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2020/06/26

Dog goes viral for apology to his brother

Facebook ad boycott moves up a gear with Verizon | How to use Twitter to gain customers, insights | Gardening, self care, nostalgia among top Snapchat trends
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June 26, 2020
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The Big Story
Verizon is the largest brand so far to announce it is pulling advertising off Facebook and Instagram in support of the "Stop the Hate for Profit" initiative and the move follows an open letter written to advertisers by the Anti-Defamation League urging them to join the boycott. Meanwhile, Facebook executives have been reaching out to advertisers to reassure them they're taking objections from civil rights groups seriously, but Facebook's Carolyn Everson also warned, "We do not make policy changes tied to revenue pressure."
Full Story: Ad Age (tiered subscription model) (6/25),  Ad Age (tiered subscription model) (6/25),  The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (6/26) 
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How to use Twitter to gain customers, insights
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Twitter can be a place to find new customers, insights and partnerships -- but only if it's used the right way, writes the Young Entrepreneur Council. Make sure content is specifically written for Twitter, research the right time to post for your audience and engage with thought leaders in your industry, council members recommend.
Full Story: Business 2 Community (6/25) 
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Snapchat released its latest trends report for the first half of 2020, which points to platform users' heightened interest in gardening and growing plants, self care and nostalgia for vinyl records and neighborhood ice cream trucks. Snapchatters are also discussing a variety of foods and flavors that coincide with the summer season.
Full Story: Social Media Today (6/25) 
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To better optimize a sales funnel on Instagram, columnist Susan Wenograd explains how to best align it with each stage of a customer's journey. Her tips include designing it around user behavior, ensuring you have the right objective selected, and capitalizing on engagement audiences for effective remarketing on the platform.
Full Story: Social Media Examiner (6/24) 
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How to supercharge creative team productivity
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Marketer Moments
Fast Horse created a "Seis-Foot Cooler" social campaign for Dos Equis that's inviting consumers to enter to win a 6-foot-long cooler designed for social distancing by submitting a receipt online of a recent purchase from the brand. A spot showcases the cooler and the push, running across Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, includes collaborations with nine influencers.
Full Story: Adweek (tiered subscription model) (6/25),  Ad Age (tiered subscription model) (6/25) 
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Domino's unveils "Rain Check Registry"
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Domino's created a "Rain Check Registry" that people can use to cheer up couples whose weddings have been postponed due to the pandemic with gift packages, such as the "Virtual Bachelorette Party." Couples can register on a dedicated site with their Facebook or Google accounts and share their customized registry on social.
Full Story: Marketing Dive (6/25) 
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Platform News
YouTube used customized, prerecorded videos to tout platform news during Brandcast, its annual NewFronts presentation, including an expanded programming lineup and a $100 million pledge to support Black creators. It also detailed offerings like:
  • YouTube Select, which enables brands to purchase spots alongside top-tier and "brand safe" programming,
  • Video Action Campaigns, which helps expand ad reach while targeting viewers, and
  • tests for 15-second, mobile multi-segment videos, to compete with TikTok.
Full Story: Ad Age (tiered subscription model) (6/25),  TechCrunch (tiered subscription model) (6/25),  CNET (6/25),  Tubefilter (6/25) 
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Social Shareable
An Instagram video that shows a dog saying sorry to his brother for eating his chew has attracted more than 96,000 likes. The clip shows Watson being told by his owner to apologize to Kiko and subsequently putting his paws around his brother's neck and hugging him.
Full Story: Hindustan Times (India) (6/25) 
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