Instagram Unveils New Tools for UK Businesses

Instagram Unveils New Tools for UK Businesses

Instagram has launched a new series of tools for businesses in the UK and across EMEA, bringing developments that have previously been limited to the US to a new wave of brands and marketers looking to use the social network in Europe and beyond. Over 200,000 advertisers now use Instagram to connect with consumers, and […]

The Trade Desk Partners with Spotify and More for Audio Programmatic

The Trade Desk Partners with Spotify and More for Audio Programmatic

Ad tech firm The Trade Desk has partnered with Spotify, Triton Digital and AdsWizz in order to bring fully programmatic digital audio inventory to its customer base. With more consumers than ever before accessing streaming audio via their mobile device, digital audio is a growing channel for advertisers, and programmatic buying can give marketers access […]

Persil partners ‘Uber for laundry’ service ZipJet

Persil partners ‘Uber for laundry’ service ZipJet

Persil has teamed up with mobile dry cleaning service ZipJet, as its owner Unilever continues to expand into mobile commerce. ZipJet was founded in 2014 in Germany, and currently operates in three European cities- Berlin, London and Dublin. The company forges alliances with local launderettes and offers jobs for drivers to deliver freshly laundered and […]

Domino’s beats Pizza Hut to launch Facebook Messenger bot

Domino’s beats Pizza Hut to launch Facebook Messenger bot

Above: Domino’s Facebook Messenger Bot   Image Credit: Paul Sawers / VentureBeat Domino’s is the latest company to embrace the bot revolution, with the launch of a pizza-ordering bot for Facebook Messenger. Launching initially in the U.K. and Ireland only, “Dom” is touted as an “artificially intelligent customer service whiz,” according to the press release, and […]

SpringHill Suites by Marriott Launches First-to-Market Mobile Programmatic Interscroller

SpringHill Suites by Marriott Launches First-to-Market Mobile Programmatic Interscroller

SpringHill Suites by Marriott capitalized on the popularity surrounding mobile video by leveraging a programmatic interscroller format to offer users an immersive tour of a room, resulting in nearly three times higher ad engagement than the benchmark for hospitality brands. The subsidiary of Marriott International teamed up with video advertising and digital display platform Celtra, […]

Kenshoo: Mobile video drives social ad spend up 50 per cent

Kenshoo: Mobile video drives social ad spend up 50 per cent

Spend on search ads continues to grow, with advertisers increasingly taking advantage of newer ad types, according to new research. Spend on social advertising has increased by 47% year-on-year (YoY) in the second quarter of 2016, with social ads attracting a 21% higher cost-per-click (CPC) as they become more specialised and valuable according to the […]

Procter & Gamble pulling back on targeted Facebook ads

Procter & Gamble pulling back on targeted Facebook ads

One of the world’s biggest companies has decided that targeted ads on Facebook really aren’t so targeted. Procter & Gamble is moving away from targeted ads on the social media giant, saying that hyper targeting on Facebook did not prove as effective as the company thought it would be. P&G is the biggest ad spender […]

Mobile budgets widely tipped by marketers to grow despite privacy concerns

Mobile budgets widely tipped by marketers to grow despite privacy concerns

Privacy concerns pose the biggest threat to mobile as a marketing channel, says new research from Warc and the Mobile Marketing Association. In the recent State of the Industry: Mobile Marketing in EMEA report, almost all marketers and advertising professionals (91%) are planning for increased mobile budgets in the next 12 months. Nearly half of those surveyed […]

60 Per Cent of Travel Searches Start on Mobile

60 Per Cent of Travel Searches Start on Mobile

60 per cent of all travel-related searches begin from mobile devices, with figures climbing as high as 88 per cent for certain keywords, new figures from consumer behaviour firm Hitwise have revealed. Consumers are increasingly beginning their purchase journey for holidays on mobile, and marketers’ strategies should reflect this significant shift in consumer behaviour, with […]

Facebook offers Snapchat-style photo filters

Facebook offers Snapchat-style photo filters

Less than a week after borrowing one of Snapchat’s defining features for Instagram, Facebook has looked to its younger rival for inspiration once more. Limited to Canada and Brazil for the time being, Facebook has introduced new filters which can be used to jazz up photos in various ways, such as turning faces into animations. […]