Digital Marketing News: Facebook’s Playable Ads & Business Pages Update, Gen Z Mom Trends, & B2B’s Video Uptick

Facebook Business Pages

Facebook redesigns biz Pages for utility as feed reach declines
Facebook has released a slew of changes to its popular Business Pages offering, including updates to mobile, recommendations, events, jobs, and Facebook Local. The updates bring marketers new opportunities along with the need to re-think certain strategies that may no longer be relevant. TechCruch

Twitter loses ability to let users auto-post tweets & retweets to Facebook
Facebook changed how its API is utilized by some 60K apps, including Twitter’s, doing away with cross-posted auto-tweets unless going through the more limited posting options of Facebook’s Share feature. Marketing Land

Move Over Millennials: It’s Time To Discuss How To Win With Generation Z Moms
An examination of digital native Gen Z moms and their online brand engagement traits and habits. Forbes

Making B2B video content work: marketers from Linkedln, Dailymotion and The Smalls share best practices
Marketers from LinkedIn (client), The Small, and Dailymotion take a serious look at what’s working in B2B video marketing, what isn’t, and why. The Drum

Facebook launches playable ads, tests retention optimization for app advertising
With Facebook’s recent launch, are playable ads likely to make their way into other, non-gaming areas of digital marketing? Marketing Land

‘Better ROI than influencers’: Meme accounts attract growing interest on Instagram
Brand and publisher partnerships look at engagement via meme, where even small follower counts can produce high engagement rates. DigiDay

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We Analyzed 43 Million Facebook Posts From the Top 20,000 Brands (New Research)
A new study from Buffer and BuzzSumo examined Facebook posts from some 20,000 top brands, and results show posting volume has been up while page engagement has decreased. Buffer

Snapchat launches ad marketplace for Discover partners & brings Commercials to Ads Manager
Snapchat’s Private Marketplace and non-skippable ad options were among several new beta features recently rolled out to publishers. Marketing Land

ON THE LIGHTER SIDE:

Marketoonist Tom Fishburne ROI of Marketing Cartoon

A lighthearted look at the ROI of marketing by Marketoonist Tom Fishburne — Marketoonist

Anti-Poser CAPTCHA Asks User to Click ‘Every Real Punk Band’ — The Hard Times

TOPRANK MARKETING & CLIENTS IN THE NEWS:

TopRank Marketing — Top 10 Content Marketing Blogs on the Internet Today — Blogging.org
Lee Odden — 50 Tips for Ad Agency New Business — Michael Gass
Lee Odden — Natural Language Generation Accelerates Content Marketing, But Keep Your Hands on the Wheel
— CMSWire
Lee Odden — 9 Expert Guides: How to Win at Influencer Marketing — Marx Communications
Lee Odden — Main Stage Spotlight Speakers at Pubcon Pro Las Vegas — Pubcon

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