MVPs of Social Media: Apple Video for Autism Acceptance Tops YouTube for Brand Engagement
An Apple video tied to Autism Acceptance Month proved the most engaging brand clip on YouTube last week, according to our latest Marketer MVP Chart...
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Lower Growth Outlook for Twitter? Ad Rev and User Numbers Trend Downward
Things are looking a bit bleaker than anticipated for Twitter. In fact, eMarketer recently decreased its estimates of the number of U.S. Twitter users ages...
Mark Thompson at SXSW: Why The New York Times Bought HelloSociety
When it comes to acquisitions, The New York Times is “extremely choosy,” CEO Mark Thompson said. As evidence, he noted that the company’s purchase of...
Instagram Celebrities Are Behind the Modern Corset Boom
Kim Kardashian is always waist training, according to her Instagram. In a May 2015 selfie, she wore an undershirt, black leggings and a tight black...
Report: Converting millennials from customers to loyalists by “doing good”
By now, the massive purchasing power of millennials is no secret. The cohort, who will spend more than $200 billion in 2017, seek brands that...
NHL team’s hashtag gets trolled on Twitter with racist and vulgar slurs
Add the Montreal Canadiens to the long list of brands learning the hard way not to trust the Internet. To celebrate its millionth Twitter follower last...
Google Gets Social By Proxy; AdBlock Fast Is Back In The Google Play Store
AdExchanger | Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Google + Twitter Twitter’s head of US ad sales, Matt Derella, spoke...
#sowhoknew: Looking for love on LinkedIn?
Valentines Day isn’t a big thing on LinkedIn. Well it wasn’t until BeLinked was launched, a Tinder style dating app that syncs with a users...
AlgoMerchant’s trading platform ‘for the rest of us’
AlgoMerchant is seeking to build an ecosystem for retail investors, and wants to bring algorithmic and social trading to the masses. Via DNA
Twitter’s Monthly User Growth Stalls, Ad Revenue Climbs
Twitter can’t catch a break. After several quarters of audience struggles, in the fourth quarter of 2015 the company tried two big things to get...
How social curation helps publishers master every news cycle
The rise of social media has turned ordinary citizens into journalists, and changed the way stories unfold. Around the world ordinary citizens are breaking stories,...
LinkedIn Shuts Down Its Ad Network 12 Months After It Opened
Last year LinkedIn followed the example of other tech platforms with lots of user data, like Google and Facebook, and started letting advertisers use that...
The unglamorous life of a social media manager in the travel industry
Nicolle White is the social media manager for Peterpans Travel Group. You’ve just been offered the job of your dreams: travel content creator. Images of...
#WheresTheCheese? McDonald’s blasted for selling cheese-less mozzarella sticks
McDonald’s website lists more than 30 ingredients in its mozzarella sticks, but it apparently forgot the most important one: the cheese. Customers are flipping out...
Snapchat’s linked with the NFL to sell big-name brands for a Super Bowl Live Story
Snapchat is ready for its Super Bowl debut. After missing out on the big game last year, it sold out its Live Story with the...
Social ROI: The Need For Measuring Long-Term Investment
AdExchanger | “Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is...
