Is Now the Time for Vine (Byte)?

February 04, 2020 by Taylor Wiegert in Byte, TikTok, Vine

Vine is back, and this time it’s called Byte. Vine cofounder Dom Hofmann released Byte, and in the first week it had 1.3 million downloads, 70% of which are from the United States.

Byte follows the footsteps of its Vine predecessor in allowing users to create quick six-second mobile videos. Now, Byte has some issues to overcome, such as spammy comments, but with plans to do a revenue share with content creators, Byte is positioning itself to be a viable competitor to TikTok when it comes to short-form mobile entertainment.

Vine was acquired by Twitter in 2012 and shut down in 2016. The question is will Byte follow a similar fate or is now the right time for Vine?

There are a few reasons to think yes.

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

January 29, 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.

Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 265

January 23, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Episode 265 of the Brave Ad World Podcast is posted and ready!

This week’s headlines: Pinterest Rolling Out Ad Groups, Twitter Sells Fabric to Google, Snapchat Launches Sequential Video, Twitter Shutting Down the Buy Button and Snapchat Launching Big Update and Updated Search Bar.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Not Renewing Live Agreements with Publishers, Facebook Launching Paris-Based Startup Incubator, Google+ Gets New Features, Twitter Makes Short Videos Loop, YouTube Testing Messaging Videos in Canada and LinkedIn Overhauls Desktop Experience.

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This Week in Social and Digital (Week of January 16)

January 22, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in This Week in Social

Brave Ad World Podcast - Episode 263

January 09, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

One week of 2017 is behind us and with its end comes the latest episode of the Brave Ad World Podcast.

This week’s headlines: Auto-Captioning for Facebook Videos Coming to All US Pages, Medium Moves Away from Ad-Driven Revenue Stream and Facebook Hires Head of News Partnerships.

The week’s news quick hits: Vine’s Date for Shutdown is Set and Twitter to Live Stream Golden Globes Red Carpet.

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