Tag Archives: snapchat
Social Sound Bite: As Snapchat Stumbles, Facebook Flexes
February 10, 2017
On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the KXIC studios in Iowa City — Jay and I discussed some recently released numbers from both Facebook and Snapchat. As the upstart Snapchat prepares for their IPO, use, growth, … Read More
Social Sound Bite: Why Social Platforms Don’t Want to Be ‘Social’
October 14, 2016
On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the KXIC studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed a recent article from Adweek, which noted that social platforms like Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter are getting away from the … Read More
Instagram Stories: Better for Users, Better for Brands
August 17, 2016
As I mentioned last month, Instagram is a powerful social network. So I was a bit surprised last week when they announced that they were stealing a feature from social juggernaut Snapchat. In fact, they didn’t even bother to change … Read More
Do You Have an Instagram Strategy? (You Should!)
July 13, 2016
For the first time in four years I’m not teaching social media marketing to MBAs at the University of Iowa over the summer (fear not — the class will be back this fall). When you teach a topic like social … Read More
On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the KXIC studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed some new numbers that Instagram shared this week. The popular Facebook-owned social network now boasts 500 million users and 300 … Read More
Why You Need a Marketing Test Kitchen
June 15, 2016
With all of the shiny new things in marketing today it can be hard not to be overwhelmed. From Facebook live video to Snapchat, we are constantly bombarded with examples of marketers doing cool things with new forms of content … Read More
On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the KXIC studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed a shocking new stat about Snapchat’s use numbers. This past week, Bloomberg reported that Snapchat overtook Twitter in number … Read More
How Snapchat Helps Humanize Brands with Carlos Gil
June 6, 2016
“Snapchat is Twitter meets YouTube.” The meteoritic rise of this new network has left many marketers scratching their collective heads. Not Carlos Gil. An early adopter of social media from back when it was called AOL, Gil has led social teams for … Read More
On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the KXIC studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed an emerging turf war between social media’s 800-pound gorilla Facebook and its latest shiny new thing Snapchat. Ironically at … Read More
Why Think-Big Brands Need to Have Fun with Amy Schmittauer
January 18, 2016
“It’s too possible to be personable.” Live streaming video via platforms such as Periscope and Snapchat have presented marketers with an amazing opportunity to deepen the relationships they have with their customers. However, many brands are apprehensive about this very public, immediate … Read More