By Joe Berkowitz January 20, 2024 Social media is broken. It feels impossible now to keep up with friends and news in the same place—to be informed, entertained, and part of a community all at once. As Ryan Broderick has written, there’s no longer anywhere to figure out what everyone’s talking about, and the … Continue reading I used LinkedIn as my only social media for 3 weeks. Here’s what happened
By Associated Press January 09, 2024 TikTok has restricted one tool researchers use to analyze popular videos, a move that follows a barrage of criticism directed at the social media platform about content related to the Israel-Hamas war and a study that questioned whether the company was suppressing topics that don’t align with the … Continue reading TikTok is restricting a key tool used by researchers to assess content on its platform
By David Salazar November 05, 2023 Call it the Beatles’ third law: For every song that’s become an indelible part of the Western pop canon, there’s an equal and opposite “What if?” What if they’d mended the band’s fractured foundation in the ’60s? What if more of them had made it to old age? … Continue reading How Beatles producer Giles Martin used AI to reunite the band for ‘Now and Then’
Programmatic is typically used for top-of-the-funnel, brand awareness. Icelandair and its partners figured out how to get it to increase sales. Constantine von Hoffman on October 4 Icelandair had two problems. First, “After the pandemic, they had to change a lot of flight routes because of border rules,” said Anjlee Majmudar, VP of programmatic, for … Continue reading How Icelandair used programmatic to increase bookings
45% Of U.S., U.K. Advertisers Have Used Same Ad Approach For Past 5 Years by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 31, 2023 Accenture earlier this year released research in partnership with Pinterest that analyzed the state of the advertising market, its upcoming challenges and how prepared advertisers are to face them. The research found that that … Continue reading 45% Of U.S., U.K. Advertisers Have Used Same Ad Approach For Past 5 Years
The US government is trying to force ByteDance to sell TikTok TikTok could be banned in the United States if ByteDance refuses. Karissa Bell @karissabe The Biden Administration is significantly increasing pressure on ByteDance just days before TikTok’s CEO is set to testify in front of Congress. The United States government is … Continue reading Former ByteDance exec claims company used bots to inflate TikTok engagement
By Chris Stokel-Walker March 31, 2023 The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria in early February killed tens of thousands of people and left a trail of destruction in its wake. A massive cleanup operation is still underway in both countries. Meanwhile, one Turkish-based tech business has offered its support to … Continue reading Here’s how the Turkish startup Jotform used its web form tools to help in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake
Targeting is the top use case, and one third are using chatbots. Chris Wood on March 16, 2023 AI is used in marketing by 67% of B2B organizations, according to the new “Global State of AI in B2B Marketing Survey” by Forrester. More than 70% of respondents plan to “moderately” or “significantly” increase their plans … Continue reading AI is used in marketing by two thirds of B2B orgs, Forrester finds
Gartner report warns that virtual assistants, which are a growing part of digital customer experience, are also a weak spot. Constantine von Hoffman on March 1, 2023 “Hey Siri, lead a protest.” Virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa, which are a growing part of the digital customer experience, from discovery via search marketing to customer … Continue reading Siri and Alexa may be used by protesters to attack customer support channels
The appointment-making platform implemented Bynder’s digital asset management (DAM) system to root out inefficiencies. Chris Wood on January 12, 2023 Appointment-making platform Booksy, popular especially in the beauty industry for booking clients, is a versatile digital marketing tool for many small businesses. The platform provides assets that businesses can use to promote themselves on digital … Continue reading How Booksy used DAM to organize their digital asset production
