Tag: social media advertising

Will the next Facebook marketing cleanup make ads less spammy?

Julie Campbell
Facebook marketing social media commerce

The social network is boosting its crackdown against ads leading to spam or click-bait websites. The largest social network is once again overhauling its ad posting strategy as the Facebook marketing algorithms crack down on click bait sites. The platform has been struggling with annoying and deceptive advertisements. Previous attempts have thinned the use of these types of ads to a certain degree, but not enough for users. Therefore, the Facebook marketing teams are working to boost the intensity of their efforts to place potentially spammy or click-bait ads in…

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Twitter social media marketing isn’t earning enough for the company

Stephanie Beck
get more followers on twitter

A new strategy is being developed that may involve the use of paid subscriptions on a premium Tweetdeck version. As Twitter social media marketing simply isn’t generating the level of income the company had hoped for. It is considering the launch of a new paid subscription version of Tweetdeck. It is geared toward professionals and would provide them with an ad-free experience. Twitter is looking into this and other potential revenue streams after its advertising has fallen short. The Twitter social media marketing strategy simply isn’t bringing in the revenue…

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Mobile marketing firms are asking if their ads are worth it

Jennifer Goula
Mobile Marketing statistics

Businesses are struggling to see the direct return on their investment into social and smartphone advertising. While businesses are spending a rising amount of money into mobile marketing and social media advertising strategies, the majority of them aren’t actually able to see all that much of a return on the investment they’ve been making, according to the results of a recently released study. At the moment, companies are spending an average of 10.6 percent of their overall marketing budgets on mobile and social. The percentage of the budget being dedicated…

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Social media marketing savvy authors cause shift in book sale strategies

Julie Campbell
social media marketing for book promotions authors

Writers ranging from those of bestselling novels to hidden gem indie publications are turning to Facebook, Twitter, and beyond. It wasn’t all that long ago that promoting a book meant that an author would talk to everyone they knew, attend book signings, work to obtain positive reviews, and attempt to make their way into a media interview, but today’s author also needs to use social media marketing to be much more accessible to his or her readers. While traditional marketing methods remain important, SMM is critical for book sales…when done…

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