Snapchat working with SeatGeek is bringing the ability to buy event tickets directly through the app. Easy buyin’ Having previously tested e-commerce features since the start of the year, SeatGeek has become their premiere ticket vendor. The first to try out the new feature was the Los Angeles Football Club, posting a Snapchat Story along […]
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LinkedIn is launching a travel time calculator for time-conscious job seekers. Going the distance According to LinkedIn, 85% of US employees would be willing to take a pay cut if it meant cutting down their commute, which is why the new distance calculator is being called Your Commute. Among salary insights, skills, experience matching, role
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Google reckons they’ve got ‘a collection of resources to help you test creative variations and measure creative impact’ for your YouTube ads. Once you cut through the spin, that means they’re now letting us access a comparative mode and view a new analytics dimension. Contemporary comparatives There’s a new ‘Video Experiments’ mode that compares different creative
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LinkedIn is launching a new way for users to show their mutual appreciation. Ya done good! According to LinkedIn’s data, seven out of 10 employees who receive appreciation for their work are more content with their jobs. With Kudos, users can show appreciation in fun and easy ways. To get going, open the LinkedIn app
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Facebook is taking steps to improve shipping times, combat misrepresented products, eliminate common frustrations, and allow customers to review businesses for a better shopping experience. The customer is always right To find the new tools, navigate to the Ads Activity tab on your home page. You'll then be prompted to fill out a questionnaire, which Facebook
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We previously looked at the validity of the press coverage of Meeker’s Internet Trends 2018 report. But Dropbox has found the pivotal part of the report: the bit that says their enterprise users are getting super good fringe benefits. She said, they said Dropbox eagerly repeats Meeker’s observation that IT support time in Dropbox-using business
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A change has come to Instagram Stories. When a user mentions another user within a story, that user can repost while adding an additional video or photo. Stories upon Stories The new feature is being called @mention Sharing and works when users are tagged within another story. When the original poster mentions someone, a message stating
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Roll the clock back two years and Snapchat was living large, charging brands up to $500,000 a pop to sponsor Lenses. Now advertisers can purchase ad space for as low as $2.95 per thousand impressions. Desperate or clever? To put that into context, Facebook charges $5.12 per thousand while Instagram bills $4.20, the difference is that
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DoubleClick Search is changing name. DoubleClick Bid Manager is merging into a display ad mega-brand. Shortly, the DoubleClick brand will be no more. Search rename DoubleClick Search will soon be Search Ads 360. It seems like a pretty straightforward rebrand, with all the same services just now under a new banner. It still claims ‘to
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Google has launched a few new features on their AdWords platform. The biggest headline: the strengthening of connections between online advertising and brick-and-mortar stores. Local catalog ads ‘Local catalog ads’ are now available on AdWords, to guide shoppers to discover what’s available, then encourage them instore for a visit. Google says the new ad format
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