Twitter wants to be the easiest place for brands and agencies to buy ads in social media. According to advertisers who have been briefed about its plan, Twitter is seeking to embrace programmatic ad technology in a way that its more-closed rivals have avoided, by building pipes to connect its ad inventory with outside buying […]
Verizon subsidiary Oath has begun rolling out four new ad formats, which were initially announced back in December 2017, with a focus on augmented reality (AR), native advertising, and social. The AR mobile ad unit has been designed by Oath’s Ryot team and is powered by Yahoo Gemini. It enables consumers to click to access […]
“Information doesn’t travel at the word of mouth anymore. It travels as the speed of light,” says Andy Russell, founder of Trigger Media and InsideHook. As information travels at the speed of light, digital advertising has to change at the speed of light in order to keep up. What are the two main mediums expected […]
Instagram announced it has exceeded 500,000 advertisers. COO Marne Levine, speaking to Forbes, says the company’s next big opportunity is catering to small- and medium-sized businesses. (Courtesy of Facebook) The number of advertisers on Instagram has more than doubled over the last six months and now exceeds 500,000, up from about 200,000 in February, the […]
On Friday 19th August, Absolut will offer anyone with the Uber app in London the opportunity to be whisked off to the ultimate summer party location on a private jet, for a once in a lifetime #AbsolutNights experience showcasing that the best nights happen out of the blue. The winners will have to be located […]
PepsiCo is the first to partner with Twitter for its promoted sticker launch as the next leg in the consumer packaged goods marketer’s Pepsimoji campaign, which is populating the physical and digital realms with millennial-friendly symbols. The promoted Twitter stickers will allow users to connect with Pepsi by incorporating marketed content within their own photos, […]
Beauty retailers such as Ipsy and Nudstix are among the several brands reaping the benefits of Perfect365‘s new Explore tab that allows users to browse augmented reality videos from their favorite social influencers to better find and buy products. Perfect365 is tapping into the popularity of both its mobile app and social media moguls to […]
Mobile apps are driving mobile advertising in APAC, according to the Opera Mediaworks mobile marketing report 2016, and significantly more in Singapore and Thailand. According to the report, mobile ad revenue from apps was higher than mobile web in almost all APAC markets, with Singapore and Thailand over indexing on in-app investments by almost 13 […]
The Mercedes-Benz brand, which sells eco-friendly cars, is encouraging its social media followers to take photos of its “smart vehicles” in the wild and share them by snapping @smartcarUSA. “The brand is surprising and delighting some of their followers on Snapchat with smart-branded gear,” Mark Aikman, general manager, marketing services for MBUSA, explained via email. […]