Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Facebook says video ads are coming this week

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December 17, 2013
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Facebook says video ads are coming this week
Facebook announced today that it will start rolling out video ads this week, with a "small number" of users expected to see the video units on the Web and on smartphones. An exclusive teaser ad for the upcoming film "Divergent" is expected to be among the first shown on the network. Mashable (12/17), The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (12/17)
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LivingSocial is still going strong, exec says
There's plenty of life left in LivingSocial, says marketing chief Barry Judge. The company sees its future in local advertising, which is still dominated by hard-to-track offline media, Judge says. "People's media consumption is moving online, and we have a performance-based digital advertising toolbox," he says. Adweek (12/16)
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We pulled back on our marketing efforts this year and altered our business model, so our mailing list isn't growing at that same rate as our focus has changed to include more social and mobile. We are getting more users to tell their friends about our deals."
-- Barry Judge, chief marketing officer at LivingSocial, as quoted by Adweek
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