YouTube ads drive way more searches per impression than television ads
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YouTube ads drive way more searches per impression than television ads

8y Al Roberts

YouTube ads drive way more searches per impression...

Despite the fact that it faces growing competition from Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, Google-owned YouTube is still one of the most popular online...

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Google announces two mobile-first products at DMEXCO
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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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12 video SEO tips to help improve your search rankings
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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
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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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How can you make your videos rank better on YouTube?
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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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What's so great about digital marketing anyway?
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What's so great about digital marketing anyway?

8y Sophie Loras

What's so great about digital marketing anyway?

Do you work in digital marketing and do you love it? Are you new to the industry and feeling overwhelmed by it? Either way, all this constant change m...

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How effective is 360 video really?
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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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The state of influencer marketing in 2016
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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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Apple strikes back at the Worldwide Developers Conference
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Apple strikes back at the Worldwide Developers Conference

8y Mike O'Brien

Apple strikes back at the Worldwide Developers Con...

During the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced that Siri will, in fact, become open to third-party developers, in addition to desktop use...

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How brands like BMW, GEICO and Lenovo create video content for the "skipping" generation
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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
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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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Why BT Sport is showing the Champions League final on YouTube
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Why BT Sport is showing the Champions League final on YouTube

8y Tereza Litsa

Why BT Sport is showing the Champions League final...

Following its acquisition of the rights to show Champions League football, BT Sport has been working to establish itself as the major rival to Sky.  M...

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The Digital Download: Ad blocking, online video, Facebook updates on the rise
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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
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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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Food Tube: How video storytelling led to 2m YouTube subscribers
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Food Tube: How video storytelling led to 2m YouTube subscribers

8y Tereza Litsa

Food Tube: How video storytelling led to 2m YouTub...

What’s the secret for Food Tube’s successful YouTube presence and how can you create unique content in the food industry? Read More...

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NewFronts News: YouTube adds to Google Premium
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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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Why ranking tools need to evolve to keep up with search
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Why ranking tools need to evolve to keep up with search

8y Benjamin Spiegel

Why ranking tools need to evolve to keep up with s...

The way consumers search online has changed dramatically, but the ranking tools have yet to adapt to the search behavior of today’s consumer. Read Mor...

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How to use emotions to create viral, shareable video content
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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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The Digital Download: Another volume of video vignettes
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The Digital Download: Another volume of video vignettes

8y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: Another volume of video vign...

The past week in digital was once again dominated by video: interactive videos on Facebook and Instagram, YouTube's live streaming and Amazon challeng...

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Why the reality of a virtual world is closer than we think
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Why the reality of a virtual world is closer than we think

8y Sophie Loras

Why the reality of a virtual world is closer than ...

There seems to be something new happening everyday in the world of virtual / augmented / mixed reality. Here are some recent developments bringing the...

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Cause marketing can be a mutually beneficial strategy
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Cause marketing can be a mutually beneficial strategy

8y Tessa Wegert

Cause marketing can be a mutually beneficial strat...

People are more likely to support brands that share their values, so cause marketing can help the world and the brand's bottom line - as long as it's ...

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Social media campaigns: fails and wins at Hong Kong's Rugby Sevens
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Social media campaigns: fails and wins at Hong Kong's Rugby Sevens

8y Sophie Loras

Social media campaigns: fails and wins at Hong Kon...

Hong Kong's Rugby Sevens kicks off next week and the highly sought after tickets are generating a buzz on social media for the event's sponsors. Read ...

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The rise of branded 'edutainment'
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The rise of branded 'edutainment'

8y Tessa Wegert

The rise of branded 'edutainment'

Blending amusing storytelling with information previously only found in product demos, 'edutaining' content is beneficial to the consumer and brand si...

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Throwback Thursday: Tribal WW's Jeff Cheong on the power of old school advertising in the digital age
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Throwback Thursday: Tribal WW's Jeff Cheong on the power of old school adve...

8y Sophie Loras

Throwback Thursday: Tribal WW's Jeff Cheong on the...

Digital disruption and traditional advertising collide as Jeff Cheong, president, Tribal Worldwide Asia, reflects on his favorite advertisements of al...

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Five brands mastering March Madness marketing
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Five brands mastering March Madness marketing

8y Mike O'Brien

Five brands mastering March Madness marketing

There are a few more weeks of March Madness - the Sweet 16 games start Thursday - but brands have already started their campaigns. Here are our favori...

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Spotlight on Absolut's Afdhel Aziz: Online innovation around an offline product
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Spotlight on Absolut's Afdhel Aziz: Online innovation around an offline pro...

8y Mike O'Brien

Spotlight on Absolut's Afdhel Aziz: Online innovat...

Absolut Vodka has remained relatively unchanged over the past 137 years, but Afdhel Aziz works to keep it innovative through the creation of Absolut L...

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