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Facebook Mobile Ads For Dummies

Facebook Mobile Ads For Dummies

By Frank Emanuele Since the launch of Facebook’s mobile advertising offering nearly a year ago, the platform has seen new features and iterations just about every single week. What’s more, mobile ads are enjoying tremendous success; Facebook’s recent Q1 earnings call revealed that ad revenues doubled quarter over quarter. And yet, with such an incredibly powerful [...]

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4 Ways Marketers Can Adapt To Evolving Technology

By Jon Igielnik Technology is only becoming more and more integrated into our everyday lives; staying ahead of the curve is critical. Google Glass combines many technologies, each of which are game-changers in their own right, including augmented reality, HD video, geo-tagging and NFC (Near Field Communications). Together, these innovations are thrusting us into a world [...]

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The Buzz About Buzzfeed Content Marketing

By Gabrielle Richter Appropriately titled Buzzfeed.com is quite an effective social platform for creating and spreading buzz.  A launching pad for hilarious gifs, pop culture references, and human-interest pieces, the multimedia platform is a breeding ground for content marketing.  Brands have capitalized on the carte blanche style of Buzzfeed to generate creative, non-branded, shareable content.  Brands [...]

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Stop Complaining About the 20% Rule

By Ike Brooker Facebook has been refining its brand advertising regulations as of late. This has naturally created some uproar. I mean, this is the internet; if there’s a comment to be made, it will be made. First let’s do the requisite visual link to Shortstack’s 20% guidelines. That is basically what you are working [...]

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What Twitter’s Ad API Means For You

By Alexandra Ostrow On Wednesday, Twitter announced the launch of its long anticipated Ads API (Application Programming Interface), making it the third global social media platform to offer APIs as a targeted marketing solution. To start, Twitter has opened up its API to five partners, listed below. If Twitter’s trajectory looks anything like Facebook’s, it will be another [...]

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Why Facebook Ads Matter More Than Ever

By Adam Lichtenstein The consensus of late is that Facebook Ads are a waste. One catalyst was GM’s $10M ad spend renegging practically minutes before Facebook’s IPO. The media construed this to mean GM may have known something we didn’t. This sparked more questions over the platform’s capabilities for effective advertising. Large corporations have spent [...]

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3 NEW Ways to Reach Your Customers on Social Media

By: Andi Barton When it comes to connecting with your customers and community, it’s a necessity to remain innovative. You will lose the attention of your fans and followers if you lose the ability to bring about new and exciting originality in the social spaces. When it comes to your brand on social media, it’s [...]

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3 Ways Consumer Brands Can Use Pinterest This Holiday Season

By Serena Goldberg Pinterest has become one of the most popular social network sites since it launched in March 2010. Because of its visual content and photo-sharing capabilities, the network has also recently started becoming popular with consumer brands and retailers – but only in conversations and not actions. Many consumer brands and retailers are [...]

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Bridge The Gap With Cinemagr.am

By Rodney Hazard RED BULL: ABC: NBC:

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The Likeable Podcast 13: Let’s Talk Social Ads

By Frank Emanuele What makes the best branding campaigns? What brands are shining examples of transmedia branding? Frank and Cara tackle some of the best and brightest campaigns, highlight a brand for their work in social, and cover the latest social headlines! Check us out on iTunes to subscribe and get the latest episodes delivered directly every [...]

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