This Week in Social and Digital (Week of March 4)

March 10, 2019 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: Google and Facebook Preview Election Efforts in Canada and Indonesia, Instagram Launches Branded Content Ads and Mark Zuckerberg Promises Privacy for Future Facebook Users.

The week’s news quick hits: Amazon Plans Massive Grocery Expansion, Pinterest Expands Shopping Capabilities for Retailers, Verizon Shutting Down Oath Ad Platform, Google Shifts Programmatic Platform to First-Price Auction System and Facebook Limits Vaccine Misinformation Pages and Groups.

Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 247

August 01, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week we had big acquisitions, quarterly earnings and more to discuss on Episode 247 of the Brave Ad World Podcast.

This week’s headlines: Verizon Acquires Yahoo, Reddit Shares Plans to Go Mass and New Ad Offering, Twitter Disappoints in Q2 Earnings, Tumblr to Run Ads on all Blogs, Video Propels Facebook Into Dominant Q2 and Alphabet Reports Excellent Earnings Despite Facebook.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Quick Updates, Attribution Powered by Foursquare Gets Real-Time Dashboard, Instagram Testing Tools for Celebrities to Combat Trolls, Pinterest Hires New Head of Measurement, LinkedIn Acquires PointDrive, Facebook Updates Custom Audiences for Time Spent on Site, Facebook Testing New Video Features, Facebook Launches Birthday Recap Videos and Twitter Stickers Available to All.

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This Week in Social and Digital (Week of July 25)

July 31, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

Things I’ve Learned from Lately #104

May 31, 2015 by Taylor Wiegert in Things I've Learned From Lately

“Things I’ve Learned from Lately” is a regular compilation of articles that have made me a smarter marketer. Hopefully, they’ll help you, too.

This Week: The Real Ramifications of an Idealized Social Self, A Public Policy Algorithm, Automated Middle Man, Trolling for Diplomacy and The Quest for Inbox Zero Hits Productivity.

Brave Ad World - Episode 197

May 18, 2015 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 197 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Its Own Search Engine, Verizon Buys AOL, Instant Articles Launch on Facebook and Snapchat Launches 10-Second Ads.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Feature to Enable Users to Search for Items for Sale Across Groups, Facebook Allows Developers to Advertise in Carousel Ad Units, Reddit Creating Original Video Content, Facebook Local Ads Get Call Now Button and Twitter Testing Related Videos Feature.

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.

This Week in Social (Week of May 11)

May 17, 2015 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

This week’s headlines: Facebook Testing Its Own Search Engine, Verizon Buys AOL, Instant Articles Launch on Facebook and Snapchat Launches 10-Second Ads.