Location and lenses: What does the future look like for Snapchat?
Social & Community

Location and lenses: What does the future look like for Snapchat?

6y Mike O'Brien

Location and lenses: What does the future look lik...

Despite new features for users and better analytics for marketers, Snap had a dismal Q1. Instagram has duplicated many of Snapchat's signature feature...

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Five reasons why China is a role model for digital innovation
Asia

Five reasons why China is a role model for digital innovation

8y Sophie Loras

Five reasons why China is a role model for digital...

In addition to being the world's largest ecommerce market, China is rapidly establishing itself as a hub for technological innovation around mobile so...

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Why Tencent's deals with Publicis and WPP are good for global advertisers
Agency Spotlight

Why Tencent's deals with Publicis and WPP are good for global advertisers

8y Sophie Loras

Why Tencent's deals with Publicis and WPP are good...

The recent partnerships between Publicis, WPP and Tencent shows the Chinese internet giant is serious about moving into the global spotlight and maint...

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Stats of the Week: Pinterest's expanding ecommerce efforts
Ecommerce

Stats of the Week: Pinterest's expanding ecommerce efforts

8y Mike O'Brien

Stats of the Week: Pinterest's expanding ecommerce...

Pinterest added several ecommerce features this past week. Here are six figures highlighting its increasing prowess as an advertising platform. Read M...

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Stats of the week: All about mobile apps
Ad Industry Metrics

Stats of the week: All about mobile apps

8y Mike O'Brien

Stats of the week: All about mobile apps

What do 11, 15, -42 and 1 (and 5) have in common? They're all big numbers from the past week in digital for Pandora, Apple, Facebook, and Chick-fil-A....

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Google beats Apple to become world's most valuable brand [Study]
Ad Industry Metrics

Google beats Apple to become world's most valuable brand [Study]

8y Mike O'Brien

Google beats Apple to become world's most valuable...

Since 2011, Google and Apple have been competing to be the most valuable, according to Millward Brown Digital's annual report. This year, Google is ba...

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The Digital Download: From AI to alleged algorithms
Media

The Digital Download: From AI to alleged algorithms

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: From AI to alleged algorithm...

Google's I/O conference commences today, but that's not all that happened this week. Facebook, Apple and Line - and maybe Snapchat? - had updates, as ...

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The Digital Download: New Instagram video offering, new Pinterest partner, NewFronts
Media

The Digital Download: New Instagram video offering, new Pinterest partner, ...

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: New Instagram video offering...

This has been a big week in digital, as many industry giants had their NewFronts in New York. Still, Pinterest and Instagram have newsworthy items of ...

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The Digital Download: Facebook additions amid Yahoo speculation
Media

The Digital Download: Facebook additions amid Yahoo speculation

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Facebook additions amid Yaho...

This week in digital has seen some exciting events, in addition to a new IAB tool and Wall Street analysts picking their horse in the race to acquire ...

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Data for dummies: Four places to get started
Data insights

Data for dummies: Four places to get started

8y Mike O'Brien

Data for dummies: Four places to get started

It may be imperative to any marketing strategy, but collecting data is daunting to all the digital dilettantes out there. Here are four tactics to sta...

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Our guide to the best and worst mobile ad formats
Display Advertising

Our guide to the best and worst mobile ad formats

8y Mike O'Brien

Our guide to the best and worst mobile ad formats

As the world becomes more smartphone-centric, failing to master mobile marketing is no longer an option. Here are some of the best and worst ad format...

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Only 14 Percent of Marketers Are Confident When It Comes to Data [Study]
Data insights

Only 14 Percent of Marketers Are Confident When It Comes to Data [Study]

9y Mike O'Brien

Only 14 Percent of Marketers Are Confident When It...

According to a new Millward Brown Digital study, 42 percent of marketers consider big data this year's top priority - however, only 14 percent are con...

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Doritos Moves From 'Mobile-First" to "Mobile-Only"
Media

Doritos Moves From 'Mobile-First" to "Mobile-Only"

9y Mike O'Brien

Doritos Moves From 'Mobile-First" to "Mobile-Only"

Doritos' first mobile-only campaign centers on 3D social media influencer videos consumers can access by scanning chips, meaning that the promotion re...

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Apple Is The World's Most Valuable Brand [Study]
Analytics

Apple Is The World's Most Valuable Brand [Study]

9y Mike O'Brien

Apple Is The World's Most Valuable Brand [Study]

Having grown 67 percent from last year, Apple overtook Google for the top spot in WPP's annual ranking of the top 100 global brands, demonstrating tec...

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Yahoo and Millward Brown to Lift ROI for Branding Campaigns Across Asia
Asia

Yahoo and Millward Brown to Lift ROI for Branding Campaigns Across Asia

11y Idris Nagri

Yahoo and Millward Brown to Lift ROI for Branding ...

The partnership will allow advertisers to measure online campaign effectiveness beyond the CTR. Read More...

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