Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 266

Episode 266 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Snapchat Gears Up for IPO, Snapchat Lets Advertisers Buy Ads Based on Nielsen Digital Rankings, Facebook Updating Trending Topics, Facebook Testing Prominent Ads on Messenger, Explore Tab Makes Debut on Twitter and Facebook Updates News Feed Algorithm to Emphasize Long Videos.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Voice Gets First Update in Five Years, Twitter Launches Vine Archive, Tumblr Adds Stickers and Filters, Instagram Live Stories Rolling Out Globally, Facebook Tests Its Version of Stories, Google Purges Fake News Publishers from Advertising Platform, Facebook Updates Privacy Basics Page, Facebook Supports Physical USB Keys for Authentication and Twitter Joins Instagram. 

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Brave Ad World - Episode 238

Plans to take a week off from recording a podcast episode were waylaid by a ton of news to talk about.

This week’s headlines: Facebook Releases Continuous Video API and Other Updates for Live, Google Expands Mobile Ads to Maps, Twitter Launches Major Updates to Tweets, Facebook Shutting Down FBX and Expanding Audience Network and Facebook Continues Testing of News Feed Redesign.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Updating Discover Design, Facebook Updates Approach to Trending Topics, Instagram Code Reveals More Information on Business Profiles, Lyft Testing Ride Scheduling, Google Introduces Responsive Format Ads for Display Network, Event Pages Come to YouTube Gaming, Foursquare Launches Restaurant Recommending Chatbot, Snapchat Releases New Stickers to Users, Spotify Allowing Sponsorship of Its Own Playlists and Twitter Cards Now Support Spotify Song Previews. 

Celebrate Memorial Day. Then sit back and see listen to why I couldn't wait a whole two weeks to record. Get this episode and many others in the podcast section, and be sure to subscribe viaiTunes.

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This Week in Social and Digital (Week of May 23)

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 Releases Continuous Video API and Other Updates for Live, Google Expands Mobile Ads to Maps, Twitter Launches Major Updates to Tweets, Facebook Shutting Down FBX and Expanding Audience Network and Facebook Continues Testing of News Feed Redesign.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Updating Discover Design, Facebook Updates Approach to Trending Topics, Instagram Code Reveals More Information on Business Profiles, Lyft Testing Ride Scheduling, Google Introduces Responsive Format Ads for Display Network, Event Pages Come to YouTube Gaming, Foursquare Launches Restaurant Recommending Chatbot, Snapchat Releases New Stickers to Users, Spotify Allowing Sponsorship of Its Own Playlists and Twitter Cards Now Support Spotify Song Previews. 

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Brave Ad World - Episode 144

Another week has passed, and another episode of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here.

This week’s headlines: Twitter Web Redesign Resembles Mobile Experience, Facebook Acquires Branch and Potluck, Tumblr Adds Mention Alerts, Twitter Allows Ad Targeting by Email and User ID, and Facebook Launches Trending Topics.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Updates YouTube Comment Moderation System, Google Acquires Nest, Buffer for Business Gets Google Analytics Integration and Twitter Working with Stripe for Potential Commerce Feature.

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This Week in Social (Week of January 13)

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: Twitter Web Redesign Resembles Mobile Experience, Facebook Acquires Branch and Potluck, Tumblr Adds Mention Alerts, Twitter Allows Ad Targeting by Email and User ID, and Facebook Launches Trending Topics.

The week’s news quick hits: Google Updates YouTube Comment Moderation System, Google Acquires Nest, Buffer for Business Gets Google Analytics Integration and Twitter Working with Stripe for Potential Commerce Feature

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