Snapchat's new glasses aim to bring first-person video to social media
Media

Snapchat's new glasses aim to bring first-person video to social media

8y Al Roberts

Snapchat's new glasses aim to bring first-person v...

Can Snapchat make tech-enabled glasses cool? It’s going to try. Last week, it was revealed that the company behind the ascendant social app part...

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New creative opportunities on Facebook for a video-first world
Media

New creative opportunities on Facebook for a video-first world

8y Tereza Litsa

New creative opportunities on Facebook for a video...

Video consumption keeps increasing and Facebook is serious about a video-first world, encouraging us all to explore its full potential. Ian Crocombe, ...

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Mid-roll video ads on the rise
Media

Mid-roll video ads on the rise

8y Al Roberts

Mid-roll video ads on the rise

While many have argued for years that digital video advertising should not and will not resemble television advertising, it looks like publishers, adv...

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Google announces two mobile-first products at DMEXCO
Acquisition

Google announces two mobile-first products at DMEXCO

8y Graham Charlton

Google announces two mobile-first products at DMEX...

Sridhar Ramaswamy, Google’s SVP of Ads & Commerce made announcements about two new products this morning at DMEXCO 2016. The first centred on even...

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Long-form and live video delivers higher ad completion rates
Media

Long-form and live video delivers higher ad completion rates

8y Al Roberts

Long-form and live video delivers higher ad comple...

Publishers are scrambling to produce more digital video content to meet advertiser demand for video ad inventory, and some are even turning to automat...

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A comprehensive guide to advertising on Facebook
Display Advertising

A comprehensive guide to advertising on Facebook

8y Tereza Litsa

A comprehensive guide to advertising on Facebook

Social media introduced a brand new world of advertising to brands and many have benefitted from this affordable and highly targeted solution. Faceboo...

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Which digital channel has the brightest future for business?
Conference Coverage

Which digital channel has the brightest future for business?

8y Lian Cimet

Which digital channel has the brightest future for...

Shift 2016, a conference held in San Francisco that focuses on digital disruptions in various industries, invited M&C Saatchi Mobile’s very own VP...

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The future of digital video: short, branded content on social platforms
Media

The future of digital video: short, branded content on social platforms

8y Tereza Litsa

The future of digital video: short, branded conten...

Digital video distribution keeps evolving and marketers predict an increase of budget for video advertising. What else should we expect? Trusted Media...

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12 video SEO tips to help improve your search rankings
Search

12 video SEO tips to help improve your search rankings

8y Tereza Litsa

12 video SEO tips to help improve your search rank...

Video content has skyrocketed over the past few years, and therefore it’s time to examine how adding SEO to your videos can impact rankings. Read More...

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YouTube prepares to expand beyond video with more social features
Content

YouTube prepares to expand beyond video with more social features

8y Al Roberts

YouTube prepares to expand beyond video with more ...

YouTube is said to be preparing new non-video features that will allow content creators to interact with their viewers through photos, text posts, lin...

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10 publishers that get it right with Facebook videos and what we can learn
Media

10 publishers that get it right with Facebook videos and what we can learn

8y Tereza Litsa

10 publishers that get it right with Facebook vide...

As Facebook keeps changing its news feed algorithm, one constant factor is the domination of video content and so brands keep experimenting with it to...

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Live-streaming presents opportunities, challenges for advertisers
Social

Live-streaming presents opportunities, challenges for advertisers

8y Al Roberts

Live-streaming presents opportunities, challenges ...

As video becomes an integral part of the social web, live-streaming has fast become one of the hottest trends. Spurred by the early success of Meerkat...

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How can you make your videos rank better on YouTube?
Search

How can you make your videos rank better on YouTube?

8y Graham Charlton

How can you make your videos rank better on YouTub...

With more than a billion users, and billions of daily video views, gaining user attention on YouTube may seem a daunting prospect.  However, the sheer...

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Can live sports streaming save Twitter?
Media

Can live sports streaming save Twitter?

