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State of Social Q4 2017: Snapchat Snaps Back

Shift Communications

Snapchat’s revenue saw the traditional fourth quarter bounce that all established social networks see: Fourth quarter earnings almost always are strongly positive as advertisers pour money into social networks for the holidays. B2B companies pay to retarget in order to close deals, while B2C companies solicit consumer purchases.

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It’s not “Social Media Marketing” Anymore – it’s Just “Advertising”

Sword and the Script

Twilight of Web 2.0: The difference is so stark, I don’t think we can call it “social media marketing” anymore – it’s just “advertising.”. The CMO Survey – Highlights and Insights – Aug 2017 from christinemoorman. Don’t miss these related posts: Social Media Strategists will be Gone in 2 Years. All of them.

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Marketing Budgets, Planning and Benchmarks for 2017 [UML]

Sword and the Script

Businesses will increase investments in marketing for the third year in a row according to the Gartner CMO Spend Survey for 2016- 2017. The survey showed the top three categories in 2016 marketing spend were web, digital commerce and digital advertising. at companies with more than $250 million in annual revenue.

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21 Social Media News Stories to Start April 2017 With

wiredPRworks

Here are 21 social media news stories to start April 2017 with. Facebook Social Media News April 2017. It follows a 2016 change to make personal, text-only posts more prominent, which could in theory allow them to stand out from paid advertisements and posts from media outlets. Google Plus Social Media News April 2017.

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Bits, Bytes and the Ethics of Data

PRSay

Analyzing this tension in an October 2017 article on Forbes.com, Kalev H. companies that have web presences in Europe or market products there. As PR professionals, we often use social media advertising in our campaigns, and we rely on data and analytics to strategically develop campaigns.

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The Influencer Marketing Measurement Enigma

PRSay

We used to calculate the value of earned media placements according to advertising value equivalency (AVE), based on the cost of a print media ad and the publication in which it appeared. It’s unlikely that any amount of paid advertising would have built the same value for the brand. How Soulmates.ai

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The Future of Twitter

The Proactive Report

It doesn’t create social media stars and their advertising is not producing as much revenue as other networks. Business Insider and its two sister publications attracted more than 6 million video views on Twitter in January 2017, a significant increase from the 1 million number six months ago. Source: Forbes.com). It’s still a thing!

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