Facebook is launching display ads in Messenger globally, after tests in Australia and Thailand back in January. As of July 11, businesses will be able to buy Messenger ads as an additional placement option when buying Facebook ads through the Adverts Manager and Power Editor platforms. Initially, only traffic and conversion objectives will be supported, […]
In a world of direwolves, white walkers and dragons, there’s one thing missing: bots! Meet GoTBot, a friendly Facebook chatbot with answers to all of your Game of Thrones questions. Created by Catch, a digital creative agency in London, GoTBot is a Facebook Messenger chatbot created in solidarity with all the secondary characters you forgot […]
Liverpool FC first revealed 125th anniversary home kit on 27th April, unveiling its commemorative crest to mark 125 years of club formation. As the main club sponsor of Liverpool FC, Standard Chartered celebrates Liverpool FC’s 125th anniversary by engaging Reds’ fans with the “Liverpool For Life” personality quiz. As the sponsorship activation agency for Standard […]
Facebook has stuck a deal with Blend Media, to produce a “creator community” of experts for its 360 videos. Blend Media is a tech platform that works with brands, agencies and publishers create 360-degree video projects. The deal means that Facebook can use Blend Media’s library of premium content to drive 360-degree video growth on […]
AppsFlyer, a mobile attribution and measurement company, has launched its Indonesia Performance Index and finds Facebook ranking first across the board. The Index is spilt between two categories of gaming and non-gaming, further segmented into Android and iOS. The methodology calculates non-organic and organic retention rates over a 30-day period, dividing the active users in a […]
Facebook’s advertising sales in the first quarter of 2017 grew by 51% to $7.9 billion, helping the social media giant exceed analysts’ expectations. The revenue boost pushed up net income in the quarter by 76% to $3.1 billion. Mobile advertising made up 85% of sales—up from 82% in the first quarter of 2016. The company’s […]
Microsoft has unveiled a new AI chatbot, designed specifically for the youth population of India. The AI bot is named as Ruuh and is an aimed to provide entertainment only. The chatbot made its debut on February 7, 2017. On its Facebook page, Ruuh is introduced by: “Hey, I’m Ruuh, a desi (Indian) AI who […]
Influencer marketing platform Buzzoole has received two nods from FbStart, Facebook’s global start-up programme. Along with being selected for FbStart’s Bootstrap track, a scheme for early stage start-ups that have just launched a mobile app, Buzzoole has also been nominated for FbStart’s Apps of the Year awards, designed to reward the most innovative start-ups in […]
Beginning March 23, Facebook is rolling out a new mobile shopping ad format globally, along with a new metric to measure the number of outbound clicks each ad receives. Known as Collection, the format consists of a photo or video set above four clickable product images. The images can be arranged automatically based on Facebook […]
Facebook has announced its entry into header bidding with a partner-first approach that will open its Audience Network to web publishers working with six major ad-tech players. The company confirmed on March 22, that header bidding will available to mobile web publishers via its partnership with six adtech companies – Amazon Publisher Services, AppNexus, Index Exchange, […]