As Amazon Prime Day begins, some merchants say they can't afford to offer discounts due to Trump's tariffs; Adobe expects $23.8B in sales across the four days
Amazon.com Inc.'s Prime Day is slamming into President Donald Trump's trade war, with ever-shifting tariffs prompting some brands …
Media executives say that some brands were preparing to advertise on X once again, as Elon Musk was likely to gain an influential Trump administration role
Some brands had abandoned the site over moderation concerns — Elon Musk's support for Donald Trump is set to boost X's flagging business …
Source: Musk sought to call some brands' CEOs to berate them for advertising less on Twitter; others lowered spend to the minimum needed to avoid confrontation
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Amazon began piloting a tool last week that lets brands in its Brand Registry program in the US email marketing materials to customers who “follow” the brand
- Amazon recently began piloting a tool for some brands to communicate with customers who opt to follow them.
As Pages eligible for Facebook's in-stream ads grow, some brands say its brand safety tools lag behind YouTube, as Facebook focuses on increasing ad inventory
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Some brands are outsourcing the writing of well-worded Instagram captions to a far-flung cadre of writers in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and elsewhere via Fiverr
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As shilling products has become a sign of success for influencers, up-and-comers on Instagram are posting fake sponsored content to boost their credibility
Tapping through Palak Joshi's Instagram Stories recently, you might have come across a photo that looked like standard sponsored content … Tweets: @caseynewton , @ldrogen , @dkthomp , @spencerpratt , ...
Top level .sucks domain may cost some brands $2500 a year to own
at up to $2,500 per domain David Coursey / SiliconANGLE : How Google and Microsoft can stop .sucks Leo Mirani / Quartz : This internet address costs $2,500 annually—and it sucks Matt Weinberger / Busi...