2020 is going to be a bonkers year for US politics, but while the presidential debates and President Trump’s lingering impeachment might be the biggest topics of conversation (so far), we all know where the true political discourse happens: Facebook.Unfortunately, a lot of that discourse is fueled by both misinformation and disinformation. Part of the…
More changes have been announced in the senior leadership of French pro-privacy search engine Qwant. President and co-founder Eric Leandri (pictured above) will be moving from an operational to a strategic role on January 15, the company said today — while current deputy managing director for sales and marketing, Jean-Claude Ghinozzi, is being promoted to…
The Special Services Group logo, as seen on the cover of its product brochure, is a modified version of the reverse side of Great Seal of the United States, designed by attorney William Barton in 1782, with the phrase “Constant Vigilance” replacing the Latin motto “Novus Ordo Seclorum.”Screenshot: MuckRockMotherboard on Thursday revealed that a “secretive”…
2019 was a breakout year for Spotify’s podcasting efforts, and now the company is turning up the dial on its ability to monetize this popular form of audio programming. Today, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Spotify is announcing Streaming Ad Insertion (SAI), its new, proprietary podcast ad technology for Spotify Podcast Ads.…
If you want to take part in the contest, you can do so by submitting your best iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro or iPhone 11 Pro Max Night mode shot through Instagram or Twitter using the hashtags #ShotoniPhone and #NightmodeChallenge. The competition is open until January 29th. With the help of a panel of judges,…
Video content is king, but you don’t have to be a technology expert to create it. Image credit: martin-dm | Getty Images Tom Popomaronis Guest Writer Vice President, Innovation at Massive Alliance January 8, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Unsurprisingly, video content has quickly become an essential part of…
Want more business from Instagram? Looking for a proven process to follow? In this article, you’ll learn three steps to attract and engage your Instagram audience, and convert them into leads and customers. #1: Attracting the Right Audience on Instagram At the top of the funnel, your job is simple: You need to grow your…
VCG / Getty Images Instagram has morphed from a place to share photos to a brand marketing behemoth over the past ten years. It’s given us Boomerang, the infamous “Egg,” and Beyoncé’s pregnancy announcement, among many other things.Marie Mostad, the COO and cofounder of the brand-influencer matching company inzpire.me, told Insider what a decade of Instagram…
MANILA—The Philippines has moved up a notch in the world’s most powerful passport ranking, according to a London-based consultancy firm that tracks the number of destinations a passport holder can go without a prior visa. Philippine passport holders are now allowed to travel to 67 destinations visa-free, placing the country at the 76th spot in…
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Published Jan 8, 2020 8:22:35 AM (CNN) – What’s the travel document that opens more doors around the world than any other? It’s a Japanese passport. The Henley Passport Index, which periodically measures the world’s most travel-friendly passports, has released its first report of the new decade. Japan is now top of…
Facebook Messenger Now Requires a Facebook Account To Join (inputmag.com) Posted by msmash on Friday December 27, 2019 @02:21PM from the for-what-it-is-worth dept. If you want to sign up for Facebook Messenger, you can no longer escape Big Blue — you’ll need an account from now on. From a report: The company has stopped allowing…
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. Facebook bans deceptive deepfakes and some misleadingly modified media In a policy update announced late yesterday, Facebook’s Monika Bickert wrote that…
Real estate is a big business in the sprawling city of Los Angeles and new technology tools to target the industry continue to attract investor attention. The latest of these is Luxury Presence, which pitches digital marketing services to real estate agents and has raked in $5.4 million in financing to support the buildout of…
Because marketers make change happen.That’s the work. Not to run ads, not to sell crap, not to invent hoopla.Marketing makes change. If you’re not proud of the change you’re making, do something else.It turns out that smart marketing is significantly more effective than the other kind. It turns out that showing up with the right…
Ashlee Latimer fostered a young online community through the musical’s social media. Fans know her better as Mx. Thief.Ashlee Latimer was hired away by the production to run its Twitter account during the show’s Broadway run.Credit…George Etheredge for The New York TimesThe Twitter account for “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” has more than…
Nowadays most companies are doing SEO, PPC, and Content Marketing. Yet sometimes the company’s are not getting the leads they need. Some businesses get leads — but not quality leads, or they don’t get the leads that fit their expectations. The main reason a company doesn’t get the leads they need is that they are…
China’s TikTok, which has taken the world by storm, is working its magic in its home nation, too. The Chinese version of TikTok, called Douyin, has amassed 400 million daily active users, parent company ByteDance revealed in its annual report this week (in Chinese). This is an impressive growth for the addictive video app, which had…
Six tips to gain visibility and create sales. Image credit: NurPhoto | Getty Images Aimee Tariq Guest Writer Founder and CEO of A Life With Health January 6, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you haven’t started using LinkedIn to share content yet, it’s high time you get…
