Engaged View Conversions Could Solve Video Attribution Conundrum Since 2013, the amount of time people spend viewing online video has multiplied across the world, at an average rate of around 32% per annum. The consistent upswing in consumption is mainly attributable to improvements in display sizes and quality of mobile devices, faster mobile data connections, […]
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LinkedIn's Big Corporate Events Push Continues LinkedIn has released a series of Page updates looking to super charge events, analytics and advocacy. LinkedIn has been iterating on its Events product through 2020, as COVID puts virtual events in the spotlight. Through this year, LinkedIn Events has become more visible within both News Feed and notifications,
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LinkedIn Aims To Wipe Out Inappropriate InMail Messages Dealing with idiots is, alas, part and parcel of communicating on the internet. And the bigger the social footprint one has, the greater the idiot quotient. A point made frighteningly clear in a fascinating recent blog post from Tim Ferris. In most social channels, the brunt of
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Personal Branding Gets A Major Upgrade With New "People Cards" Facebook's long-term admiration and steady cloning of Snapchat, and now TikTok, is well documented. How good is Instagram Reels… But Facebook's not the only player in town which draws inspiration from its Silicon Valley neighbours, as Google's new LinkedIn-esque features demonstrate. Google's new "People Cards"
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LinkedIn Adds Engagement Targeting For Video & Lead Ads Recently during Microsoft's quarterly results, CEO, Satya Nadella, spelt out a grim picture of LinkedIn's fortunes. While platform usage surged, marketing investment took a major hit. Satya Nadella, Microsoft Chief Executive, April 2020 "We saw increased demand from work, play and learn-from-home scenarios, benefiting Windows OEM,
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The World's Gorgeous & Glam Feel COVID Pinch A glut of recent studies suggests that the influencer economy is currently not living its best life. Brands have cancelled or looked to postpone influencer activity at scale, with many concerned about both tone and costs. Influencers' sponsored content has experienced a significant decrease week after week
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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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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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LinkedIn's Chatty Ads Look To Capitalise On Messaging Growth LinkedIn has announced the launch of a brand new ad format, Conversation Ads, looking to capitalise on the rising messaging tide. Today, more than 2.5 billion people (35%) in the world use mobile messaging apps, and that number is expected to grow to nearly 40% by 2023.
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