Social media has evolved. Consumers wield all the power. Nearly half of Gen Z is using TikTok and Instagram for search instead of Google, according to Google’s own data. Competition for consumer attention is fierce and the market is fragmented. ...
Read More »Nielsen finally gets to grips with paid-for social media
Nielsen has announced long-awaited enhancements to its Nielsen Ad Intel service for UK marketers with detailed advertising monitoring that now includes paid social media ad spend. Media monitored includes Facebook, Twitter and Instagram on top of the existing digital channels ...
Read More »Florence Touzé: why advertising and communications should be tools for global transition
For many years the subject of responsibility in advertising and its impact on the economy, politics and society has been much debated. It has regularly been a prominent subject in the media, with issues ranging from Brexit to obesity. Societal ...
Read More »The key to generating a social media community of followers
Be selective with the social media platforms that suit your brand best When a business has an online community, it has a great chance of a prosperous future. With an engaged, loyal base of advocates and followers of your brand, ...
Read More »Amelie Hunton: will the new (kind) social media normal survive beyond Covid-19?
The global pandemic has created mass social and economic uncertainty, with the majority of the world adhering to social distancing and isolation. Whilst these difficult times provide an unprecedented challenge to society worldwide, there has been an extraordinary rise in ...
Read More »We Are Social: Tiktok on the way up in UK download stakes
TikTok is now one of the UK’s most downloaded apps, according to Digital 2020: The United Kingdom, a report released today by social creative agency We Are Social and social media management company Hootsuite. The short-form video platform, which didn’t ...
Read More »We Are Social’s Mobbie Nazir: how social media can lock us in a blinkered bubble
We shouldn’t delude ourselves that social media has created a level playing field: brands, users and the social networks themselves need to take action on information diversity now. Social media has given everyone a voice; but when users only hear ...
Read More »ITV hires Somethin’ Else for social media content
ITV has appointed content agency Somethin’ Else, to work on social media content alongside its in-house team for the upcoming series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and future projects. The appointment follows a pitch earlier this ...
Read More »Jackie Balchin of DMS: how can we tell what’s really behind online impressions and minutes?
There’s been a lot of talk recently about the slow movement towards counting ‘attention minutes’ rather than relying on impressions alone when looking at the success of online ads. The argument being that brands would only pay for active views, ...
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