Episode 372

July 29, 2019 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Host: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert)

This week’s headlines: Facebook Sees Engagement Uptick, Snap Gets Its Groove Back and Facebook Rolls On in Earnings While FTC Fine Gets Put in Place.

The week’s news quick hits: FTC and Google Reach Settlement for Children’s Privacy Violations, Google Closes Incognito Mode Tracking Loophole, Justice Department Announces Broad Plans to Investigate Internet Company Market Power, Pinterest Expands Advertiser Tools with Beta Program, Alexa Ads Get More Detail, YouTube Masthead Can Be Bought on CPM Basis, AWS Shows Signs of Slowdown, Alphabet Earns Back Trust from Investors, Facebook Migrates Instant Games to Games Tab and Twitter has Strong Earnings Report.

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

Episode 353

March 04, 2019 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: TikTok Surpasses One Billion Downloads

The week’s news quick hits: Pinterest and YouTube Go After Anti-Vaccination Propaganda, Instagram May Soon Enable Public Collections, Foursquare Launches New Offline Attribution Offering, Snapchat Android App Coming in 2019, Time Warner Acquisition Gets Closer to Reality, Facebook’s Clear History Feature Confirmed for 2019, LinkedIn Adds Raise Insight to LinkedIn Jobs, Facebook Woos TV Ad Buyers to Watch with Showcase and YouTube Disables Comments on Videos with Minors.

Episode 348

January 28, 2019 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Host: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert)

This week’s headlines: NBC Announces New Streaming Service, Facebook Working on Meme App for Teens, Facebook Launches Community Actions and Facebook Launching Cross-Messaging Across Platforms.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Tests Feature to Share Events as Stories, Snap CFO Departing Company, Alex Jones Gets a Roku Channel That Gets Taken Away, Facebook Users Unaware their Interests are Collected, YouTube Limits Challenge Videos, FTC May Levy Record Fine on Facebook, Google Receives GDPR Fine, Netflix Lets Users Share to Instagram Stories, WhatsApp Limits Message Forwarding, Twitter Updates Website, Viacom Acquires Pluto TV, YouTube TV Goes National, Twitter Tests “Original Tweeter” Tag, Amazon Launches Autonomous Delivery Bot and Facebook Shutting Down Moments.

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.

Episode 307

January 22, 2018 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: YouTube Implements Tighter Requirements for Ads Program and Facebook Makes Plans to Simplify Messenger.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Hire Signals Additional Focus on AR, Roku Launches Ad Insights Platform, Instagram Testing New Features and Snapchat Makes Moves to Court Publishers in Wake of Facebook Updates.

Episode 304

December 18, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: Twitter Videos Get View Counts, Twitter Comes Out with New Feature for Tweetstorms, Snapchat Opens Up Lens Studio and Facebook Updates Its Approach to Video.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Gives Video Creators New Tools, Facebook Removes the Ticker, Instagram Lets Users Follow Hashtags, Pinterest Giving All Brands Access to Insights Tool and Facebook Lets Brands Add CTA Driving to WhatsApp in Brand Posts.

Episode 302

December 04, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: Snap Launches Immersive New Ad Units, Snapchat Introduces Redesigned App and Pre-Roll Ads in Testing for Facebook Watch.

The week’s news quick hits: Snapchat Recommends Contextual Filters, Twitter Renames Save For Later Feature to Bookmarks, Facebook Informing Users They’ve Followed Russian Propagandists, Instagram Lets Users Edit Images Sent in Direct Messages, Facebook Testing Messenger Broadcast, Facebook Launches Mentorship and Support Tool and YouTube Getting Stories-Like Feature Dubbed Reels.

Episode 290

August 14, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

Host: Taylor Wiegert (www.twitter.com/twiegert)

This week’s headlines: Instagram Testing Live Video Collaboration, Pinterest Adds Third Party Verification to Video, Facebook Launches Video Tab and Snapchat’s Quarterly Earnings Not Encouraging.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Aims to Minimize Accidental Clicks, YouTube Introduces Video Sharing, Disney Sets Sights on Live Video Streaming, Google Notifies Publishers that they Need to Remove Certain Ads and Foursquare Emphasizes Personal Logging in Latest Update.

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.

Episode 289

August 07, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: Snap Shares Fall as Stock Lockup Lifts, Search Takes Front and Center on Pinterest, Site Speed Emphasized by Facebook and Instagram Stories are a Runaway Success.

The week’s news quick hits: Facebook Allowing Stories to Be Shared Publicly, Google Chrome for Mobile Getting Ad Blocker, Spotify has 60 Million Subscribers, Snapchat Adds New Features to Self-Serve and Snapchat Launches New Measurement Program.

Episode 283

June 12, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: Apple’s WWDC Brings Implications for Marketers and Snap Acquires to Get More Location Aware.

The week’s news quick hits: Click-to-Messenger Ads Come to Instagram, Facebook Live Gets Closed Captions, Facebook Allows Canvas Ads to Pair with Collections and Facebook Gets More Political with Tools for Representatives.

Episode 271

March 06, 2017 by Taylor Wiegert in Podcast

This week’s headlines: Google Removing 30-Second Unskippable Ads, Pinterest Launches Labs, YouTube is Launching TV Streaming Service and Instagram Launches Sponsored Stories.

The week’s news quick hits: YouTube Users Watch 1 Billion Hours of Content Per Day, Twitter Launches Top Comments for Live Streams, Snap Looking Into Launching a Drone, Periscope Launches Closed Groups, Line Launching Voice Assistant for the Home, Medium Launches Series, Facebook Adds Suicide Prevention Tools to Live, Foursquare Launches Location SDK, Twitter Adds New Safety Filters and Snap Inc. Closes Its First Day of Trading.