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Facebook and Google Rule Advertising, and 3 Other Takeaways From the IAB’s Latest Report

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Last week, Facebook announced that it had reached 1 billion mobile-only monthly users. Per eMarketer, time spent with every medium —including advertising giants like TV, radio, and print—has been colonized by mobile devices. But in the first six months of 2016, digital video revenue on smartphones and tablets exploded to $1.6

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The 6 Most Important Social Media Trends of 2017

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Facebook added a hundred million users in a quarter? Facebook is in trouble for failing to stop fake news , extremist messages , and child pornography ? Facebook shamelessly copied another Snapchat feature? In 2016, Facebook accounted for almost two-thirds of all social media ad spending. What else is new ?

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Nine Social Media Marketing Stats You Can Use

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Facebook was opened up to the public in 2006. eMarketer ). According to Google Trends, social media marketing as a topic if search interest recently turned nine years old (or is about to turn 11 years old, depending on when you place its origin). Twitter emerged at the SXSW conference in March 2007. 89% of U.S. Skyword ).

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What’s Hot in Content Marketing: May 2016

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In this post: Facebook Video Ads. CMI just released its latest report, B2B Enterprise Content Marketing 2016. See more interesting stats in CMI’s new 2016 B2B Marketing Trends Study. Facebook Video Is Exploding – Here’s How to Leverage Facebook Video Ads Today. Video on Facebook continues to explode.

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What CJR’s Study on Trust Tells Us About Content in 2016

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According to a 2015 AP study , only 12 percent of Facebook news consumers have “a lot of trust” for “the news they see there.” ” That’s pretty alarming, considering that a recent eMarketer report found that 50 percent of the U.S.

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43 Messaging App Stats That Marketers Should Know

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I use Facebook Messenger. According to a Facebook survey on messaging app use , more than half of the participants preferred to message a brand on one of their messaging apps rather than calling them. Currently, businesses are heavily using apps like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Facebook ). Facebook ).

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Facebook’s Booming Ad Business Is Only Getting Bigger

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To no one’s surprise, Facebook drove the majority of that growth. According to eMarketer , Facebook accounted for 68 percent of all social media ad spend in 2016. It’s clear that ad professionals aren’t expecting Facebook’s grip to loosen any time soon.