July boycott: Marketing without Facebook Ads

Prominent brands and civil rights groups are leading the charge for a July 2020 boycott of Facebook Ads. They want to see changes implemented to the platform and are organizing under the hashtag #StopHateForProfit.  Whatever your views on these issues, it’s important to make an informed decision about how your business will approach this boycott.…

How to Grow Your Email Subscribers With a Facebook Messenger Giveaway

How to Grow Your Email Subscribers With a Facebook Messenger Giveaway : Social Media Examiner Worth Exploring: Social Media Marketing Industry Report In our 12th annual social media study (46 pages, 60+ charts) of 5,200+ marketers, you’ll discover which social networks marketers most plan on using, organic social activities, paid social media plans, and much…

Twitter meme ‘knows a spot’ for some absolutely terrible dates

With the coronavirus pandemic keeping us home for the past few months, going on dates and visiting new places have become but distant, fond memories. A new Twitter meme is now softening the sting of social distancing, reminding restless singles that, even if we could go out, trusting your date to bring you somewhere spectacular…

LinkedIn Content Creation is Up 60% Compared to Last Year via @MattGSouthern

LinkedIn is seeing a surge in content creation and consumption, and engagement between users is up as well. Srividya Gopani, Director of Brand and Consumer Marketing at LinkedIn, tells Social Samosa that members have been using their time during lockdown to push their professional lives forward. “We are seeing a 55% year-over-year increase in conversations…

Facebook announces bold plan to label some awful content, sometimes

Mark Zuckerberg has a bold new plan to occasionally do something about content that violates Facebook’s policies. Every now and then. When the company feels like it.  In a Friday morning livestream and accompanying post, the CEO seemingly attempted to mollify critics of his decision to allow a post from Donald Trump threatening violence against…

Updated: The brands boycotting Facebook and Zuckerberg’s response

This is a developing story. Check back for updates. More brands are joining the Stop Hate for Profit Facebook ads boycott. The campaign asks brands to pause their ad spend on Facebook and Instagram in July and charges that Facebook has tolerated racism and hate speech and “turned a blind eye toward voter suppression on their platform.”…

Make the most of your search budget with call analytics

Call analytics establish the link between inbound calls and online search, display, social or email campaigns. The specific benefits of using an enterprise call analytics platform include – but are not limited to: Marketing campaign optimization. Inbound calls can be tracked to their marketing source at the keyword, campaign and channel levels, and followed through…