Australian insurance firm Budget Direct worked with 303 MullenLowe in Sydney to create a virtual ad-within-an-ad for which gives audiences the chance to ride with Captain Risky as he performs a spectacular double helix jump stunt. This case study looks at how the VR venture got viewers sharing in droves. Case study summary • Insurance […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Honda is promoting its revamped 2017 Ridgeline vehicle with a social media campaign that includes four stop-motion videos showing off its features alongside another series with a woodworking expert detailing various pieces that can fit into the vehicle’s back. The car manufacturer joined forces with Oscar-nominated stop-motion artist PES for the new integrated marketing campaign, […]
Facebook is not the only social media platform that’s seeing great results for mobile advertising revenue. Rival Twitter recently announced that a majority of its total advertising revenue came from mobile in the last quarter. Despite Twitter’s overall revenue of $602 million missing analyst expectations for Q2 2016, ad revenue was up 18% at $535 […]
The Huffington Post’s entertainment division is creating a dialogue with readers regarding what to watch on Netflix through a chatbot that provides recommendations on Facebook Messenger. The pervasiveness of chatbots has led many publishers to jump to Facebook Messenger and other messaging applications with their own AI solutions to create a stronger bond with consumers […]
Perennially popular dating app Tinder is pushing further beyond the realm of hookups with the launch of a new group socializing feature in a handful of markets. First announced as part of a pilot program in Australia back in April, Tinder Social encourages groups of friends to meet up with other groups of friends and […]
Snapchat Inc. may start to see more brands paying up for location-based advertising campaigns on its photo-sharing mobile app, thanks to the efforts of another startup, Yext Inc. Advertisers can already pay the social media service to have branded geofilters—a type of graphical overlay people can use to decorate photos or videos they’re sharing—to show […]
Much has been said in 2016 about the decline of apps, with reports saying that the boom in app downloads is declining, if not over. In May, the top 15 apps saw downloads decline 20% on average in the U.S., according to research from Nomura and SensorTower. But as more and more people perform more actions […]