How Pinterest boosts its ecommerce potential
Ecommerce

How Pinterest boosts its ecommerce potential

8y Tereza Litsa

How Pinterest boosts its ecommerce potential

Pinterest has a lot of potential for ecommerce, and seems more suited for retailers than some other shopping channels.  It was originally known as the...

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Six ways Pinterest is becoming serious about visual search
Content

Six ways Pinterest is becoming serious about visual search

8y Tereza Litsa

Six ways Pinterest is becoming serious about visua...

Pinterest is transforming into a powerful visual search engine and its latest features hint of a promising future. More than 2 billion searches are co...

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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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How a social audit resulted in increased market share for Simon G. Jewelry
Social Media

How a social audit resulted in increased market share for Simon G. Jewelry

8y Mike O'Brien

How a social audit resulted in increased market sh...

Simon G Jewelry has a 25 percent share of voice in the jewelry space, as a result of a social audit that took the brand's social strategy to the next ...

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How Brompton Bicycle uses social media to spread the word about its brand
Content

How Brompton Bicycle uses social media to spread the word about its brand

8y Rebecca Sentance

How Brompton Bicycle uses social media to spread t...

Brompton Bicycle doesn’t advertise. The UK’s biggest manufacturer of folding bicycles prefers to rely on word of mouth to spread the message about its...

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Why Pinterest is Gardener's Supply Company's top social channel
Ecommerce

Why Pinterest is Gardener's Supply Company's top social channel

8y Mike O'Brien

Why Pinterest is Gardener's Supply Company's top s...

Facebook may be the king of social platforms, but for Gardener's Supply Company, it's all about Pinterest, which brings the company far more traffic a...

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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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How three financial service brands are killing it on Instagram and Pinterest
Actionable Analysis

How three financial service brands are killing it on Instagram and Pinteres...

8y Matt Owen

How three financial service brands are killing it ...

Last week I wrote about the general performance of B2B brands on various social channels. One of the most interesting takeaways was that, despite the ...

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Nine retail brands rocking Instagram
Ecommerce

Nine retail brands rocking Instagram

8y Mike O'Brien

Nine retail brands rocking Instagram

From Lowe's to Chanel to Dollar Shave Club, here are nine retail brands we commend for their Instagram feeds. Read More...

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The Digital Download: Video, VR, and volatile chatbots
Media

The Digital Download: Video, VR, and volatile chatbots

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Video, VR, and volatile chat...

This week featured a lot of video offerings, in addition to Microsoft reintroducing Tay after her disastrous debut and Google giving AdWords its first...

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The Digital Download: Transparency, viewability win the week's news
Media

The Digital Download: Transparency, viewability win the week's news

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Transparency, viewability wi...

This week's viewable and transparent happenings include Spotify's new mobile ad format, new insights from Facebook and the IAB, and Adobe's data ambit...

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The Digital Download: Ad additions to Pinterest and Atlas, Meerkat goes social
Media

The Digital Download: Ad additions to Pinterest and Atlas, Meerkat goes soc...

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Ad additions to Pinterest an...

This week's digital news round-up includes the usual enhancements to social platforms' ad offerings, in addition to an agency shake-up and a new direc...

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Digital people on the move: February 2016
Strategies

Digital people on the move: February 2016

8y Mike O'Brien

Digital people on the move: February 2016

This month sees executives switching social platforms, and significant appointments at AOL and the IAB. One CEO also plans to leave one of the world's...

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ClickZ cases the candidates: Social
Social Media

ClickZ cases the candidates: Social

8y Mike O'Brien

ClickZ cases the candidates: Social

Though there was quite a chasm in our assessment of the candidates' email and branding skills, all five candidates are pretty proficient social media ...

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Six things you should be measuring on your app
Mobile

Six things you should be measuring on your app

8y Mike O'Brien

Six things you should be measuring on your app

When it comes to your app, what should you be measuring? Here are six places to start. We’ve recently touted native apps and hybrid apps. Social...

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Why buy buttons haven’t taken off...yet
Social

Why buy buttons haven’t taken off...yet

8y Yuyu Chen

Why buy buttons haven’t taken off...yet

Buy buttons were a big topic last year while it has not yet taken off. Are buy buttons premature? Read More...

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Spotlight on the National Gallery of Victoria: fusing art with social media
Asia

Spotlight on the National Gallery of Victoria: fusing art with social media

8y Sophie Loras

Spotlight on the National Gallery of Victoria: fus...

Encouraging visitors to photograph artworks – and then sharing them on social media – is just one way the National Gallery of Victoria is growing audi...

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Formulating a credible go-to market strategy for your mobile site or app
Insights

Formulating a credible go-to market strategy for your mobile site or app

8y Idris Nagri

Formulating a credible go-to market strategy for y...

Planning and budgeting for your promotional campaign at the very start of your mobile project is critical to success. Read More...

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How you can use social to reach consumers at micro moments
Marketing

How you can use social to reach consumers at micro moments

8y Angie Pascale

How you can use social to reach consumers at micro...

Marketers can use social media to engage users and connect with consumers during brief, yet influential micro moments. Read More...

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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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Snapchat beats Facebook for 2016 ad dollars
Ad Industry Metrics

Snapchat beats Facebook for 2016 ad dollars

8y Melanie White

Snapchat beats Facebook for 2016 ad dollars

Research indicates that media buyers are more inclined to advertise on Snapchat, Pinterest, and Instagram than on Facebook. Read More...

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Meet the newest kid on the block: the Peach app
Social Media

Meet the newest kid on the block: the Peach app

8y Mike O'Brien

Meet the newest kid on the block: the Peach app

Is Peach the next big thing or was it over before it even really started? It’s too early to tell, though GIFs could help it thrive in the crowded soci...

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The digital download: Periscope in your Tweets and apps in your Uber
Headline News

The digital download: Periscope in your Tweets and apps in your Uber

8y Yuyu Chen

The digital download: Periscope in your Tweets and...

This week's news includes Twitter’s integration of Periscope, The White House’s new Snapchat account and Uber’s updated API program. Read More...

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How three brands used Pinterest to win consumers and why you should too
Marketing

How three brands used Pinterest to win consumers and why you should too

8y Idris Nagri

How three brands used Pinterest to win consumers a...

In anticipation of Pinterest making its Promoted Pins readily available to more retailers, we evaluate and analyze the social strategies of Bloomingda...

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20 mobile commerce terms you may not know, but probably should
Mobile

20 mobile commerce terms you may not know, but probably should

8y Yuyu Chen

20 mobile commerce terms you may not know, but pro...

Are you well versed in mobile commerce? If not, here are 20 terms explained to help you on your sweet merry way. Read More...

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Which 'Consumer Electronics' are stealing the 'Show?'
Conference Coverage

Which 'Consumer Electronics' are stealing the 'Show?'

8y Mike O'Brien

Which 'Consumer Electronics' are stealing the 'Sho...

For the first time, ClickZ is at the Consumer Electronics Show, checking out the various innovations and reporting about the ones that matter most to ...

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Brands drive engagement in Snapchat, Pinterest, and Instagram
Social Media

Brands drive engagement in Snapchat, Pinterest, and Instagram

8y Jasmine Sandler

Brands drive engagement in Snapchat, Pinterest, an...

Snapchat, Pinterest, and Instagram are three distinct networks with three different audiences and one common thread: they excel as visual mediums. Rea...

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