By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Elon Musk’s sudden rebranding last week of Twitter to “an everything app” named X sent branding and marketing experts abuzz, with some calling the billionaire’s move a worthy risk and others wondering if it will be a “dud.” Since acquiring Twitter in 2022 for $44 billion, Musk has […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. The American Marketing Association (AMA) calls it “the million-dollar question”: What are the best times for social marketing managers to post to their social media platforms? The answer is one of the “depends on” variety — as in depends on which platform to which you’re posting, such as […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Often dismissed early in its history as just a passing fancy among Generation Z, TikTok continues to rock the clock when it comes to breaking news in the social-marketing world. The video-based app, launched to international markets by Chinese company ByteDance Ltd. in 2017, is expected to see […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc.In mid-November, just before Americans were about to covet something fowl from the oven, the mountain bluebird that serves as the distinctive logo for Twitter decided it was time to make a little noise of its own. Twitter was introducing “Fleets” — at the top of mobile users’ feeds, […]
By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Though its number of users should remain relatively stable over the next few years, Twitter is expected to generate $1.62 billion in ad revenues by the end of 2020, which will be a 22.8 percent increase over 2018’s revenues of $1.3 billion. What’s driving the surging revenues? Both […]
by Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Those who use Twitter as a social media marketing tool may have found that there’s nothing like a live event or a specially celebrated day as an opportunity to get their brand closer to their readers. Twitter recently released four tips for brands to follow when tweeting at […]
by Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Interacting with your following not only should be an obligatory chore for you as your company’s social media manager — it also can produce astonishing results. The Wendy’s restaurant chain knows this social-media-managerial standard rather well, thanks to the chicken nuggets featured on its menus and a teenager’s […]
by Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. Scribes would call it “writer’s block,” and that always-bantering social-media colleague who sits across from you might call it something more crass — say, “brain death.” We’re talking about that point at which you’re not sure what to post on your social media channels in the days or […]
by Jaimie Siegle | Advertising Systems Inc. If you thought the free app Snapchat was as fleeting as the photos sent by its users, you may want to reconsider: After turning down a $4 billion buyout offer from Facebook then raising $50 million in venture funding last year, Snapchat recently unrolled an upgraded platform with […]
By Tim Devaney and Tom Stein All the marketing talk these days is about social media. But research shows old-fashioned email is still far more effective than social media in attracting customers to your business online. A recent study by predictive analytics firm Custora discovered that customer acquisition via email has quadrupled in the last […]