Dear Facebook, you’re a media company now

Start acting like one.

“We actually define ourselves as a technology company,” Carolyn Everson, VP of global marketing solutions at Facebook, said at a event that year after an advertising exec had called it a media business.

Tourism agency on thin ice with fans for promoting hockey rival

“As a destination, we have and will continue to support the Tampa Bay Lightning through our annual marketing initiatives and wish both teams the best of luck in the Eastern Conference Finals,” Bradenton CVB Executive Director Elliot Falcione said in a …

Tourism agency on thin ice with fans for promoting hockey rival

“As a destination, we have and will continue to support the Tampa Bay Lightning through our annual marketing initiatives and wish both teams the best of luck in the Eastern Conference Finals,” Bradenton CVB Executive Director Elliot Falcione said in a …

Tourism agency on thin ice with fans for promoting hockey rival

“As a destination, we have and will continue to support the Tampa Bay Lightning through our annual marketing initiatives and wish both teams the best of luck in the Eastern Conference Finals,” Bradenton CVB Executive Director Elliot Falcione said in a …

Tech Startups Come Up With Some Creative Definitions for ‘Profitable’

Tsui said SpoonRocket’s definition included the costs of food, delivery worker pay, utensils, food waste, distribution center rental, and certain marketing programs. It excluded costs of customer service, central employees, office rent, and marketing …

Tourism agency on thin ice with fans for promoting hockey rival

“As a destination, we have and will continue to support the Tampa Bay Lightning through our annual marketing initiatives and wish both teams the best of luck in the Eastern Conference Finals,” Bradenton CVB Executive Director Elliot Falcione said in a …

Tourism agency on thin ice with fans for promoting hockey rival

“As a destination, we have and will continue to support the Tampa Bay Lightning through our annual marketing initiatives and wish both teams the best of luck in the Eastern Conference Finals,” Bradenton CVB Executive Director Elliot Falcione said in a …

Authenticity is king in marketing to millennials

Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds are flooded with video, and it’s proving to be the most engaging content. Have a personality.

Story of cities #43: how Dubai’s World Trade Centre sold the city to the world

The sheikh even owned the management company whose marketing campaigns in British newspapers pitched the superstructure as the “natural centre” of the Arab world.

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Hatsune Miku, the Animated Vocaloid Who Headlined Dallas, Should Run for President

Enthusiasm, mass appeal, razor-sharp marketing and crowd manipulation – this Hatsune Miku is too good for pop entertainment.

LeEco taps Twitter for global brand expansion

“We are pleased to partner with LeEco in their digital transformation journey as a globally recognised brand,” said Aliza Knox, vice president of online sales Asia Pacific and Latin America at Twitter. “As one of the few digital marketing platforms …

Inside The Washington Post’s internal agency and its growing ambitions

Last month, the studio, run by Annie Granatstein and Paul Tsigrikes, launched its most ambitious branded marketing effort yet for the show “Hunters” on SyFy, which cost in the “high six figures” to build all the content and cover the media plan.

Turn Your Brand into a Millennial Magnet with These 3 Marketing Tips

The millennial market can be a tough nut to crack, especially for established brands that haven’t previously targeted this booming demographic.

‘Mumpreneur’: Does it deserve to be the most hated term in business?

Diana Holwerda, 42, the founder of Virtual Assistant 4 Your Biz, was referred to as a mumpreneur in a recent Fairfax Media article and uses the term in her Twitter profile. Based in … She doesn’t find it sexist, and also thinks it can be useful as a …

You’re Reading: fastcompany / Bossbabe’s Alex Wolf Demystifies What Millennials Really Want

“I’ve had girls say, ‘This is more important than what I learned in all my marketing classes,'” Wolf says.

