Category Archives: Twitter

Twitter’s relaxed character limit doesn’t apply to ads, but there’s a workaround

Twitter will no longer count photos, videos, polls and quoted tweets against its 140-character limit, but it will for certain ads. Here’s the workaround. Tim Peterson on September 19, 2016   It’s finally happening. Starting today — four months after announcing it would do so — Twitter will no longer count photos, videos, polls and … Continue reading Twitter’s relaxed character limit doesn’t apply to ads, but there’s a workaround

Twitter turns stickers into ads for brands, but won’t say how it’s charging for them

Promoted Stickers marks Twitter’s latest attempt — and the latest example of a trend — to inject brands not only into people’s content feeds but into the actual content. Tim Peterson on August 15, 2016   Social advertising used to be about brands inserting themselves in people’s content feeds. It still is. But it’s also … Continue reading Twitter turns stickers into ads for brands, but won’t say how it’s charging for them