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Social Marketing

Friday, August 29, 2014

Twitter helps agency campaigns take off with Flight School

Twitter is on a mission to ensure marketing and ad agency's campaigns on the platform have the maximum impact on their target audience. >>

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Facebook enables ad targeting by connection speed

A new global targeting feature has been added to Facebook - the ability to target social networks users based on the type of connection they use. >>

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Pinterest gives businesses a deeper peek into their Pinners

Registered business users of image-sharing social network Pinterest now have access to analytics allowing them to discover more about the people who engage with them. >>

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Facebook aiming to make 'clickbait' headlines history

Facebook has this week begun weeding out posts that use headlines to encourage users to click through to see content without providing information on the type of content the click leads to. >>

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

U.K. consumers use mobile to research, shop more than any other nation

Marin Software has identified the U.K. as being the nation that uses mobile to research purchases and shop more than any other. >>

Monday, August 25, 2014

Social Roundup: Instagram analytics and a social management partnership

New to the social space: Instagram is beginning to roll out a suite of analytics tools that should give brands better insight into Instagram campaigns. Meanwhile, Viralheat is partnering to create a social media management solution for brands and advertisers. >>

Monday, August 25, 2014

Report: More BTS campaigns going social

One trend during this back to school (BTS) season has been the impact of social marketing. More brands are adding hashtags or encouraging the sharing of images across social media to propel their brands farther. Crowdtap is breaking down the social sharing factor. >>

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Intent HQ: Consumers want brands to be honest and transparent about data collection

Being open and honest are important aspects of a personal relationship, and that goes for the relationship between a brand and consumers, too. A new infographic from Intent HQ provides insight into the hows and whys of honesty versus cookies. >>

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Ad Roundup: Making mobile, social, video simpler

Two new solutions in the online space are focusing on simplifying brands' reach into mobile, social and video. >>

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Mobile, not social, is the channel Millennials use to shop for cars

A recent study from AutoTrader.com finds that social media is not driving car purchases, with just 1% using such sites to buy a vehicle. Mobile, on the other hand, is becoming a significant car-buying channel, particularly among Millennials. >>

Friday, August 15, 2014

Retailers: The 3 trends that could change your year

With back to school shopping in full swing, many retailers are turning their attention to holiday promotions, sales and making sure their websites are ready for the showrooming and webrooming customers that will head their way. One expert tells us what he expects from the remainder of 2014 - and it's all about disruption. >>

Friday, August 15, 2014

Twitter testing video ads

Twitter is experimenting with video ads that look like Tweets in users' content feed in an attempt to better monetize the platform. >>

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Quarter of SMBs have no presence in local search results

Are small businesses doing enough to ensure success in an increasingly digital and social environment? Not really, according to new figures released this week by Marketecture. >>

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Facebook is the go-to social channel for people researching local businesses

Facebook is the go-to social channel for people looking for more information about a local small business, according to new research by G/O Digital. >>

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Expert Opinion: Mobile, social to finish 2014 strong

For the past 12 months mobile and social have made headlines as new properties and platforms came into the online space. now mobile and social are making headlines because of the advertising and targeting they provide advertisers. One expert believe mobile and social will continue disrupting 2014 - in a good way. >>