December 06, 2023
14 Gen Z Ladies Spend More Than Time on TikTokIf your target market is Gen Z women, TikTok might be a good bet for spending your advertising dollars. TikTok has a dangerous ability to convince Gen Z ladies to adopt trends and spend money. Statistics show 75% of Gen Z women use TikTok, compare...
Read moreDecember 06, 2023
9 Ban on TikTok Will Have To WaitWe know what you're thinking. What ban? Well, don't feel bad. We didn't know until today. Here's the deal. The great state of Montana decided TikTok was no longer going to be welcome and instituted an unprecedented state-wide ban on the Ch...
Read moreDecember 06, 2023
13 Instagram and Facebook Messenger Are Breaking UpStarting in mid-December, Instagram and Facebook Messenger are severing their ties. Don't worry. It's a mutual split with no hard feelings. Meta is starting to disconnect the ability to "cross-app chat" with your Instagram contacts via Fac...
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23 Cash In with Reddit's Conversion PlacementEverybody loves a good carnival ride, right? Now Reddit is introducing a carousel, but not the kind you find in an amusement park. Remember when LinkedIn got rid of its carousel ads? Not Reddit. Reddit is going the opposite way as the p...
Read moreNovember 30, 2023
21 TikTok Pushes Long-Form VideoThe originators of the short-attention-span video are now pushing for long-form video. It's no secret that TikTok has allowed ten-minute videos for some time, while YouTube Shorts is still stuck with a 60-second limit. The logic behind the shor...
Read moreNovember 29, 2023
17 Meta's New Subscription Model Hits Troubled WatersRemember when Meta introduced those expensive ad-free plans for Facebook and Instagram back in November? Not that long ago, right? Well, the company is already wading into troubled waters with the European Union (UE). It doesn't take Meta ...
Read moreNovember 27, 2023
23 Pinterest's Hidden Power as a Luxury Marketing...In the colorful tapestry of creativity, where cat memes and outfit inspo reign supreme, there exists a virtual wonderland often overlooked by the masses: Pinterest. While it may seem like a haven for design aficionados and DIY fans, recent insight...
Read moreNovember 21, 2023
24 The Hits Keep Coming for X As Major Advertisers BailThings are never smooth sailing when it comes to Elon and X. Even as he introduces ways to make the platform more likable and sustainable, he finds a way to alienate. As always, X (and Elon) can't seem to make friends this past week. The plat...
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18 TikTok Gets Chatty About Advertising PoliciesTikTok is taking some big steps to make it a little easier for users and advertisers to better understand how the platform handles ads for advertisers and users. TikTok, of course, points out that "businesses show ads on TikTok to reach peopl...
Read moreNovember 17, 2023
11 Instagram Users Get a Surprise With Big UpdatesMeta is promising some new surprises for Instagram users. Among the goodies users can expect will be shiny new editing tools for Reels, a Media Clip Hub, new fonts and voices, an audio browser, custom stickers, awesome filters, an easier editing p...
Read moreNovember 16, 2023
16 Get Ready To Jump off the LinkedIn CarouselWe hope you're ready because the time has come to get off the carousel. It's been in the news for at least a month now. LinkedIn is saying bye-bye to carousel posts, profile videos, and its in-image linking option. Straight from LinkedIn: "St...
Read moreNovember 15, 2023
17 Elon's New X Algorithm Aims To Help the Little GuyElon is one of those guys who draws all kinds of attention and is sometimes an easy target for not-so-flattering press, but here's some news that will be hard to find fault with. The company formerly known as Twitter (kind of rolls off your t...
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