Digital Intelligence

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Twitter has seen its profits and revenues rise as advertisers welcome efforts by the social network to cull spam accounts.

26/10/2018  |  Full story...

42% of internet users are now predominantly using social networks to research brands, products and services (39% growth since 2015), leaving search engines 10 percentage points behind, according to new research looking into potential Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales this year.

26/10/2018  |  Full story...

Facebook has been fined £500,000 by a UK court over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, an amount which, based on last year’s revenue, the social network makes in less than 9 minutes of operation.

25/10/2018  |  Full story...

Instagram has overtaken Snapchat as the most used social media app among US teens, with its appeal to marketers also growing, according to new research.

25/10/2018  |  Full story...

Facebook is expanding its efforts to demote low quality ads on its social network, with a new scheme to penalise any ads containing sensationalised language or headlines that withhold information.

22/10/2018  |  Full story...

Brands’ spend on Instagram ads increased 94% year-on-year (YoY), faster than spend on core Facebook ads (37% YoY) in the third quarter of 2018 according to new research.

22/10/2018  |  Full story...

Facebook has hired former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg as the head of its global affairs and communications team, as the company looks to recover from its Cambridge Analytica data scandal earlier this year.

22/10/2018  |  Full story...

Facebook has been accused of hiding a flaw in its video-advertising metrics that overestimated viewer engagement for to entice advertisers on its platform.

19/10/2018  |  Full story...

Most people in the US use YouTube and Instagram more in 2018 than 2017, outperforming other channels such as Facebook, while women tend to use social media more frequently than men, according to a new survey.

18/10/2018  |  Full story...

Social scrapbook platform Pinterest is announcing a raft of changes to make it easier for people to shop on its website and mobile app, including real-time pricing and recommendations.

18/10/2018  |  Full story...

The average UK consumer now contacts organisations 9 times per month, equating to 463.5 million monthly contacts – which costs brands an estimated £1.227 billion per month to answer, according to new research.

12/10/2018  |  Full story...

Digital advertisers spent a total of £6.36bn in the first half of 2018, an increase of 15% year on year, according to new figures.

12/10/2018  |  Full story...

Social media platform Tumblr has launched of ‘Seen’, a unique art exhibition exploring the hidden depths, complexities and perceptions of mental health.

10/10/2018  |  Full story...

Google is closing its flagship social network Google+ after data from up to 500,000 users was left exposed by a bug.

10/10/2018  |  Full story...

Social media marketing company Socialbakers has been looking into the brands interacting with this year’s Great British Bake Off on social media. Besides its sponsors Dr Oetker, the main players are supermarket and food brands, though wellness brands also feature regularly.

09/10/2018  |  Full story...

Manchester design studio MERó (worksbymero.com) has created bespoke branding and a new packaging design for Beauty Bay’s exciting collaboration with popular beauty, fashion and lifestyle vlogger Jordan Lipscombe.

09/10/2018  |  Full story...

The parent company of Unilad is going into administration with debts of more than £6m owed to various parties, resulting in the popular digital publisher of viral content attracting bids.

08/10/2018  |  Full story...

Three fifths of sports and fitness clothing brands have used social media influencers to help promote their products, it has been revealed, and as many as 49% of these noticed a boost in sales following this.

04/10/2018  |  Full story...

Managers of manufacturing companies say there is room for improvement in their marketing activities, according to a recent survey.

03/10/2018  |  Full story...

Facebook is set to bring ads to the Facebook Stories format, making the ad units available to all advertisers globally.

02/10/2018  |  Full story...

The co-founders of Instagram have announced they are quitting the social media company.

02/10/2018  |  Full story...

Snapchat has launched a new range of ecommerce advertising formats, as the chat app looks to further monetise its network.

02/10/2018  |  Full story...

Two thirds of all the growth in global advertising expenditure between 2017 and 2020 will come from paid search and social media ads, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts.

25/09/2018  |  Full story...

There are many tools that can help marketers decide which hashtags to use in their social media marketing posts. We look at 10 of the best, from Twitter's own features to more advanced geographical and community-based services.

21/09/2018  |  Full story...

London Fashion Week (LFW) 2018 saw more than 100 designers and models invade the capital once again, with new research showing which brands and models generated most social media buzz.

21/09/2018  |  Full story...