LinkedIn Usage & Engagement Up, Ads Down With substantial portions of the global white-collar workforce under lockdown, it should hardly come as a surprise that LinkedIn usage has mushroomed. As per Microsoft’s latest quarterly results, LinkedIn is up to 690 million users, up from 675 million at the end of 2019. Although Microsoft does not […]
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Google Now Expanding Ad Verification Program To All Advertisers Google has announced a dramatic ramp-up in red tape for advertisers as it struggles to get to grips with scams, fraud and bad actors on its platform. As part of its new initiative, advertisers will be required to complete a verification program in order to buy ads
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Facebook Video Extravaganza: Messenger, Instagarm, Live, Events & More Facebook has released a bumper set of new video features as it orientates its product roadmap around interactive video experiences. The headline-grabbing part of this vast product update is the Zoom and Houseparty cloning video streaming capabilities within Messenger and beyond. See new Messenger Rooms in
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New Story Stickers Allow Cash-Strapped SMEs To Cash In Small business represents a sizeable part of Google and Facebook's global turnover. Therefore, over the past month, both have rolled out a variety of features to help support businesses impacted by COVID-19 during this time. While both have ad credits and funding on the table, the
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Create 6- or 15-Second Videos On The Fly Video performance via social channels can be a bit of a mixed bag, with performance varying from channel to channel. YouTube is a rockstar, but few marketers understand how to make it work. Facebook stripped back video in the News Feed in early 2018. LinkedIn’s only really
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Live In Lockdown With around 2.5 billion people worldwide operating under some kind of lockdown, the demand for human connection has never been stronger. In a virtual sense, the most effective means of achieving this is via live-streaming, hence enterprise video conferencing tool Zoom's entry into the vernacular. With the accompanying terrors of Zoombombing etc.
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Ad Spend Down But Not Out Earlier this month, eMarketer updated its global advertising forecast, writing down spend levels due to the impact of COVID-19. Jasmine Enberg, eMarketer Senior Analyst “In 2020, we expect total media ad spending worldwide will reach $691.7 billion, up by 7.0% from 2019. That’s a decrease from our previous forecast
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Ad Disapprovals & Spam Notifications Explode As Facebook AI Struggles Surging consumer usage and moderation challenges are likely to spell trouble this week for communicators on Facebook and Instagram, according to Mark Zuckerberg. With unprecedented numbers of people working from home, deciding to stay home, forced into self-isolation or being out-of-work, time online is mushrooming.
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Instagram Rolls Out Red Carpet For Creators In YouTube Challenge Instagram advertising is growing gangbusters. Despite being a fraction of the size of YouTube (YouTube reaches circa 80% of web using Aussies and Kiwis to Insta's 55%), Instagram advertising dominates its much bigger rival, in terms of marketing investment. In 2019, Instagram was estimated to
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Social Media Audience Fatigue Is A Silent Campaign Killer Audience fatigue is a real issue when running social media campaigns. Unlike, say, within search. After all, how many times a year do you search "cheap flights to London"? Search, be it paid or organic, tends to unlock fresh audiences daily, which is why Google Ads
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