Yesterday Facebook announced the optional feature “Nearby Friends.” This feature allows users to see Facebook friends that are physically nearby their current location. This new feature (as with any location sharing functionality) brings up both privacy questions and marketing opportunities. According to AdAge, this new functionality will not offer advertisers any additional targeting options. With […]
Nearly 6 months ago, Twitter purchased mobile ad startup MoPub for a reported $350M to help bolster their overall mobile offerings. Today, Twitter is making good use of this acquisition with the launch of a new mobile app promotion suite and the announcement of the Twitter Publisher Network. The new suite not only follows suit with […]
When it comes to tricky social media tracking, Union Metrics has been on the forefront of innovative products. The first ever Analytics for Tumblr was launched in 2012, and Union Metrics also created TweetReach, a service that monitors both Twitter accounts and tracks historical Twitter reach. But wait, there’s more! Today a new professional grade product […]
Fresh off of an acquisition by Lithium Technologies, Klout has launched a new feature-rich upgrade to their iOS app. The Klout 1.0 iOS app was quite limited, only showing the Klout score of a user. The 2.0 version is a major upgrade, tying in the significant advances in content discovery and sharing that Klout has […]
Last month we found out that one of the biggest reasons that folks quit Twitter is due to the lack of sorting, filtering and media. Today Twitter has announced new profile pages that should curtail concerns thanks to a handful of bold new features. The most noticeable change is the colossal profile header picture that […]
Until today, it’s been a bit of a sad experience for web-only Twitter users. While these users have been viewing Tweets on their large monitors they’ve been missing some crucial context in Tweets — the emojis. While mobile users were able to visually express their feelings with emojis, web users would have no context, and […]
Picture this. It’s April 1st, 2004 — April Fool’s day. Google launches a press release announcing their new vertical: Gmail. In the press release the Google founders state that search is actually the number two online activity to email and that they’ll offer users a full gig of storage. It had to be one of […]
The days of Retweeting may be numbered. Twitter has been testing more mainstream verbiage by replacing “Retweet” with “Share.” Twitter has been quite active in tweaking the user interface as of late. Last week, “views” were spotted and yesterday, we saw the introduction of tagging without adding a Twitter handle in the Tweet. Eli Langer of CNBC […]
Imagine Ellen trying to tag everyone in her Oscar selfie and still having room enough to insert a joke about Bradley Cooper’s arm length. It wouldn’t happen. Until now, the only way to notify a user that they’ve been included in a photo is to make sure that their Twitter handle is included in the […]
It appears that Instagram and their hefty one billion dollar price tag was one of the most valuable Facebook acquisitions over the past two years. The photo sharing network has officially topped 200 million users who have posted 20 billion photos to date. While Facebook has taken some slack recently for their perception in the […]
It’s now been nearly two years since Facebook purchased Instagram for a mere one billion dollars. Before the initial purchase (and in today’s current iteration of the app) users input their location of an Instagram photo by tagging the location from information pulled in by Foursquare. According to Fast Company, Facebook is now testing the […]
While Twitter has been lauded by brands for the ability to provide an unfiltered stream, some users just can’t handle it. A recent study from Deutsche Bank suggested that users simply couldn’t gather the data they were looking for on the social networking site. Of the 270 person sample polled, 82% of those that quit […]
Two weeks ago, Facebook announced a significant update to the Pages layout that turned the presence of Page more personal. The crux of the redesign was that the two column business pages were soon turning to a one column format. This initial image was quite bare and failed to show where Apps and custom tabs […]
It’s hard to believe that Twitter is turning 8 years old already. To celebrate their octennial existence Twitter has released a simple tool that allows users to head back in time to view their first Tweeting Experience. The #FirstTweet tool allows users to look up any account’s first Tweet. Users can then quickly share and […]
While Twitter has always stood behind an unfiltered Twitter stream, testers now have access to a new feature named “Fave People.” This functionality allows users to keep closer tabs on those accounts that they value in a separate timeline. Much like a Twitter List, users can be added by tapping a star icon on their […]
Since the Twitter’s IPO last fall there has been no shortage of innovation with ad offerings. From retargeting to tailored audiences to promoted accounts in search, Twitter has been busy. According to Digiday, a new test will focus on bolstering the Direct Response capabilities that the network can offer. The new ad type being tested is […]
A recent report from social@Ogilvy warns of a world with no organic reach for any brand pages where all brands have to pay to play. Dubbed “Facebook Zero: Considering Life After the Demise of Organic Reach” the study paints a grim picture for the free marketing that brands can harness on Facebook. While the statement […]
It seems like it was just one year ago today that Facebook was releasing their newest News Feed vision to the world. Oh wait, that’s right — it was exactly one year to this day that the Facebook team livestreamed the newest vision of News Feed. This new layout was going to change the way […]
As of last night, the 200,000 mark has been broken in Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). According to Domain Incite the number hit 201,184 registries to date. The top 10 most registered gTLDs are: While some bigger known companies like GoDaddy have entered the space, the current gTLD registration leader is Donuts who applied for […]
Looking to play the ever popular Yahoo Tourney Pick’Em during this season’s NCAA college basketball tourney? Turns out that you’ll find yourself setting up an official Yahoo account as starting with Tourney Pick’Em Google and Facebook Logins will no longer be accepted. Yahoo is planning on removing all of the Facebook and Google login functionality […]
