YouTube at a Crossroads: Ads, Originals, and Opportunity By mid-October 2015, YouTube is no longer just a video-sharing site. It’s a full-fledged media empire with creators, advertisers, and audiences intertwining like never before. While anticipation brews over the ad-free subscription service YouTube Red (expected before month’s end), advertisers are actively adjusting their strategies. TrueView ads […]
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The Video Wars Begin: Why Smart Brands Are Doubling Down on Native Content
Video Takes Center Stage Across platforms, one trend is undeniable—video content is dominating digital. Facebook has recently reported a major uptick in native video uploads and views, directly challenging YouTube’s once unshakable reign. The introduction of autoplay videos in users’ news feeds, combined with improved mobile streaming, has turned Facebook into a serious player in […]
New Facebook Ads Platform Goes Live on February 29th
Facebook plans to release a new ad platform on February 29th that may profoundly change the way business is done on this social media network. Peter Corbett of iStrategyLabs, a social media marketing firm, recently said the following, “The company expects the new ads to perform 40 to 8o percent better than its previous product” […]
Find A Lifetime of Success in 2012 by understanding “Time” & “Why?”
Ready to understand why some people are far more successful than others? Brace yourself! I am going to share my perspective on why 2011 was such a success for me and give you something to think about in 2012. Here’s the funny part, I made more money in 2011 than I have ever and that […]
Professional Spotlight: Stephanie L. Schierholz (NASA)
Stephanie Schierholz is the Social Media Manager for NASA, buts that’s not all. This talented professional like many others also participates as a active member of other organizations. At the time of this article she is president-elect for Women in Aerospace, an inaugural member of the British Council’s Transatlantic Network 2020, and a member of […]
Individualized and Interactive Media with GBTV
Glenn Beck says the television model is no longer working because for the most part, the networks do not respect their audiences. Beck believes the key to change for this media format is to give viewers the options to delve deeper into an interesting segment or clip, or to pick and choose a bit more […]
Summify Your Social Media Networks
Keeping up with the most vital information in your industry was never made easier than with the inception of so many options in social networking. However, if you, like many others, find reading your Facebook and Twitter feeds to be increasingly more difficult as your network grows, it may be time to consider some of […]
Google+ is Open to ALL and Google+ Leading Mobile Development
Today Google plus went live and open to everyone. With 20 million people engaging in the first three months in its trail stage, the Google+ platform now hopes to capture the masses. While some writers like Robert over at BundlePost are betting against Google+ and predicating it to be the threat to Google, I am […]
Twitter Teams Up with the Weather Channel Social
On August 11th, The Weather Channel integrated weather forecast and news with the social media realm. Those who frequent The Weather Channel website for news on local weather can now sign into the site via their Twitter account to catch and share tweets from those in their area. Users can also spread tweets across TWC’s […]
The Power of Facebook Webinars
The Power of Facebook Webinars Webinars are fast becoming a vital source of communication for a variety of different industry needs. Some examples of trending Webinar needs include: Online Education Business Meetings Brainstorming Sessions This is just the foundation for many of the ways that companies are currently utilizing Webinars. Most businesses and institutions have […]