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Updated analytics and advertising options on Twitter and Facebook
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Updated analytics and advertising options on Twitter and Facebook
By Nick Vivion | July 14, 2014
The past few days saw two significant updates for advertisers from Twitter and Facebook, which are relevant to all social media marketers. Twitter analytics vastly improved Twitter continues to Read More
Delta social media giraffe gaffe offers reminder for rest of World Cup
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Delta social media giraffe gaffe offers reminder for rest of World Cup
By Nick Vivion | June 17, 2014
As far as learning and recovering, unforced errors are most useful at the start of the game. The ability to recover from a potential systems or process oversight is much easier to overcome if the team Read More
Pinterest news: Promoted Pins and Guided Search mark a new strategic direction
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Pinterest news: Promoted Pins and Guided Search mark a new strategic direction
By Nick Vivion | May 12, 2014
Pinterest has made two strategic shifts as far as product, which point out how the platform's evolution will impact the overall user experience. Promoted Pins are here Tnooz covered the impendin Read More
What's next in social: Travel tidbits from Facebook's f8 conference
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What's next in social: Travel tidbits from Facebook's f8 conference
By Nick Vivion | May 2, 2014
As expected, Facebook had a slew of announcements of f8, many of which impact those in travel using the social media platform as a marketing tool - so pretty much everyone. Here are some of the more p Read More
Foursquare splits into two, drops check-in, and focuses more on discovery
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Foursquare splits into two, drops check-in, and focuses more on discovery
By Nick Vivion | May 1, 2014
Big news today in the location-based social media space: original niche creator Foursquare has announced that it will be splitting its service into two in a bid to segment and grow the two feature set Read More
Instagram continues to thrive under Facebook, showing massive surge in 2013
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Instagram continues to thrive under Facebook, showing massive surge in 2013
By Nick Vivion | April 1, 2014
Instagram has enjoyed a massive surge in the United States, the latest stats from eMarketer show. In 2013, the photo platform thrived under Facebook's umbrella, seeing a spike of 35% in US-based us Read More
Social media thriving among travel agents - but is there a clear return on investment?
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Social media thriving among travel agents - but is there a clear return on investment?
By Nick Vivion | March 26, 2014
ASTA has compiled its latest brief on the usage of technology by travel agents, showing that social media use has surged to eighty percent of surveyed travel agents. The results were derived from A Read More
Doubletree Global Head talks tech, expansion, Cookie Care and Airbnb [VIDEO]
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Doubletree Global Head talks tech, expansion, Cookie Care and Airbnb [VIDEO]
By Nick Vivion | March 24, 2014
Doubletree Global Head John Grenleaf sat down with Bloomberg to talk about the company's continued expansion strategy, meeting the demands of the digital consumer, and the impact of Airbnb on hotels. Read More
Marketing watch: Promoted Pins very close to launch on Pinterest
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Marketing watch: Promoted Pins very close to launch on Pinterest
By Nick Vivion | March 24, 2014
Pinning trailblazers Pinterest are forging into unchartered terrain: that of paid advertising. The company announced experiments with "Promoted Pins" in late 2013, and are set to roll out the platf Read More
How to reach travelers on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
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How to reach travelers on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Nick Vivion | March 21, 2014
Native advertising specialists Ampush has compiled some of statistics on how Facebook users engage with travel, providing some actionable conclusions for  marketers looking to leverage the platform. Read More
In-stream social ads evolve: Twitter promotes accounts and Facebook does video
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In-stream social ads evolve: Twitter promotes accounts and Facebook does video
By Nick Vivion | March 14, 2014
This week saw two significant evolutions on the social advertising front: Twitter's Promoted Accounts and Facebook's video ads. Twitter's Promoted Accounts Twitter has announced a new iteration Read More
Not so fast: Here's more on airline responsiveness via Twitter
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Not so fast: Here's more on airline responsiveness via Twitter
By Nick Vivion | March 7, 2014
A new analysis on airline responsiveness on Twitter by the team at Conversocial shows the top performers as far as speed of customer service on the platform. Of course, each of these social custome Read More
Latest Google Maps evolution makes a meta to the world
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Latest Google Maps evolution makes a meta to the world
By Nick Vivion | February 19, 2014
Google is rapidly iterating and consolidating its product line, sunsetting services and finally gluing disparate pieces of the puzzle together, with the latest makeover coming to the Maps product. Read More
GoCanada catalyzes Calgary with a sexy social take on patriotic pride
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GoCanada catalyzes Calgary with a sexy social take on patriotic pride
By Nick Vivion | February 19, 2014
The Calgary Hotel Association is tapping into the Olympic spirit with a custom website aimed at stoking Canadian pride amidst the global narrative of the sporting event. The website, GoCanada.ca, i Read More
Digital habits: Nielsen profiles the US consumer in latest report
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Digital habits: Nielsen profiles the US consumer in latest report
By Nick Vivion | February 14, 2014
The constant-flux nature of the digital landscape means that brands must rapidly adapt their marketing strategies to map the shifting consumption habits of consumers. In order to be present where cons Read More
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