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June 2018

IAB hits $88 billion in 2017

The Interactive Advertising Bureau has been reported by PricewaterhouseCoopers as achieving a multi-billion dollar milestone of note. Movin’ on up Video, social, search, and audio are all in the wheelhouse of interactive advertising, but it’s mobile that boosted IAB’s numbers for their ninth record-breaking year. Mobile accounted for 57% (about $50 billion) of 2017, while …

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A non-hysterical guide to the GDPR

Changes to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) are now in effect, requiring organisations to provide a high level of protection regarding the personal data of individuals in the EU, and ensuring those individuals are able to maintain better control over their personal data. The GDPR applies to Australian businesses (regardless of size) …

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Reddit rolls out Night Mode plus Major Redesign

Reddit, the popular “front page of the internet” has traditionally maintained a famously minimalist design. Now that's all changed as part of a significant desktop UX upgrade. Power save, go dark Amidst the many sleepless users for the popular internet meta-crawler, the latest upgrades are set to include a dark themed viewing platform that will …

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Mobile drives local business

Facebook IQ commissioned third-party international market research firm Factworks to create a better understanding of user engagement with their latest survey. Loco for local More than 6000 businesses and 10,000 consumers across Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, UK, and the US participated in unearthing the challenges of shopping local. According to the analytics 87% of …

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Facebook revs up Dynamic Auto Dealership Ads

Facebook is making new lead-gen features available to car dealerships that can be fed right through their CRM. Connecting with the consumer Ads created using a dealership’s vehicle catalogue can deliver leads directly to a salesperson’s customer relations marketing system, and improve highlighted inventory with stronger local campaigns. Both Hub City Ford and Camping World …

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