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. NBCU’s streaming service Peacock launches April 15 for Comcast subscribers, everyone else on July 15 NBCUniversal shared the details about its…
Funnel, a Swedish startup that’s setting out to help marketers automate their data collection, has raised $47 million in a series B round of funding led by Eight Roads Ventures and F-Prime Capital, with participation from Balderton Capital, Oxx, Zobito, Industrifonden, and Kreos Capital. The raise comes as digital ad spending in the U.S. exceeds…
These three steps can help you use internet communities as a tool for growth. January 16, 2020 2 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. At ClickFunnels’ annual Funnel Hacking Live conference, Emily Richett interviews Steve Shideler, CEO of Fan Shop HQ, to learn how he transformed two sports-related Facebook pages into…
Facebook has reportedly abandoned efforts to sell ads inside WhatsApp, plans that resulted in co-founder Jan Koum leaving the group in 2018. According to the report: Facebook Inc. is backing away from efforts to sell ads in WhatsApp, in a retreat from a controversial plan that drove the creators of the popular messaging service to…
Facebook says it’s ‘not deaf’ to criticism. But it will still let politicians lie in ads
“Even if they know it’s not true, they will print it,” Pelosi said, apparently referencing Facebook’s political ad policy which caused a stir last year. Facebook also refused to take down a doctored video of Pelosi that made her appear drunk. At the time, she accused Facebook of enabling the Russian interference in the 2016…
Wondering how to create engaging video for your business? Want to use video more creatively in your marketing? To explore how to create engaging videos that work in organic social posts or paid ads, I interview Ezra Firestone on the Social Media Marketing Podcast. Ezra is an eCommerce marketing expert and the founder of Smart…
Jorg Greuel/Getty Images Companies of all sizes today are looking to improve the effectiveness of their social media marketing — and with good reason: Digital platforms are constantly innovating the way that brands are discovered, shared and experienced. The data speaks for itself: The number of worldwide social network users is expected to reach 3.09…
Photo: Getty As a CEO, you’re in charge of the big picture. It’s your responsibility to manage overall business strategy across product development, marketing and especially sales. It’s sales that drive business growth. You may offer the best product or service on the market, but if you can’t sell it, the business can’t function, never … Read more
I like to start my day with a balance of good and bad: a ritualistically brewed single cup of coffee taken in the quiet comfort of my kitchen while I alternate between despair and anger over the day’s news. Over the past few days, I’ve been reading more about Facebook’s decision to not curtail targeted…
Twitter’s ad network provides the best value for PC and console games marketing, according to a report by influencer marketing platform Gamesight. Gamesight said its research showed Twitter Ads was No. 1, followed by CPM Star, Google Ads, Facebook Ads, and Reddit Ads. Using data gathered from in-house marketing campaigns over the past year, the…
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Google has acquired Dublin-based Pointy, which developed a solution to help traditional retailers compete with ecommerce giants like Amazon. The companies did not disclose the sale price, but the two had developed a growing relationship around ecommerce. “Over the past several years, we’ve developed a very close partnership with Google,” Pointy founders Mark Cummins and…
Our social media feeds have become so flooded with influencers that some people are wondering whether the “influencer bubble” has burst. Given the uncharted territory, it is difficult to imagine how the future of influencing, and future of social media in general, will look. Well, author Megan Angelo has a few (disturbing) ideas. Angelo’s debut…
Gen Z and baby boomers are at odds when it comes to trusting brands.Data-intelligence company Morning Consult conducted thousands of interviews to get a sense of the companies consumers trust.Gen Z trusts tech giants like Google, Netflix, and Amazon.Boomers gravitate toward delivery services, food brands, and the Weather Channel.Sign up for Business Insider’s retail newsletter,…
Instagram is giving politicians the same free rein to spread misinformation as its parent company Facebook. Instagram is expanding its limited fact-checking test in the U.S. from May and will now work with 45 third-party organizations to assess the truthfulness of photo and video content on its app. Material rated as false will be hidden…
This year, Mark Zuckerberg gave up his famous New Year’s resolutions—the ones that led him to learn Mandarin, travel the country like a presidential candidate, and slaughter a goat—in lieu of a prophecy for 2030. In a Facebook post, Zuckerberg outlined “some of the things that I think will be important in the next decade.”…