Marketing made easyCharleston startup Crowdreach aims to manage small-business social media, email outreach

The product, which launched earlier this month in Charleston and Myrtle Beach, works like this: Users write a message in the Crowdreach mobile app and edit it to fit sites like Facebook and Twitter or to change the wording for an email or text. Online …

The Top 5 Content Marketers and What You Can Learn From Them

What I foresee is a confluence between ever-evolving content marketing and influencer marketing. The momentum for both continues to grow — and, if you look toward the top content marketers, you’ll gain insights into where things are headed, and what …

Study says we trust influencers just as much as real life friends

Back in the day, product marketing relied heavily on celebrity endorsement. It still does to an extent but the keyword now is “influencer marketing”, which basically means anyone with a certain amount of brand knowledge and cachet has built the street …

Marketing made easy: Charleston startup Crowdreach aims to manage small-business social media, email outreach

The product, which launched earlier this month in Charleston and Myrtle Beach, works like this: Users write a message in the Crowdreach mobile app and edit it to fit sites like Facebook and Twitter or to change the wording for an email or text. Online …

Fans attack rebranded Sierra Mist after soft drink secretly switches sweetener

In 2010, Sierra Mist replaced high fructose corn syrup with a cane sugar-stevia blend and began marketing the soda as “natural” to stand out in the crowded marketplace.

Twitter will reportedly stop counting links, photos against tweets’ character counts

Twitter is about to do that thing it should have done a long time ago. No, not roll out an optional, full-blown algorithmic timeline.

The ‘Echoverse’: New way to think about brand-consumer interactions

“You can’t just be in your silo,” says Roland T. Rust, Distinguished University Professor and David Bruce Smith Chair in Marketing at UMD’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. “You have to manage all of your brand communications as a big system.” In …

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Twitter Adds CEO Of BET, Debra Lee, To Its Board Of Directors

Fox is the second woman to join Twitter’s board and has served as a board member at broadcaster Channel 4 in the U.K. and retailer Marks & Spencer.

5 Essential Tips for Marketing to Millennials

In general, Millennials have no patience for traditional outbound marketing. Flyers, TV and radio ads, and general mailings don’t make much of an impression.

Twitter, please tell us how you really feel about Tweetdeck

Twitter rarely capitalizes on whatever hype exists around their various products. Remember when Vine was hot? Did Periscope miss its moment?

Twitter, please tell us how you really feel about Tweetdeck

Twitter rarely capitalizes on whatever hype exists around their various products. Remember when Vine was hot? Did Periscope miss its moment?

AMC Unveils ‘Preacher’ Clip on Snapchat

With “The Walking Dead” in particular, AMC has tried to capitalize on the show’s young fan base, much of which regularly takes to social sites like Twitter, Facebook and Reddit to talk about the show in the hours after episodes air on television …

Twitter, please tell us how you really feel about Tweetdeck

Twitter rarely capitalizes on whatever hype exists around their various products. Remember when Vine was hot? Did Periscope miss its moment?

Research uncovers the value to brands of influencers on Twitter

Research uncovers the value to brands of influencers on Twitter. It is ‘handheld’ names, not ‘household’ names, that are helping to sell products in the 21st century, according to a new joint study from Twitter and analytics firm Annalect, as online …

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6 Ideas To Keep Small Business Marketing And Social Media Going

For instance, if you run through Starbucks’ Twitter page, you’ll discern a distinct theme – all things that are coffee, feel-good and look great.

Twitter to ‘stop counting photos and links in character limit’

Twitter is set to stop the use of photos and links counting towards its 140-character limit, according to a recent Bloomberg report (link is external).

Twitter begins off-platform monetization by testing MoPub ads in Twitter Kit timelines

Twitter has begun testing out an integration that pairs its MoPub marketing offering with its Twitter Kit. Developers can now display tweet ads right into timelines featured within third-party iOS and Android apps.

Twitter data show most tweets from brands, publishers, celebs contain links

Marketing Land pulled the 200 most recent tweets from the 300 most-followed brand, celebrity and media accounts on Twitter, as determined by social analytics firm Socialbakers. After setting aside replies and retweets, the 38,977 examined tweets show …

Instagram: The YouTube Marketing Platform?

