Social Media

Marketing watch: Twitter adds enhanced targeting thanks to third party data
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Marketing watch: Twitter adds enhanced targeting thanks to third party data
By Nick Vivion | March 6, 2015
Twitter's latest advertising enhancement promises to deliver a far more engaging and conversion-rich product for travel marketers seeking to target specific buying behaviors on the real-time platform. Read More
Instagram launches clickable ad carousels perfect for travel marketing
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Instagram launches clickable ad carousels perfect for travel marketing
By PhocusWire | March 5, 2015
Instagram's advertising product has received a significant upgrade that will appeal to travel marketers of all kinds: it's called Carousel Ads, and is similar to the recently introduced Snapchat produ Read More
Facebook marks 2 million advertisers with native mobile app
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Facebook marks 2 million advertisers with native mobile app
By Nick Vivion | February 25, 2015
Facebook has marked a significant milestone in its company history, logging over 2 million advertisers on Facebook for the first time.  The bulk of these advertisers are small businesses, and the comp Read More
Facebook's transition to viewed impressions
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Facebook's transition to viewed impressions
By Nick Vivion | February 20, 2015
There's a change afoot for digital marketers — Facebook is pushing for a wholesale change in ad effectiveness measurement, moving from "impressions served" to "impressions viewed." The idea is to m Read More
Chinese fall out of love with social media [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Chinese fall out of love with social media [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Martin Cowen | February 10, 2015
Kantar has released its second China Social Media Impact Report as a supersized infographic. Travel is only mentioned once, as part of a look at more than two million tweets from 10,000 Weibo users Read More
Facebook to offer real-time video ads during Super Bowl
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Facebook to offer real-time video ads during Super Bowl
By Nick Vivion | February 1, 2015
Outside of the World Cup and Olympics, the Super Bowl is one of the most watched viewing events on the planet. And given that most people no longer just do one thing at a time, many viewers are also p Read More
Hoax bomb threats pose social media challenge for airlines
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Hoax bomb threats pose social media challenge for airlines
By Sean O'Neil | January 28, 2015
Bomb threats via social media have been around for a while, complicating the job of airline social media managers. Even threats that turn out to be a fake must be investigated as a precaution. I Read More
Marketing watch: The top 5 challenges facing marketers globally
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Marketing watch: The top 5 challenges facing marketers globally
By Nick Vivion | January 28, 2015
The "marketer" designation continues to shift towards a new "marketing technologist" title, according to a massive new Salesforce report that crunched responses from 5,000 marketers across the globe. Read More
Travelers love social media — and here's what travel brands must do to keep up
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Travelers love social media — and here's what travel brands must do to keep up
By Nick Vivion | January 26, 2015
Travelers continue to use social media as a key part of the travel experience, and yet travel brands are not evolving with more sophisticated approaches to the platform, Facebook says in a new report. Read More
One view on the top trends in travel advertising [INFOGRAPHIC]
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One view on the top trends in travel advertising [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Nick Vivion | January 14, 2015
The fastest growth in travel industry advertising spend will come from social and video commercials, says recent Expedia Media Solutions/Phocuswright research. The growth is aligning well with the Read More
Facebook still king of popular kids on social media, with highest engagement
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Facebook still king of popular kids on social media, with highest engagement
By Nick Vivion | January 12, 2015
Much has been made about the impending demise of Facebook, most especially when considering the platform's waning popularity among teenage users. The stats related to the network's slowing user gro Read More
State of enterprise social marketing report shows mega brands still investing heavily
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State of enterprise social marketing report shows mega brands still investing heavily
By Nick Vivion | September 11, 2014
Spredfast's latest enterprise social marketing report highlights a continued increase in budget for social marketing efforts amidst a shift towards using social as a tool to boost non-social marketing Read More
Southwest reveals Listening Center, joining airline push towards real-time comms
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Southwest reveals Listening Center, joining airline push towards real-time comms
By Nick Vivion | August 29, 2014
Southwest Airlines has joined the ranks of carriers such as Atlanta-based Delta Airlines that have dedicated social media listening outposts. Southwest Airlines stepped it up a notch, moving beyond Read More
Rocket forth: Hyperlapse tops branded marketing on Instagram
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Rocket forth: Hyperlapse tops branded marketing on Instagram
By Nick Vivion | August 28, 2014
Not one to be left out of a trend, Instagram has followed the recent spate of single-use apps with its own standalone time-lapse video app called Hyperlapse. The app facilitates timelapse videos fo Read More
How Pinterest Messaging could transform travel planning
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How Pinterest Messaging could transform travel planning
By Nick Vivion | August 14, 2014
Pinterest is the world's most popular engagement platform, as the entire purpose of the product is to visually explore areas of interest. This leads to massive engagement numbers - and a lucrative nas Read More
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