8y Al Roberts

Can live sports streaming save Twitter?

Twitter is in trouble. Despite the fact that it’s still one of the most visible names in social media, the company’s user growth has large...

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Five of the biggest video marketing trends from 2016
Marketing

Five of the biggest video marketing trends from 2016

8y Tereza Litsa

Five of the biggest video marketing trends from 20...

There’s a significant increase of video content this year, and as it still hasn’t reached its peak, we’re analysing the most popular video marketing t...

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How effective is 360 video really?
Acquisition

How effective is 360 video really?

8y Sophie Loras

How effective is 360 video really?

Can 360 video advertisements drive more engagements than regular video ads? Google partnered with Columbia Sportswear to find out and discovered it's ...

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How the NBA engages China's 200M millennials with mobile video
Acquisition

How the NBA engages China's 200M millennials with mobile video

8y Steven Chang

How the NBA engages China's 200M millennials with ...

China's younger generations are making greater use of mobile Internet services, consuming more content especially around mobile and video, creating bi...

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Tumblr enters the live video market
Media

Tumblr enters the live video market

8y Al Roberts

Tumblr enters the live video market

Yahoo-owned microblogging service Tumblr is jumping into the trendy live video market, but it isn’t doing it the way one might expect. As detail...

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How dynamic creative adds another dimension to video ads
Video

How dynamic creative adds another dimension to video ads

8y Mike O'Brien

How dynamic creative adds another dimension to vid...

Video advertising is all the rage, and marketers can take it to the next level with dynamic video: layering a personalized message over their content....

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Eight creative tips for effective video advertising
Marketing

Eight creative tips for effective video advertising

8y Tereza Litsa

Eight creative tips for effective video advertisin...

Video advertising is a growing type of digital advertising and it can be very effective for brands, especially when applying the appropriate creative ...

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How brands like BMW, GEICO and Lenovo create video content for the "skipping" generation
Acquisition

How brands like BMW, GEICO and Lenovo create video content for the "skippin...

8y Sophie Loras

How brands like BMW, GEICO and Lenovo create video...

Breaking down the winning formulas of top YouTube Leaderboard advertisements offers useful tips for marketers when creating engaging and shareable vid...

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How Jamie Oliver used video storytelling with FoodTube
Events

How Jamie Oliver used video storytelling with FoodTube

8y Tereza Litsa

How Jamie Oliver used video storytelling with Food...

Richard Herd attended our Shift London event to discuss how video content can increase engagement on digital platforms and the way FoodTube has adapte...

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The state of video advertising: the rise of silent and targeted ads
Media

The state of video advertising: the rise of silent and targeted ads

8y Tereza Litsa

The state of video advertising: the rise of silent...

As video content increases, it’s time for brands to understand their consumers, in order to deliver the most relevant ads to them. Wibbitz conducted a...

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Why audience retention with mobile video is more important than ever
Mobile

Why audience retention with mobile video is more important than ever

8y Frank Sinton

Why audience retention with mobile video is more i...

When it comes to the complicated world of mobile video, the most important customer you can reach is the one you already have. Read More...

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How M&M's mastered multilingualism for its milestone birthday
Strategies

How M&M's mastered multilingualism for its milestone birthday

8y Mike O'Brien

How M&M's mastered multilingualism for its milesto...

A song that's been trending on the iTunes for months was created as part of an M&M's promo. Mars helped it succeed by treating each channel like i...

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NewFronts News: YouTube adds to Google Premium
Media

NewFronts News: YouTube adds to Google Premium

8y Mike O'Brien

NewFronts News: YouTube adds to Google Premium

Video has been the theme of this year's NewFronts. Along those lines, YouTube announced new channels and programmatic capabilities, as well Google Pre...

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How to use emotions to create viral, shareable video content
Asia

How to use emotions to create viral, shareable video content

8y Sophie Loras

How to use emotions to create viral, shareable vid...

What makes great video content and how can brands ensure it reaches the right audience? Read More...

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