As consumers continue to stay home and many businesses remain closed to the public, online interaction is at its peak. With consumers spending an increased amount of time online, this presents a great opportunity for brands to reach consumers in a new way. Fitness studios have been providing virtual workout classes, churches and religious services … Continue reading Virtual Events during COVID-19 →

Planning, buying and managing media during a political year is stressful! It is not realistic for all advertisers to wait until the political window has closed by pausing their media for two months. So it is important to know how the political window works, how it can affect your media buys and plan accordingly. The … Continue reading Manage Your Media during a Political Window →

Facebook recently announced that it will be launching a new voting information center, which will be the largest voting informational campaign in American history. This voting information center will provide Americans accurate information on voting, tools they need to register and give them a voice. The goal is to help register 4 million voters this … Continue reading Facebook Launching Voting Information Center →

With mounting calls for companies to take action against systemic racism, Google has announced they are updating their advertising policies around housing, employment, and credit opportunities.  The new policy, which will roll out in the United States and Canada this year, will mean that employment, housing and credit advertisers will no longer be permitted to … Continue reading Google to prohibit demographic and zip code targeting for housing, employment, and credit ads →

Due to lockdowns across the country, media consumption is at an all-time high. The latest MRI/Simmons report asked, “If you’re spending more time at home which of the following, if any, are/have you been doing to fill your time?” Highest on the list is TV viewing across different formats, followed by social media activity. As … Continue reading Three Things Advertisers Should Do because of COVID-19 →

Last week, Instagram announced new features in an effort to help curb bullying and trolling within the platform. Instagram’s goal is to lead the industry in the fight against bullying; they continue to create and share their Community Standards Enforcement Report, which tracks their progress in keeping their platform as safe as possible. Based on … Continue reading Instagram’s New Anti-Bullying Features →

Whether your business is big or small, local or national, B2B or B2C, it is more important now than ever before to ensure your business information is up to date in Google My Business (GMB). Google has made updates to the information you can share with your clientele to accommodate for the current state of … Continue reading Big or Small, You Need to Update Your Google My Business Information →

Electronic communication in 2020 is much more than words and endless acronyms. We have images, videos, emojis, animated GIFs and Bitmojis to help us creatively express ourselves. Facebook announced their purchase of GIPHY this month, which is a platform centered around the animated GIF. It allows users to find, use and create short, animated files … Continue reading Facebook buys GIPHY →

With stay-at-home orders in place for most of the United States, media consumption has seen a huge increase. Nielsen predicts that homes are seeing upwards of a 60% increase in content consumption during this time. Content consumption can range from video and radio content, to books and so on. By generation, media consumption changes vary. … Continue reading COVID-19 Impact on Content Consumption →

Advertisers can now use Instagram to promote gift card purchases and delivery in their Stories in an effort to support small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stickers are available from the sticker tray and advertisers can select to promote either gift card purchase or food orders. All gift card and food delivery transactions will be … Continue reading Instagram Rolling out Call-to-Action Stickers for Gift Cards and Delivery →