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Twitter subscription options drawing attention as ad revenue takes a dive

07/27/202007/24/2020 John Montgallo

The social media company said it is exploring new arenas for bringing in user money. A Twitter subscription option is among the various strategies the company is exploring to try to make money from its users. This is not the only model being considered, but is certainly one of them, said CEO Jack Dorsey. The move has occurred as the platform has experienced a substantial drop in its core ad business. “You will likely see some tests this year,” Dorsey said, referring to a number of different approaches while speaking…

CEOs dive into social media marketing brawl over Super Bowl ads

02/03/201502/02/2015 Julie Campbell

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The chief execs of T-Mobile and Sprint entered into a public battle of tweets over their respective commercials. During the Super Bowl, the CEOs of both T-Mobile and Sprint openly and publicly brawled with each other in a social media marketing battle that raged on over their respective television commercials. The first shot was made by the CEO of T-Mobile, John Legere, with a tweet following Sprint’s ad. Legere was quick to tweet “Half-assed commercial, half-assed data speeds. #typical @sprint. #SprintLikeHell.” At the time, he was using social media marketing…

Yahoo mobile ads to outdo Twitter in the United States

12/10/201412/08/2014 Julie Campbell

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This suggests that some of the marketing components of CEO Mayer’s turnaround plan appear to be effective. Yahoo has now positioned itself to become the third largest company in mobile ads in the United States as it prepares to surpass Twitter in 2015, showing that the turnaround strategy of CEO Marissa Mayer could be a considerable success. Since last year, Mayer has been taking aim at the market share in mobile marketing, with an effort to increase it significantly. Mayer revealed her intentions to boost the turnaround of Yahoo through…

Social media marketing at Twitter expands further

06/06/201406/06/2014 Jesse Collins

The network’s mobile advertising is continuing to grow through a new deal that it has made. The media services division from Omnicom Group Inc. has recently entered into a comprehensive new social media marketing agreement with Twitter, the massive (and growing) network that is rapidly becoming a very important player in the smartphone ad environment. This agreement is designed to expand the reach of both companies in terms of their mobile ads. The social media marketing deal is worth an estimated $230 million between Twitter and Omnicom. This figure and…