Instagram: best practice content examples from global brands
Acquisition

Instagram: best practice content examples from global brands

8y Tereza Litsa

Instagram: best practice content examples from glo...

This month saw the release of the handbook: Going global with Facebook. It’s a useful body of research for budding social media marketers lookin...

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Six reasons why direct marketers should be swooning over social media
Media

Six reasons why direct marketers should be swooning over social media

8y Idris Nagri

Six reasons why direct marketers should be swoonin...

I’m not going to lie. I get it. I really do get it. As someone who earned a livelihood for many years writing copy almost exclusively for direct mail ...

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Three exceptional examples of local social media campaigns
Local

Three exceptional examples of local social media campaigns

8y Harsh Agrawal

Three exceptional examples of local social media c...

Here are some examples of campaigns of local and small businesses that are rocking social media. Read More...

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30 best Instagram marketing tools for your business
Disruptive MarTech

30 best Instagram marketing tools for your business

8y Tereza Litsa

30 best Instagram marketing tools for your busines...

Instagram marketing is becoming more interesting with the introduction of its own tools, but we may still feel the need to use further platforms for m...

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Eight creative ways B2B brands use Instagram
Social

Eight creative ways B2B brands use Instagram

8y Tereza Litsa

Eight creative ways B2B brands use Instagram

Instagram has become an effective social network with its appealing visual content and there are many ways a B2B brand can benefit from its usage. Ins...

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How brands in Hong Kong are cashing in on Pokémon GO
Acquisition

How brands in Hong Kong are cashing in on Pokémon GO

8y Sophie Loras

How brands in Hong Kong are cashing in on Pokémon ...

Since its debut on Monday, people in Hong Kong are going crazy for Pokémon GO and brands are going out of their way to cash in. Read More...

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Three things marketers can learn from Lokai on social media
Content

Three things marketers can learn from Lokai on social media

8y Idris Nagri

Three things marketers can learn from Lokai on soc...

If you think social media is a big deal now, you’ve seen nothing yet. Social media is poised to take over the world, or at least it’s heading in that ...

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How Fortune 500 brands use Instagram and what every brand can learn
Social

How Fortune 500 brands use Instagram and what every brand can learn

8y Tereza Litsa

How Fortune 500 brands use Instagram and what ever...

Many brands have already embraced the power of Instagram, but there are many interesting lessons we can all learn from the Fortune 500 Instagram Repor...

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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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18 best branded Instagram videos of 2016 (so far)
Social

18 best branded Instagram videos of 2016 (so far)

8y Christopher Ratcliff

18 best branded Instagram videos of 2016 (so far)

Instagram’s the best. Where else can you find out the best place to get a hipster kebab AND take a terrifying white-water raft ride AND be subjected t...

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Eight social media skills for B2B brands to master
Social Media

Eight social media skills for B2B brands to master

8y Mike O'Brien

Eight social media skills for B2B brands to master

When it comes to social media, B2B brands don't tend to be as sophisticated as their B2C brethren. But with these eight tips, they can be. Read More...

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Cannes Coverage: Four mobile ad announcements from Facebook
Conference Coverage

Cannes Coverage: Four mobile ad announcements from Facebook

8y Mike O'Brien

Cannes Coverage: Four mobile ad announcements from...

Despite the party atmosphere of Cannes, Facebook is all business at the creativity festival, with several announcements for its mobile advertisers. Re...

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The state of influencer marketing in 2016
Social Media

The state of influencer marketing in 2016

8y Mike O'Brien

The state of influencer marketing in 2016

Before Vine's popularity declined, Vine stars have transcended the platform to become actual celebrities. How has influencer marketing changed as it's...

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10 ways to beef up your social media program
Media

10 ways to beef up your social media program

8y Idris Nagri

10 ways to beef up your social media program

Where’s the beef on social media? In 1984, an 81-year-old woman by the name of Clara Peller starred in an incredibly popular advertising campaign for ...

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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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What makes Ben & Jerry's so good at social?
Social

What makes Ben & Jerry's so good at social?

8y Mike O'Brien

What makes Ben & Jerry's so good at social?

According to a new report analyzing restaurant chains' social, Ben & Jerry's is the best, despite its comparatively smaller size. What's the brand...

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10 ways to find common ground with your social media audience
Social

10 ways to find common ground with your social media audience

8y Idris Nagri

10 ways to find common ground with your social med...

There's an art and a science to social media, and brands should take note of followers' trigger points and hot buttons. Read More...

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Stats of the week: Six Snapchat figures from Mary Meeker
Social Media

Stats of the week: Six Snapchat figures from Mary Meeker

8y Mike O'Brien

Stats of the week: Six Snapchat figures from Mary ...

Mary Meeker's annual trends report was full of interesting stats. Here are six about Snapchat that demonstrate what a threat the platform poses to Fac...

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How TheOutnet stole the show through content and innovation
Acquisition

How TheOutnet stole the show through content and innovation

8y Kiesha Phillip

How TheOutnet stole the show through content and i...

This week at Shift 2016, Andres Sosa, Executive Vice President of the online retailer TheOutnet.com, gave a talk on innovation and content-creation. I...

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Three key ingredients to success on social media
Media

Three key ingredients to success on social media

8y Idris Nagri

Three key ingredients to success on social media

To say that businesses and brands have come a long way in their usage of social media would be an understatement. After all, not only have more of the...

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The U.K. Government's top five tips for dodging disruption
Conference Coverage

The U.K. Government's top five tips for dodging disruption

8y Mike O'Brien

The U.K. Government's top five tips for dodging di...

Being comfortable with failure and making research a team sport are just two ways to avoid disruption, according to Alex Holmes of Government Digital ...

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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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The Digital Download: Ad blocking, online video, Facebook updates on the rise
Media

The Digital Download: Ad blocking, online video, Facebook updates on the ri...

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Ad blocking, online video, F...

New statistics show the explosion of original digital programming viewership and ad blocker usage. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Amazon have new fe...

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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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Five ways to generate massive conversions with Instagram ads
Media

Five ways to generate massive conversions with Instagram ads

8y Ben Jacobson

Five ways to generate massive conversions with Ins...

Everybody wants to be Instagram all-star. And thanks to the platform’s recent additions of self-service ads and Facebook-powered targeting, the opport...

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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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NewFronts News: Merging video, data still the main focus for AOL
Media

NewFronts News: Merging video, data still the main focus for AOL

8y Mike O'Brien

NewFronts News: Merging video, data still the main...

It's all about content for AOL, per the media giant's NewFront event. But AOL is focused on distribution, formats and data, rather than just the conte...

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