Grabr, a SaaS platform which enables brands to create their own social networks to engage directly with consumers, has introduced a proprietary suite of marketing tools that enables brands to distribute content on social networks, websites and broadcast media. The suite, called Blink, comprises a CMS to ‘manage and control the distribution of user-generated video, […]
Social video, which involves the dissemination of content in audio-visual format across social media platforms and applications, is experiencing massive growth as a content marketing format, and is expected to continue in 2017. Video is transforming social media marketing and turning social platforms into broadcast media, according to Warc, the global marketing intelligence service. With […]
Jay Brooks and Brian Atton, founders of media-sharing solution, Simian, and Michael Chiavetta, co-founder of content consultancy, KIMBA, officially announce the launch of their unique content app, Dank. The app, inspired by the name of online viral media called ‘Dank Memes’, has been developed to curate and define the best online content before it trends. […]
YouTube has introduced a new way for its creators to monetise their content with the addition of Super Chat. It’s a highlighted message in the chat stream that sits at the top of the comments section for up to five hours. Anyone watching a live stream can purchase a Super Chat in order to make […]
Mobile ads with duration of less than a second can be effective in driving brand awareness, brand consideration, key message recall and purchase intent, according to research by Facebook. Consumers across Asia spend significantly more time on mobile than on TV, but marketers have lagged behind when it comes to investment – just 20% of […]
Malaysian sound tech firm VAV has secured $557,000 in funding to expand its audio-based mobile targeting platform. The startup uses inaudible sound waves to transmit digital content to smartphones, which it bills as a new way for businesses to engage consumers. For example, a broadcasting company can embed VAV’s inaudible audio signal into their program […]
Mobiquity Networks, a next generation location marketing and data insight company that operates a nationwide location‐based mobile advertising network of beacons, has partnered with a major weather related app to join its App Publisher Network. This app will add approximately 70 million US downloaded users to Mobiquity’s existing publisher network. The Mobiquity Publisher Network is […]
Mobile linking platform Branch has launched a new solution that enables advertisers to easily integrate deep links into their product feeds in dynamic ad campaigns, instantly delivering consumers to content within native apps. The new solution lets advertisers creates mobile-optimised links for product feeds at scale that take consumers to ad content in the app […]
AR firm Zappar has partnered with DreamWorks Animation to bring to life characters from the animated feature film Trolls for Tesco UK. The campaign launched on 21 October to tie in with the release of the movie in UK cinemas. It enables shoppers to explore Tesco stores nationwide with their smartphone or tablet to find […]
Snapchat’s chief strategy officer Imran Khan has taken a swipe at rival publishers that play video ads without sound. Speaking at Dmexco in Germany today (14 October), he said that Snapchat’s “passion about sound” is what makes it stand out. He claimed two-thirds of the ads on its site are played with sound and that if advertisers […]