Social Media

Snapchat Publishes New Study into Evolving Video Consumption Behaviors

Snapchat has published a new study which looks at evolving video consumption behaviors, particularly among younger audiences, and provides recommendations on how businesses can align their content efforts with these shifts. The report is based on research conducted by The National Research Group, and incorporates responses from over N=1,000 respondents aged 13-35 in the US – while Snap has also produced localized versions for the UK and Saudi Arabia as well.

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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Issues Challenge to Facebook in First Public Statement

After coming into the role back in May, new, US-based TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has today issued his first public statement, in which he takes an aggressive stance in facing up to the challenges posed by regulators and competitors, whom, he says, are seeking to shut the app down. TikTok is currently under investigation in the US and other regions over its links to the Chinese Government, which has already resulted in the platform being banned in India. Amid the speculation, Facebook has also taken the opportunity to further squeeze the app, by releasing its similar ‘Reels’ functionality on Instagram into more markets. Facebook has even offered deals to prominent TikTok creators to get them to share their content on Reels instead.

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11 Facebook Ad Tactics for High-Converting Campaigns

Facebook Ads is easily one of my favorite platforms to run ads across the entire customer journey. There are so many targeting options and placements – the opportunities are endless. Done right, you can prospect, re-engage, and convert in a cost-efficient way. Here are 11 tips for driving more value with Facebook Ads.

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Marketing

Marketing Disrupted: 5 Ways AR & VR Are Reshaping Digital Marketing

Augmented reality is more than a buzzword. Move over human influencers; virtual beings might be the next-gen in the near future of marketing. Ever want to grab a headset and meet your client in virtual reality instead of Zoom – see what your home office makeover could look like using augmented reality or create a virtual copy of yourself and send it off to teach your next webinar or Facebook Live? Digital marketers are facing new realities, thanks to pandemic disruptions, diversity movements, and social distancing. Everything – from virtual spaces, micro-messaging to digital creators to platform targeting – has completely turned marketing upside down in the last few months.

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Google Advises Site Owners of Rise in ‘Work From Home’ Searches

Google is notifying site owners via Search Console of an increase in searches related to work from home jobs. The increase in searches is directly related COVID-19’s impact on businesses and employment. The purpose of alerting site owners is to make them aware of an opportunity to use remote job structured data markup.

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Search Competition: Who Are You Really Competing With?

Competition is constant. No matter what business you’re in, there will always be other people competing with you for customers, subscribers, viewers, partners, etc. Even Google technically has competition — maybe you found this article through Bing? The point is…you have competitors trying to beat you. Do you know who they are?

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