Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 241

This week was almost too full of social and digital marketing stories, but they're all discussed on the latest episode of the Brave Ad World Podcast.

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Launches Ads API, Microsoft Acquires LinkedIn, Apple Announces New Operating System Features at WWDC, Facebook Launches Updates for Local Awareness Ads, YouTube Gives New Tools for Businesses to Make Videos, Facebook Launches Creative Hub and Snapchat and Oracle Partner in Measurement Deal.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Introduces Direct Response CTAs, Android Users Can Now Send SMS Using Facebook Messenger, Pinterest Introduces Ad Retargeting, Twitter Allows for Targeting by Emoji, Twitter Gets Dedicated Periscope Button, Twitter Invests in SoundCloud, Facebook Expands Suicide-Prevention Tools, Meerkat Launches New App, Imgur Allows for Video Advertising, Snapchat Launching Its Own Online Magazine and Facebook Messenger Gets Reorganized. 

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Brave Ad World - Episode 169

Hey everybody! The latest and greatest of Brave Ad World is here with Episode 169 of the Brave Ad World Podcast.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Ups Ad Frequency Caps, Snapchat Launching Content Service, Vine Allows Users to Upload from Camera Roll, Uber Opens Up Software Platform and Instagram Launches Analytics Tools.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Tests Displaying Tweets Favorited by Others in Timelines, Facebook Testing Stickers in Comments, Twitter Says It Will Remove Images of Deceased, Slideshare Makes Premium Features Free and SoundCloud Launches Advertising. 

You can get this episode and many others in the podcast section or 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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Brave Ad World - Episode 159

Episode 159 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here, and it's full of the biggest stories digital and social media marketing stories of the week.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Developing Snapchat Competitor, Twitter Backs Out of SoundCloud Acquisition, Pinterest Opens Up Business Platform to Developers, Facebook Launches Update to Mobile Apps that Listens to Surroundings and YouTube Working on Deal to Acquire Twitch.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Releases Hangouts Extension for Outlook, Facebook Introduces 'Ask' Button for Relationship Statuses, Facebook Expands Video Ads Outside the United States, LinkedIn Launches "How You Rank" Feature, Facebook Helps Users with Privacy Settings and Restaurants Can Now Add Menus to Facebook Pages.

Get this episode and many others in the podcast section or 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.

This Week in Social (Week of May 19)

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 Developing Snapchat Competitor, Twitter Backs Out of SoundCloud Acquisition, Pinterest Opens Up Business Platform to Developers, Facebook Launches Update to Mobile Apps that Listens to Surroundings and YouTube Working on Deal to Acquire Twitch.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Releases Hangouts Extension for Outlook, Facebook Introduces 'Ask' Button for Relationship Statuses, Facebook Expands Video Ads Outside the United States, LinkedIn Launches "How You Rank" Feature, Facebook Helps Users with Privacy Settings and Restaurants Can Now Add Menus to Facebook Pages.

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