Facebook to introduce auto-play video ads in users’ News Feeds

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This July, Facebook will be rolling out auto play video ads in users’ News Feeds. According to Financial Times, these video ads will play automatically for almost 15 seconds with no sound. Users will then have the option of activating [ ... ]

Interview with Samar Singh Sheikhawat, Senior Vice President of Marketing, United Breweries Ltd.

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Kingfisher has become an alliance which bridges social media users with the brand’s roots. They have a clear social media approach – provide user lead content generation to its consumers via online activations, apps and gamifications etc. along with instant [ ... ]

Facebook’s Graph Search – what is the value for marketers?

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Amongst the new features that Facebook is set to introduce this year, Graph Search was the first. Launched right in the beginning of January, it created a lot of interest. While it is looked at as a strategic intervention by Facebook to strengthen the [ ... ]

What does Facebook’s new look News Feed mean for advertisers?

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In its attempt to reduce clutter and focus more on people stories, Facebook unveiled the most anticipated News Feed changes on 7 March, 2013. “The news feed has become primarily about content, nearly 50 percent is visual content.” Mark Zuckerberg [ ... ]

How brands in the financial space are using social media in India

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It may have once been a commonly-held notion that only retail and consumer goods brands are well suited to leverage social media to connect with their consumers, and brands in the financial sector will have a harder time of it. [ ... ]

Google+ launches communities – how can you leverage them?

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Google+ was launched in August 2011, and in just about a year and a half, it has 500 million user profiles. About half of those, 235 million, are active users – those who are viewing or +1-ing content – and [ ... ]

What kind of content works on social media?

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Content on social media is of paramount importance, and also one of the trickiest things to get right. At a recent conference, Scott Monty, Global Head of Social Media at Ford Motor Company said, “Content is the currency of social.” Content [ ... ]