Episode 280

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This week’s headlines: Snapchat Inks Deals for Original High-Quality Content, Amazon Launches Echo Show, Pinterest Updates Lens to Make Searching Multiple Object Images Easier, Snapchat Launches New Features for Creativity, Instagram Launches Mobile Web App and Snapchat Disappoints in First Earnings Report

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Shuts Down Oculus Story Studio, Spotify Lets Users Share Music Through Scannable Photos, Facebook Long-Form Video Making Its Debut, Messenger Adds Chat Extensions from Publishers and Apps, Yelp’s Earnings Report Is Not Good, Facebook Lead Ads Get Offline Conversion Features, Facebook Adds Political CTA for Pages and AI Diminishing Visibility of Poor Websites on Facebook.

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Episode 276

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Steps Up Push Against Fake News by Paying Fact Checkers, YouTube Restricts Paid Creators to Those with 10,000 or More Views, Instagram Direct Gets Snapchat-Inspired Upgrade and Snapchat Launches Snap to Store.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Tests Groups Feature on Pages, Google Displays Fact-Checking Tags on Search Results, Facebook Puts CTA Units on Instant Articles, Periscope Lets Brands Create Custom Hearts, Messenger Hits Another User Milestone and Instagram Stories Hits 200 Million Users.

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Episode 274

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Launches New Ad Unit Called Collections, Facebook Clones Snapchat Stories in Core App, Twitter Adds Pre-Roll to Periscope and Pinterest Launches Small Business Program.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Considering Paid Subscription Offering, Google Launching Header Bidding Alternative, Facebook Messenger Unveils Live Locations, Facebook Testing Pages Interactions on Groups, Pinterest Visual Search Powers New Samsung Products and Twitter No Longer Counts Replies in Character Limit.

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Episode 263

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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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Episode 254

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Messenger Testing Conversation Prompts, Snapchat Wants to Stop Revenue Split with Publishers and Facebook Adds More Commerce to Pages.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Lets Users Set Initial View on 360 Photos, Messenger Day Continues Testing in Australia, Lobbies for Facebook Live Being Unrolled and Instagram Stories Now on Explore.

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Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog)

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.

Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast.

Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com.

You can contact Brave Ad World at BraveAdWorld [at] gmail.com, or connect with Taylor on Twitter @twiegert and Kevin at @prblog. 

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Episode 185

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Rolls Out More Video Features for Pages, Twitter Acquires ZipDial, Snapchat Unveils Its Media Platform, Pinterest Acquires Kosei and Tumblr Launches Creatrs Network.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Testing Feature to Turn Audio Messages to Text, Facebook Flags False Stories as Hoaxes, Flipboard Launches Promoted Items and WhatsApp Launches Desktop Version.

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This week’s headlines: Twitter’s FAQ Shows Signs of Native Video Player, Facebook Acquires Wit.ai and Facebook’s Growth in Video.

The week’s news quick hits: Study Shows Users Receptive to Snapchat Ads, Google to Communicate if Video Ads were Seen, WhatsApp Reaches 700 Million Users and Page Owners Given Option to Add Maps to Pages.

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This week’s headlines: Facebook Works to Patent Technology to Allow Kids on the Network, Apple Products Evolve at this Year's WWDC, Facebook Starts Big Push with Small Businesses Tour, LinkedIn Adds More Premium Features for Users and Pinterest Testing Self-Serve Ad Platform.

The week’s news quick hits: Google+ Stories Come to iOS, Lookalike Audience Targeting Comes to Facebook Ads Manager, Instagram Adds More Editing Features, Facebook Rolling Out Pages Redesign, Bitly Launches Bitly Certified Partner Program and Video Views Objective Added to Facebook's Advertising Platforms.

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Hosts: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert) and Kevin Dugan (www.twitter.com/prblog)

This week’s headlines: Facebook Addresses Lingering Facebook Page Redesign Questions, Facebook Acquires Oculus Rift, LinkedIn Continues Content Push with New Tools for Marketers, Facebook Updates Lookalike Audiences, Twitter Adds Photo Tagging and Foursquare's New Ad Feature Integrates Twitter.

The week’s news quick hits: Twitter Investigates Disappearing Tweets, DIsney Acquires Maker Studios, Twitter #Music Shutting Down, Lithium Moves Forward with Klout Acquisition, Instagram Reaches 200 Million Users and Twitter Launching App-Install Ads.

Download or subscribe to this podcast at www.braveadworld.com/podcast.

Find more social media marketing insights on the Brave Ad World blog at www.braveadworld.com.

You can contact Brave Ad World at BraveAdWorld [at] gmail.com, or connect with Taylor on Twitter @twiegert and Kevin at @prblog.