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Instagram Guidelines Updated After Bloomberg Meme Explosion

When Memes, Influencers & Politics Collide Last week saw perhaps one of the largest ever influencer marketing onslaughts as US Democrat nominee wannabe, Mike Bloomberg, threw his golden-rimmed hat into the ring. Bloomberg’s campaign team recruited some of the largest meme accounts on Instagram, via Meme 2020, unleashing an unprecedented, coordinated wave of sponsored posts …

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Is Pinterest The World’s 3rd Fave Social App?

Pinterest Popped In 2019 The renaissance of Pinterest is well documented and, if eMarketer’s latest data is anything to go by, the “visual discovery tool” is set for a bumper 2020. According to data released yesterday, Pinterest surpassed Snapchat as the third-biggest social media platform in the US in 2019, and it will continue to …

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eMarketer: Instagram’s User Growth Is Slowing

Report Blames Sluggish Uptake By Older Demos According to new data released by eMarketer last week, Instagram’s stellar growth run is starting to show the first signs of fatigue. In 2019, Instagram's US user growth rate will have dropped to single digits for the first time to 6.7%, down from 10.1% in 2018. Starting in …

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Snapchat Marketing Continues To Get Better & Better

Snapchat's Smart New Video Updates Snapchat’s strong 2019 continues apace, with a flurry of video marketing updates just announced at Advertising Week New York. After a troubled 2018, bogged down with product redesign issues, the ephemeral messaging app has bounced back well in 2019, with both growing usage and marketing revenue. At Ad Week Snapchat …

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TikTok Dominates App Download Charts Again

TikTok Usage Surging As Spend Tops $3m *Daily* On Ads With bucket loads of cash to burn, teen app sensation TikTok is showing no signs of slowing down, yet again dominating app download charts. For the uninitiated, TikTok is the international version of Douyin, the Chinese powerhouse, specialising in short-form video. Users upload ‘wacky’ videos …

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Snapchat Usage Is Booming & Shares Are Up 200%

What A Difference A Viral ‘Gender Swap’ Filter Can Make… At the Snapchat Partner Summit in April, CEO Ev Spiegel outlined bold growth plans for the quirky messaging app: Doubling down on Gen Z Fixing its woeful Android app Extending beyond its border with Snap Kit Big bets on augmented reality (AR) via fun filters …

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