Why You Shouldn’t Let Celebrities Text You Via Community

Photo: ShutterstockTargeted ads, the kind that might appear on your Facebook feed or Twitter timeline, can feel awfully invasive; after all, they often appear using personal information like your location, age or search history. And thanks to a new service making waves on social media, they’re likely about to target you even more closely.Recently, if…

Ecommerce and online payment technologies market trends in 2020 (AMZN, BBY, W)

This is a preview of the Payments Ecosystem research report from Business Insider Intelligence.Purchase this report.Business Insider Intelligence offers even more consumer coverage with Payments & Commerce Pro. Subscribe today to receive industry-changing payments and commerce news and analysis to your inbox.E-commerce has been growing by leaps and bounds in the last several years, and…

Ecommerce: How to Survive its Troughs

On the topic of ecommerce, one wonders to what extent this business model is applicable, and where is it likely to end? This is the prime question that goes through most online retailers, entrepreneurs today. It’s the extent of this phenomenon that has resulted in soaring businesses across the world. Some of the many ecommerce…

Daily Crunch: Goldman Sachs calls for diverse boards

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Goldman Sachs says it won’t take startups public without at least one ‘diverse’ director; it should go further CEO David Solomon told…

6 Essential Influencer-Marketing Truths Every E-Commerce Brand Should Know

More than a few companies have been burned by the wrong approach. Make sure yours isn’t one of them. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy Image credit: supersizer | Getty Images January 24, 2020 5 min read Opinions…

Brands pay men a lot more money per sponsored Instagram post as influencers, but women dominate the industry

BI Prime Emma Chamberlain at Paris Fashion Week in October 2019. Jacopo Raule/Getty Images This story requires our BI Prime membership. To read the full article, simply click here to claim your deal and get access to all exclusive Business Insider PRIME content. In a recent report, Izea, a company that connects marketers with influencers,…

Social Media ROI: How to Measure Your Social Marketing

Want to improve the return on investment (ROI) of your social media marketing? Are you measuring the right things? To explore everything you need to know about measuring ROI, I interview Christopher Penn on the Social Media Marketing Podcast. Christopher is the chief data scientist at Trust Insights. He also hosts the In-Ear Insights podcast.…

Overhaul Your SMS Marketing With These 4 Genius Tips

Text campaigns can pay huge dividends in the new decade. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy Image credit: Westend61 | Getty Images Mark Daoust Guest Writer Founder, Quiet Light Brokerage January 23, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed…

TikTok inks licensing deal with Merlin to use music from independent labels in videos and new Resso streaming service

TikTok, the fast-growing user-generated video app from China’s Bytedance, has been building a new music streaming service to compete against the likes of Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. And today it’s announcing a deal that helps pave the way for a global launch of it. It has inked a licensing deal with Merlin, the…

Yo Facebook & Instagram, stop showing Stories reruns

If I watch a Story cross-posted from Instagram to Facebook on either of the apps, it should appear as “watched” at the back of the Stories row on the other app. Why waste my time showing me Stories I already saw? It’s been over two years since Instagram Stories launched cross-posting to Stories. Countless hours…

Planters kills off Mr. Peanut for a Super Bowl ad, and people are thrilled

The deceased with three fans in 2018. Image: Patrick McDermott / Getty Images By Chloe Bryan2020-01-22 18:15:24 UTC “Mr. Peanut” has “died,” according to the Planters mascot’s official Twitter account.  The sentient legume’s demise is part of a Super Bowl ad campaign, according to AdAge, which began with a video of Mr. Peanut sacrificing himself…

Is Your Sales Team Aligned with Your Brand?

HBR Staff/Unsplash/Getty Images It’s no longer enough to provide customers an adequate product or service. Competition is high, and people now consider their entire journey with a company — from the point of consideration to the point of purchase — when deciding who they want to do business with. Recent research shows that interactions with…

Netflix is still saying ‘no’ to ads

Despite ongoing speculation and investor pressure, Netflix is still declining to adopt an advertising-based business model as a means to boost its revenue, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings confirmed on Tuesday. The company on its Q4 earnings call again shot down the idea of an ad-supported option, with Hastings explaining there’s no “easy money” in an…

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