While cross platform marketing is definitely a thing for most brands, that tends to limit itself in scope to certain networks.

Twitter Inc. (TWTR) Expands Ads Within Tweets To Third-Party Apps Using MoPub

Marketers say the more pressing problem for Twitter, however, is user growth. “Twitter’s commercial engine has done a great job of monetizing the platform to date,” said Will McInnes, chief marketing officer of social media analytics company Brandwatch.

Burbank airfield’s rebranding marketing phase proceeds

Bob Hope Airport officials are moving forward with the marketing phase of their rebranding initiative to rename the airfield Hollywood Burbank Airport.

Marketing company hits peak selfie stick with its wacky creation (Tomorrow Daily 366 show notes)

Of course, you can find us everywhere on social media. Like, follow and heart us as you desire! Tomorrow Daily on: Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr | Instagram | Google+ · Ashley on Twitter | Jeff on Twitter | Producer Logan on Twitter. Subscribe to …

Leicester City: Who is riding the marketing bandwagon?

Hailed by romantics as a rare fairytale of modern-day sport, Leicester City – the 5,000-1 Premier League champions – have also become a bandwagon for more cynical marketing masterminds to jump aboard. BBC News takes a look at some of the more …

Twitter says influencers are almost as trusted as friends

Despite any lingering doubts about how effective influencers might be for their marketing strategies, it’s clear that brands that turn to influencers stand to benefit from their appeal to consumers.

Best-Selling Author Tim Ferriss Doles Out Business Advice

Entrepreneur asked Tim Ferriss, best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, questions from our Twitter feed, direct from our readers.

Nonprofit Marketing: The Same Rules Apply

I want to set the record straight: Nonprofit marketing is not different from for-profit marketing. Plain and simple.

13 Can’t-Miss Marketing Awards (Complete with Application Deadlines)

Virtually every industry has its own version of the Academy Awards; an excuse to don extravagant evening wear, sip the finest champagne, and either bask in the success of your contemporaries or curse the names of those who shone brighter than you.

How to use social networking for business

Most of us will embrace social networking on a personal level and as a marketing tool in at least some capacity. We have Facebook pages, we share content on our company’s Twitter account, and widen our circles with LinkedIn. Is there a place for these …

Nonprofit Marketing: The Same Rules Apply

I want to set the record straight: Nonprofit marketing is not different from for-profit marketing. Plain and simple.

7 Intriguing Digital Marketing Stats From the Past Week

Playboy’s been growing its digital audience dramatically since 2014, and it now, per CNBC, has 28 million followers across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and YouTube. 2. Death to Vine? Influencer marketing player Markerly studied 9,725 Vine users …

Forget Marketing: Focus on Growth Instead

Twitter discovered users who follow at least 30 people are more likely to use the service perpetually. Since that discovery, the company implemented features to import contacts and suggest people to follow.

Virgin Atlantic Is Making People’s ‘One Day’ Twitter Fantasies Come True

Hamish Rickman, Vice President, Marketing at Virgin Atlantic, said in a statement: “So many of us say “one day I will…” but all too often we don’t allow that “one day” to happen.

Twitter to ‘stop counting photos and links in character limit’

Twitter is set to stop the use of photos and links counting towards its 140-character limit, according to a recent Bloomberg report (link is external).

NBA Twitter Accounts Ranked

In the beginning, the tweets were usually sent by members of the teams’ public relations or traditional marketing staffs, with mixed results.

Twitter tests integrating MoPub ads in Twitter Kit timelines

According to Venture Beat, Twitter is testing integrating MoPub ads with Twitter Kit timelines, a move that would allow marketers to reach non-Twitter users with tweet ads in third-party apps. It also means Twitter is looking to earn revenue from non …

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