Until today, Facebook campaigns consisted of two things: campaigns and ads. On March 4th, this will change to include another level, the ad set. This additional level of structure will have Facebook advertisers rejoicing as there will be a clear format for organization, tracking and administration within the core Facebook ad product. The problem with […]
Facebook has announced a change today that means users will begin seeing posts about Facebook pages they follow, even if those posts are made by pages they do not follow. It all comes down to Facebook tagging, and it’s a way that one brand can extend its audience with a tagged shoutout to another brand. […]
Yesterday, LinkedIn was able to do something that Facebook, Twitter and Google haven’t — launch a beta Chinese social site dubbed “领英”. The professional network has been active to Chinese users for more than a decade now, but the Simplified Chinese site will be the first foray into capturing the masses of the Chinese professional […]
How time flies. It’s been a year now since Twitter released their Ads API to help advertisers harness the full power of Twitter Ads. Throughout 2013 Twitter began adding API partners that excelled in targeting, tracking and measurement. Yesterday Twitter officially announced a new name for their suite of ads partnered dubbed “Marketing Platform Program.” […]
Since launch in 2012, LinkedIn’s dynamic publishing platform has been aimed toward top societal influencers like Richard Branson, Tony Robbins and Bill Gates. Today, LinkedIn is opening their publishing platform to all users so they can publish long-form original content. The program to date has been very successful with Influencer posts seen by 31,000 professionals […]
As users continue to share more and more content, a lingering question remains — how much of it is fully read and vetted? According to the popular, feel-good website Upworthy, the answer is not much. Upworthy has come onto the scene in the last year with positive stories and uplifting news. They’ve recently announced a […]
The most popular news, articles and entertainment have now arrived in 50 new locations. Twitter Trends help bring interesting, hot topics to users and effectively capture “the pulse of the planet.” Twitter has been rolling out trends to new locations on a regular basis. Here are the new locations that now have trends enabled: For […]
Content engagement tool and platform AddThis is, well, adding additional features today that will assist webmasters in uncovering better engagement metrics. AddThis rose to popularity as an easy-to-use widget that allowed websites to highlight sharing buttons prominently. The new tools will beef up current widgets, make content recommendations for site owners and will feature a […]
In an effort to help brands better themselves on Instagram announced an official “Instagram Handbook for Brands” physical book yesterday. The book features 11 brands who have found Instagram success by posting engaging content. Not surprisingly, the book comes in a square profile like Instagram shots and features a pixely styling on the cover. Want […]
Big brands and companies with multiple Facebook Admins rejoice. It appears that by the end of the month Facebook Admins will be able to view which posts were authored by specific Admins. This gives a level of transparency and tracking that hasn’t existed since the inception of Pages. AllFacebook reported that Adi Yagil of eToro […]
Today Klout, the most popular social influence and tracking tool, is making it easier for users to increase their Klout Score through enhanced discovery features. The best way to raise a Klout score is to do so through engaging, quality content. The new feature just released is a “Create” tab that allows users to find […]
Last March, Facebook announced that they’d be making apps a “bigger part of Timeline” and that developers could create custom collections to help users express themselves. This past Friday, however, they did a 180 and pulled the ability for users to submit new collections; but, existing collections will still function. Collections allowed Facebook users to […]
The game last night was anything but competitive which helped make the social screen that much more entertaining. Throughout the night there was plenty of brand and Bronco bashing amid some sound marketing that helped stretch ad dollars and put brands in the social spotlight. As we monitored all of the ads and brand activity […]
It has been an excellent run for Facebook over the past few months. Not only was their Q4 earnings report stellar, they’ve also owned the overall social referral space. To top things off, Gigya, a consumer management suite, is showing that Facebook is yet again dominating the social login space. According to Gigya, Facebook held […]
Today Facebook has officially rolled out (and improved) their audience capabilities that were announced last October for general use. This release is far and away the most sophisticated social advertising product to date. Advertisers can harness the existing functionality of Custom Audiences, use the Facebook remarketing pixel on their site or app for detailed tracking and […]
Twitter is continuing their quest for better photos with an upgrade to the native Twitter editing tools. Rotation, cropping and tagging reminders have now made their way to the Twitter app for Android and will be hitting iOS soon. The changes will allow users to crop photos quickly and easily with the built in “Move […]
Some of the most engaging photos from brands last week likely featured some of the most expensive fashion products. Zoomsphere, an online system for managing company profiles on social networks, has begun chronicling the most engaging brand pictures. Last week, 3 of the top 5 finishers were from luxury fashion brands, Chanel and Louis Vuitton. […]
The StumbleUpon and Facebook talk of late hasn’t been chipper. Until Today. Shareaholic, a discovery and sharing platform that helps sites promote content, has released its Q4 Social Media Traffic Report. The last report saw a monumental gain from Facebook traffic in Q3 2013, this report is not much different. Additionally, a friendly (yet surprising) […]
Over the next few days some significant marketing enhancements will be arriving on your Twitter Cards. Today Twitter announced the official release of Twitter Card analytics that will be available to all cards users. The goal of this upgrade is to help users gain more insight into the type of media that performs the best […]
Oh CompuServe GIF file. The longer you age, the more prominent you become. Fashion search engine “Wantering” noticed that some of the animated GIFs they uploaded began to feature the ability to view a play the GIFs directly from the pin board. When Wantering was logged into their account, a play button with “GIF” next […]