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Cambridge Analytica vs Beacon – Facebook Australia Quantium

Laurel Papworth

How Facebook and Twitter work with big data companies in Australia and beyond. In 2007 Facebook got into trouble for Beacon – I wrote about it at the time – a service that reported on your behaviours online and offline for “personalisation” purposes. These activities would be published to users’ News Feed.

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Facebook Unveils the Most Powerful Social Ads of All Time

Convince & Convert

If you’ve been thinking Facebook’s Ad Exchange (FBX) as just a source of display, prepare to have your conceptions flipped on their head. Facebook has just integrated Page Post link ads into the News Feed, and the result is the most precisely targeted social advertising the marketing world has ever seen. Bing and Google.

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My Story: The Experiences That Shaped My Business

Jon Loomer

Here are a few of the things we covered: My love of baseball, coaching baseball, and the 1982 Brewers (and the ridiculous @TweetsFrom1982 feed ). The value of doing jobs you hate (telemarketing and insurance). I wrote 277 blog posts this year, finding a niche in advanced Facebook marketing and advertising. Traffic exploded.

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The Complete Guide to TikTok Advertising for Marketers

Hootsuite

In-Feed Video : Ads appear in the native news feed of TikTok on the For You page. . Brand Takeover : Ad appears when TikTok users open the app and completely take over the screen for a few seconds before turning into an In-Feed Video ad. . The exception is the first: In-Feed Video ads. TikTok account setup.

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Facebook Eavesdropping Patent and Congress Questions

Laurel Papworth

Why does Facebook have patents to listen (eavesdrop) through the microphone for ambient sound if they are only using it for uploading your video? My live feed of the Congress hearings cut out right near the end, but did anyone ask these questions? Facebook Eavesdropping Patent #1. Facebook Eavesdropping Patent 2014 8706499.

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Choosing To Friend or Unfriend on Facebook

Kikolani

If you’re like me and you use your personal profile to make connections on Facebook, then you may find yourself at a point where your quickly approaching the 5,000 friend limit and need to be more selective about who you choose to friend. I enjoy reading your blog and am hoping to connect to more bloggers on Facebook.&#

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How to Waste Your Content Marketing Efforts

Convince & Convert

Here are some insights for your consideration: Better than Facebook We all know how few people who like your page on Facebook actually see your posts. Facebook will happily extract money from you to improve that (hey, buddy, wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to your post readership, capiche ?)

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