Pinterest plans "promoted pins" pilot program Pinterest is to begin testing "promoted pins," with participants seeing their content promoted in search results and category feeds. The network won't accept payment for the pins during the testing phase, and promised that it will strive to make promoted content tasteful and non-intrusive. "I know some of you may be thinking, 'Oh great ... here come the banner ads.' But we're determined to not let that happen," CEO Ben Silbermann wrote in a blog post announcing the test. Advertising Age (tiered subscription model) (9/19), TechCrunch (9/19)  | How Google helps retailers turn Big Data into big insights September 26 - 9am PT/12pm ET Explore how retailers can glean profit-boosting ideas and forward-thinking solutions from giant datasets, courtesy of Google Cloud Platform. Featuring Daniel Powers, Director of Sales for Google Cloud Platform; Giovanni DeMeo, VP Global Marketing and Analytics for Interactions Marketing; and Paul Lilford, Global Director at Tableau Software. RSVP now! |
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