This Week in Social and Digital (Week of August 14)

August 20, 2017 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: Snapchat Launches Crowd Surf, Facebook Allows for More Flexibility in Placing Videos, Facebook Lets Brands Promote Influencer Posts and Reddit Joins the Autoplay Video Game.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Updates News Feed Design, LinkedIn Launches Active Status on User Profiles, Instagram Gets Threaded Comments, Facebook Tests Targeting Based on Store Visits, Google Maps Gets Q&A for Businesses, Instagram Launches New Way to Reply with Photos, Pinterest Adds Pinch and Zoom to Pins and Amazon Spark Launches.

Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 270

February 27, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 270 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is here!

This week’s headlines: WhatsApp Launches Disappearing Photos and Videos, Instagram Launches Albums and Facebook Introducing Commercial Breaks Into Video Content.

The week’s news quick hits: Snap Inc. Selling Spectacles Online, Amazon Lowers Free Shipping Minimum, YouTube Introduces Advertising Audits, Twitter Lets Brands Personalize Customer Service, Facebook Rolls Out Updated Emojis, Users Can Add Flags to Facebook Profile Photos and Google Allo is Getting a Desktop App.

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Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 266

January 30, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

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 Podcast - Episode 225

February 15, 2016 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Love is in the air on Valentine's Day, and what could be more romantic than some digital and social media marketing news? Episode 225 of the podcast is here.

This week’s headlines: Users Protest for Algorithmic Feed on Twitter, Twitter Launches First View Ads, Twitter Reports Disappointing Earnings, Facebook to Start Automatically Captioning Videos and Instagram to Start Reporting Video View Counts.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Suspends Suspected Extremist Accounts, Instagram Account Switching Rolls Out, Google Launches AMP, Viacom Makes Deal to Sell Snapchat Advertising, Vine Lets Users Edit Posts, Twitter Starts Trust & Safety Council and Facebook Messenger SMS and Multi-Account Support Comes to Android.

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This Week in Social (Weeks of October 5 and October 12)

October 18, 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: Pinterest Expands Buyable Pins, Twitter Launches Moments, Google Launches Accelerated Mobile Pages, Facebook Tests Reactions, Facebook Testing New Shopping Section and Facebook Launches Videos Tab.

The week’s news quick hits: Jack Dorsey Named CEO of Twitter, Facebook Releasing Advertiser Outcome Scores, Reddit Launches Upvoted, Facebook Lead Ads Become Available to All Advertisers, Periscope Launches Embeddable On-Air Buttons, Pinterest Customizes Search by Location, Snapchat Shutting Down Its Own Original Content Channel, Pinterest Updating Place Pins and Facebook Updates On This Day Feature to Give Users More Control.

This Week in Social (Week of September 21)

September 27, 2015 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

This week’s headlines: Facebook Expands Instant Articles, Facebook Launches 360-Degree Videos and Pinterest Gives API Access to Developers.

The week’s news quick hits: Instagram Hits 400 Million User Mark, Facebook Starts Rolling Out Page Updates and Twitter Experimenting with Polls.