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  • Facebook Revenue 10 Times Greater Than Twitter

    Facebook's average revenue per user is now USD$3.82 (£2.90); with 1.71bn monthly users, the social giant nets a cool USD$6.44bn (£4.88bn) in total revenue. Yesterday (26 July) Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) reported earnings for the quarter ended 30 June, 2016. Earlier [...]

  • Influencer Marketing: It's Prioritisation of People

    Influencer marketing is creating a name for itself as a way of connecting with highly engaged audiences through the creation of unique and shareable content. It relies on creativity and, unlike most digital media channels, people, rather than data, to [...]

  • The Twitter Recommendations Tab: A Stark Reminder of the Importance of Personalisation

    Social media platforms often introduce changes designed to improve user experience and, of course, monetisation. Change is the only constant. But what is the wider impact of this constant change on marketer digital strategies? Hannah Kimuyu, head of social media, Greenlight, talks to [...]

  • How Promoted Pins Will Drive the Next E-commerce Revolution

    Promoted Pins, Pinterest's native ad format that launched in the US last January, have recently launched in the UK and, as Tim Page (pictured below), vice president, revenue, Adaptly, tells ExchangeWire, they could be set to transform retail through social [...]

  • Facebook Triumphs Over Expectations

    Yesterday (27 April) Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016. The company's results dwarfed analysts' expectations, resulting in a 9% increase in stock in after-hours trading.  Facebook's triumphant earnings are refreshing after a week of poor results [...]

  • Twitter & Apple Fail to Meet Expectations

    Yesterday (26 April) analysts forecast the first ever quarterly decline in iPhone sales on a year-over-year basis. Overall expectations for Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) earnings were bleak. Analysts' predictions were realised - and stock fell by 8%. This quarter marks Apple's first quarterly sales [...]

  • Location is the Next Evolution of Performance Marketing in a Mobile-First World

    Performance marketing is given many definitions; and depending on where you sit within the digital ecosystem, can be viewed upon as a terrifyingly hardcore marketing medium, reserved only for finance advertisers working towards the strictest of CPA targets or, conversely, [...]

  • Are STEM Graduates a Good Match for Ad Agencies?

    The role of an agency media planner and buyer is going through an evolution. Deals over the phone and signed IOs are shifting to big data, predictive modelling, and real-time bidding. As a result, the typical agency hires are required [...]

  • Global Bot Fraud to Cost USD$7.2bn in 2016; TV no Longer Dominant Screen

    ExchangeWire Research’s weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world, with additional insight provided by Rebecca Muir, head of research and analysis, ExchangeWire. In this week’s edition: global bot fraud to cost USD$7.2bn in 2016; TV no [...]

  • 86% of UK Media Agencies Incorporating Ad Tech; 41% of Financial Institutions Spend <20% on Programmatic

    ExchangeWire Research’s weekly roundup brings you up-to-date research findings from around the world, with additional insight provided by Rebecca Muir, ExchangeWire, head of research and analysis. In this week’s edition: 86% of UK media agencies evolving business to incorporate ad [...]