Brave Ad World - Episode 210

September 21, 2015 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 210 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Google and Twitter Introduce their Own Version of Instant Articles, Twitter Steps Up Its Commerce Game, Pinterest Hits 100 Million Users and Works to Attract Advertisers and Facebook Working on Alternatives to the Like Button.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Users Can Now Pay for Replays, Facebook Testing Read Receipts on Event Invites, Facebook to Offer Option to Pay Only if 100% of it is Viewed On-Screen, Facebook Launches Curation Tool for Journalists and NFL Partners with Snapchat.

Check it out, give it a listen 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.

This Week in Social (Weeks of August 24)

August 30, 2015 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 Tests GIFs on Select Brand Pages, Twitter Blocks Services that Save Deleted Political Tweets, Google Launches Twitch Competitor, Facebook’s Digital Assistant Gets Closer to Being Real and Instagram Allows for Portrait and Landscape Images.

The week’s news quick hits: Mashable and Vox to Join Snapchat Discover, Google Displays Tweets in Desktop Search Results, Facebook Adds Donate Now CTA to Non-Profit Pages and Facebook Cracks Down on Pirated Video Content.

This Week in Social (Weeks of August 4 and August 11)

August 17, 2014 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

This week’s headlines: The New Foursquare App Launches, Twitter Introduces Objective-Based Campaigns, Facebook Bans Like-Gating, Twitter Launches Promoted Videos Beta and Facebook Launches Conversion Tracking Tool for Ads.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Starts Initial Flock to Unlock Campaign, YouTube Acquires Directr, Gmail Makes Unsubscribing Easier, Pinterest Launches Messaging Feature, Square Launches Appointments, Flipboard Launching Video Ads and Yahoo Launching Self-Serve Ad Buying Platform.

Brave Ad World - Episode 122

July 01, 2013 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 122 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Working on Reader News Service, Google Testing Mine to Track Belongings and Square Launches Online Store.

The week’s news quick hits: FTC to Investigate Google Acquisition of Waze, Foursquare Lets Users Check-in their Friends, Potluck Launches, Google Reader Shuts Down and LinkedIn Adds More User Data Features.

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

This Week in Social (Week of June 24)

June 30, 2013 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

This week’s headlines: Facebook Working on Reader News Service, Google Testing Mine to Track Belongings and Square Launches Online Store.

Brave Ad World - Episode 26

May 30, 2011 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Hey there! It's been a couple weeks since the last podcast. Needless to say, things have been a bit hectic, but I apologize for the delay. This week we have everything from mobile payments to Twitter evolutions as I discuss Square’s new pay with your name system, Twitter’s email notifications, TweetDeck under new ownership and Google’s answer to mobile payments has finally arrived.

Find it on on iTunes or in the podcast section, and have a great week.