlight Emails.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Wants Games on Messenger, Reddit Unveils Harassment Policy, YouTube Kids App Serving Questionable Content, LinkedIn Provides Deeper Content Analytics, Spotify Launches New Multimedia Features, Facebook Acquires Tugboat Yards, Facebook Messenger Reminds You Who Senders Are, Periscope Comes to Android, Twitter Makes Amplify Easier for Advertisers and Google Holds Developer Conference. 

Check it out! And after you listen, 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.

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Brave Ad World - Episode 187

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Another week means another episode of The Brave Ad World Podcast, and there's so much to discuss!

This week’s headlines: Twitter Tests Instant Timeline, Twitter Selling Ads on Flipboard and Yahoo Japan, Google to Display Tweets in Search Results Again, LinkedIn Wraps Up Big Quarter and Twitter’s Q4 Earnings Don’t Impress Wall Street.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Uses Real People to Optimize News Feeds, WhatsApp Launches Voice Calls in India, YouTube Testing Videos with Multiple Angles, Twitter Opens R&D Center in India and Instagram Adds Looping Videos.

You can get this episode and many others in the podcast section, and be sure to subscribe via iTunes. However you choose to listen, please leave a review. You can also contact us on Twitter and send us an email to braveadworld [at] gmail [dot] com.

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