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The gifting culture for the V-Day has shifted to buying experiences than things, to enjoy together with loved ones. An interesting find by mobile commerce optimization platform Button, says many consumers look for gifts immediately before lunch and during the afternoon as a pick-me-up activity. Last-minute shopping sees a surge too especially during the late nights with an average spending of $41. Advertisers could latch on to this heightened traffic with personalized offers to peak sales on special days.

Farmgirl Flowers’ Social media tweak takes the cake.

What if a floral company targeted men on Valentine ’s Day? It would be perfect since men are the majority buying flowers for their women. That’s exactly what Farmgirl Flowers did, shifting their strategy to hit men over the conventional target, women. Valentine’s Day being one of the biggest days of the year for florists, they roped in a dramatic change in their marketing tactics which was highly rewarding.

Dominos’ new personalized Ad campaign

Returns have climbed tenfold for the Pizza giant who changed up their game with the mantra of ‘outsmart rather than outspend’ which yielded the company’s latest initiative to be insanely successful. The company has been digging into big data with Talend’s big data integration platform roped in for the backend work to integrate the company’s data to display highly personalized ads for consumers. A recent personalized display campaign in the UK generated a bumper 10:1 return on spend. The trick was to identify and reach the right consumers at scale.

Influencer shift to video content

The number of videos being created and shared on social platforms has increased manifold in recent years. Instagram took the cue and shifted its focus to video with IG Stories feature – and YouTube too brought out Stories option for live content. The advantage with video content is that it achieves higher engagement which is in turn favored by the algorithm, which means more penetration to the audience. Also, video helps them build a stronger bond with followers. Brands should follow suit here with 72% of customers preferring to learn about a through video.

Facebook has a new Page Management History Tool

Matt Navarra recently put forward a new feature for Facebook Pages by the name of “Page Management History.” The tool is beneficial for Pages managed by multiple individuals, as it shows every single action made on and by your Page, when the actions were taken, and by whom it was. This helps companies evaluate and monitor employee interaction with customers and engagement on social media. All this you can get in a glance with this particular tool. The tool is found in the “Settings” tab, with the title “Page Management History”.

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Facebook Dynamic Ads is scaling up
Dynamic ads are now bumped up with machine learning to make customized users’ experience on a larger scale. This results in delivering a specific ad to different users based on their activity or preferences. By combining data, signals, and insights from Facebook and advertisers, dynamic Ads deliver content in different formats based on users’ behaviour.

A new logo for Facebook
Next time you are on Facebook and see a slightly different logo don’t freak out. Facebook has changed its corporate logo, but it won’t affect the old blue “F” appearing on your apps. The new logo may make its appearance on login screens of Instagram and WhatsApp, slightly tinted to match the respective brands.

Meet IGTV “series”
Organize your IGTV videos as a video series with a title and theme now, as in Snapchat. You can label your videos so that users can easily find content buckets via playlist at the same time making it easier for creators to arrange content. An on-screen tab will also be there to help you opt to get episode notifications from your favourite accounts.

LinkedIn rewards ‘builders’
LinkedIn recently introduced a “contribution” objective to its feed algorithm which has an assigned objective. This translates to the fact that the network now rewards “builders” i.e., contributors who are the people that regularly share, comment and react to content. LinkedIn thus urges you to be an active member of your community and the new algorithm rewards people for getting more and regularly involved with the network.

Facebook rolling out in-app shopping ads
Like the massively popular in-shopping ads on Instagram, Facebook is also shifting paradigm with plans to introduce the same on the platform. Foreseeing a future where Facebook and shopping are synonymous, Facebook announced it is testing the new ad feature, namely an in-app checkout for dynamic ads that will allow you to turn organic shopping posts into ads. With the feature on Facebook and Instagram, it appears to be working towards creating a seamless online shopping experience for users.

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Facebook has parked an investment of $5.7 million (Rs 43, 574 Crore) in Reliance Jio, making it the largest minority shareholder in Jio Platforms Ltd. The investment will translate into a 9.99% equity stake in Jio Platforms on a fully diluted basis. As per the reports, the investment has valued Jio platforms at a whopping $65.95 Billion (Rs 4.62 Lakh Crore) pre-money enterprise value. Facebook is said to be mainly targeting to leverage the service of Jio Platforms for WhatsApp, which is one of the popular applications in India owned by Facebook. Meanwhile, Reliance Industries founder Mukesh Ambani has become Asia’s richest man recently, surpassing Jack Ma, Founder, and CEO of Alibaba Group.

Spotify Launches Fundraising Feature for Artists
As part of their COVID-19 relief efforts, Spotify has launched artists fundraising feature “Artist Fundraising Pick”. The feature allows artists to raise funds for themselves, their crew, or any other verified music relief initiatives which are vetted by Spotify. The streaming platform has collaborated with several applications like Cash App, GoFundMe, and Paypal.me to roll out the initiative. The primary focus of the feature would be to target artists in the UK and the US. However, Spotify users across the world can donate the fund from anywhere. Users can download the app, visit the Artist Dashboard, and click on the “Get Started” button on the banner at the top to submit the fundraiser.

Amazon India launches ‘Local Shops on Amazon’

The e-commerce giants Amazon has launched a first of its kind initiative in India ‘Local shops on Amazon’, where it will enable the physical mortar stores and retailers to sell products online as they struggle in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amazon will enroll these shops and help them discover customers through their last-mile reach program, stated Gopa Pillai, Vice President of Amazon India’s seller services. He went on to add that the feature will also benefit the customers with better selection, fast delivery, and additional value-added services. The initiative is rolled out after a six-month pilot program run with over 5000 local shops across the 100 Tier -1 and Tier – 2 cities. Amazon has also pledged Rs 10 Crore to scale the program on an immediate basis.

Corona Impact – Zoom’s Userbase Witness 50% Surge

As organizations have resorted to working from home to resist the Corona pandemic, Zoom – one of the popular video conferencing applications has witnessed a sharp surge in their user base, stated Eric Yaun, CEO of Zoom in one of the recent webinars. As of April 21 statistics, the app’s user base has grown 50 percent to touch 300 million users. However, Zoom has been subject to scrutiny over security and privacy issues over a period as several reports against the apps started to appear on the internet. Earlier, the National Cyber-Security Agency had warned against the security vulnerability of the application and issued safety measures for the users. But against the odds, the application has managed to achieve significant growth in this lockdown period.

Google to Verify the Identities of all its Advertisers

Google has announced that it will extend the norms of the identity verification policy for all the advertisers. In order to run paid promotions on the platform, advertisers will need to verify their identity and place of origin. The policy extension was previously rolled out for political ads in 2018 to bring transparency and authenticity. With the change in the norms, Google hinted directly at their efforts to contain the scams and false information spreading across the channel about the novel coronavirus pandemic. In the first stage, users will start seeing disclosures with their ads. Google will start rolling out of the new policy initiatives in the US and slowly expand the rest of the world.