When marketers need help reaching their target audience on social media, it can be challenging to make content that doesn’t look too much like an ad. That’s where programmatic company Spaceback comes in. When it comes to content marketing, Spaceback knows how hard it can be for advertisers to create the perfect social display that…
The Internet can go from promised land to hell hole in a quick minute. We the people who spend way too much time scrolling and clicking through the digital morass (in order to find meaningful connections, community, and an audience) know this to be true. Academics, doctors, and journalists know it to be true. Even […]
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Like many, the drama around Don’t Worry Darling, the new film directed by Olivia Wilde, drew me in quickly. Everywhere you look, whether it’s online, on Twitter and of course on TikTok, you’ll find the sordid details, trying to untangle a web of fact and fiction. The behind-the-scenes drama is garnering a lot of attention….
Welcome to Marketing Morsels, a menu of delightful news items from the past week. Enjoy the assortment! Morsel #1: DraftKings wants tennis fans to smell like balls DraftKings is venturing from sports betting into … fragrances? That’s right, the digital entertainment brand teamed up with VaynerMedia to launch Love Love, a limited-edition fragrance that users…
Bipartisan senators advanced an updated bill today that, if passed, changes how small publishers seek fair compensation from tech giants that make billions off their content. The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) emboldens publishers to negotiate what’s deemed fair market value for the content they’ve produced and distributed. When two local newspapers are shuttering…
Sex might sell, but the truth is for sexual wellness brands, it doesn’t. That’s the issue facing a growing number of pleasure producers, which are accusing platforms like TikTok, Google and Facebook of censorship. Among them is Lelo, a Swedish-founded brand that sells vibrators, Hex condoms and more across 160 markets. Billed as the “Apple…
At the start of summer, Unilever’s 40-year-old British snack food brand Pot Noodle chose the revolutionary stance of partially dropping the iconic plastic packaging which is being promoted using an unusually honest campaign describing the previous product as “crap.” The brand has now adopted the name “Lost the Pot” and the messaging through online and…
Before there was Facebook, there was MySpace, once the world’s most dominant social networking company. In the summer of 2005, one of the biggest deals in internet history made headlines when News Corp, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, acquired MySpace for $580 million in cash. In the business realm, it seemed that with the backing of…
Coffee culture is strong on TikTok and Instagram, making them the ideal playgrounds for advertisers hoping to connect java brands with eager fans. But when paid social platforms updated their privacy policies, making it harder for Wandering Bear to physically find its caffeine-loving audience, the cold brew brand found that leaning on the algorithm was…
The social publisher ATTN:, which specializes in creating content specifically for consumption on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, announced the launch of its in-house creative agency on Thursday morning. The agency will open a third line of business for ATTN:, which currently generates revenue through brand partnerships and production studio offerings. The publisher…
A new class of social media managers is adopting a vernacular that diverges from the mother tongue of advertising: They’re snarky, making their jobs as corporate employees part of the bit and sometimes criticizing the brands they’re being paid to promote. Consider a few examples that have each been liked and viewed thousands of times…
Chao Williams knows how to turn conversations into ads. The creator approaches strangers on the streets of New York to ask questions like “Where are you going?” “What drives you in life?” and “What would make today a 5-star day?” And if Williams didn’t have a branded microphone in his hand, you probably wouldn’t know…
When your passion becomes your profession, it’s easy to feel like you’ve won the proverbial lottery. But what happens when you aren’t afforded the luxury of signing off at the end of the day? It’s the perfect digital storm: For consumers, the immersive nature of gaming makes it the ultimate form of escapism. For game…
The Washington Post once made headlines with its early adoption of TikTok, but its Instagram strategy–a platform whose growth will ultimately lead to driving subscribers–could soon steal the spotlight. The official Washington Post Instagram account just surpassed 6 million followers–and it gained 1.2 million of those followers in the last 12 months, according to Travis…
After buying Twitter for $44 billion earlier this year, world’s richest man Elon Musk seems to have cold feet and is using the issue of bots on the platform as a convenient excuse to exit the deal. Musk is citing material breach as the reason he should be released from the deal. He’s saying there…
Like an owl hunting at night for its prey, Hootsuite is looking to pounce on an often forgotten category: social media management for businesses. To take the next step on its marketing journey, Hootsuite has rebranded with a refreshed logo and created a 30-second spot to reveal the update. “We have 200 million businesses using…
Welcome to Marketing Morsels, a menu of delightful news items from the past week. Enjoy the assortment! Morsel #1: Knockoff Thor is worthy of Old Spice The eldest of the three Hemsworths, Luke, played the role of Fake Thor in the Marvel film Thor: Ragnarok opposite his brother Chris, who plays the real Thor. Luke…
Twitter may be a cultural touchstone, but it’s long trailed other social platforms in terms of ad dollars. Marketers typically use the platform as a place to raise brand awareness, but not as a place to drive lower-funnel conversions like web traffic or purchases, known as performance marketing, which has helped competitors Amazon, Meta and…
Horizon Media, the largest independent media agency in the U.S., is acquiring a majority stake in digital experience agency First Tube. The move will help Horizon deliver on hybrid digital activations, or those that leverage a combination of live video on social media, experiential in-person events, Web3 activations and more. Horizon has long been characterized…
A few weeks ago, Thomas Hewitt Jones had a double-take moment he’ll never forget. Jones was walking up the block near his home in South London when he passed a road gang working on the street. One of the men was whistling a tune–a daffy but strangely affecting little number he’d no doubt picked up…
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