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Facebook Will Let Brands Target Users With Offline Third-Party Data Expansion of Custom Audiences program includes partners Datalogix, Acxiom, Epsilon, BlueKai

Last summer Facebook began letting marketers target ads to their existing customers through Custom Audiences. That program has been limited to Facebook users for whom a brand has an email…

February 27, 2013, 2:37 PM EST

The Courage to Advertise Without Female Stereotypes How brands like Huggies, Tide and Target go beyond the clichés

Quick: picture a “mom.” Fifty years ago, advertisers and their agencies envisioned a domestic dervish spinning through her kitchen, preparing supper with one hand while waxing the floor with the…

February 25, 2013, 12:03 AM EST

Marketers: Carnival Needs a Great PR Video—Now Cruise industry can own Triumph disaster via social media

Carnival Cruise Lines should post a two-to-three-minute PR video to its Facebook and Twitter pages—and pronto—if it wants to repair the brand damage that's occurred after the Triumph ship fiasco…

February 15, 2013, 2:00 PM EST

Data Points: Hitting the Reset Button After the recession, people are prioritizing work-life balance over brands and material things

If there's anything good to say about the recession, it may be that it's led many of us to reset our priorities. Mindshare took a snapshot of U.S. adults' views…

February 14, 2013, 4:07 AM EST

Facebook Mobile Ads Push Flowers for Valentine's Day 1-800-Flowers.com says 'customers are migrating'

While 1-800-Flowers.com isn’t new to sinking cash into Facebook ads, the e-retailer is particularly sweet on the social network's mobile promos for Valentine's Day this year. For the past two…

February 11, 2013, 9:22 PM EST

Starbucks Pushes 'Snow Day' on Facebook, Twitter Coffee giant uses clever real-time ad buy

When reports of an impending East Coast snowstorm started going around Wednesday, Starbucks' marketing team in New York called up the brand's headquarters in Seattle and quickly pieced together a…

February 8, 2013, 3:50 PM EST

Frito-Lay Likes the Data From Doritos' 'Crash the Super Bowl' Facebook-anchored effort hits 100 million views

Doritos’ decision to move its seventh annual "Crash the Super Bowl" campaign to Facebook proved to be a winner. The Frito-Lay brand—which had anchored the effort on a microsite in…

February 7, 2013, 5:20 PM EST

Pepsi Kicks Off Super Bowl Sunday Early YouTube, BuzzFeed, Funny or Die ads for Pepsi Next

Pepsi Next is releasing a Super Bowl campaign video this morning and pushing it with YouTube and BuzzFeed ads to create buzz during a day when big-game chatter could seem…

February 3, 2013, 9:00 AM EST

Facebook Testing Suggested Page Ads in News Feed Units aimed at a brand's non-fans

Last summer, Facebook began experimenting with running ads in the News Feed devoid of the social connections typical to its Sponsored Story units. Rather than requiring an ad only be…

February 1, 2013, 8:48 PM EST

Facebook Card's Big Implications for Advertising, Shopping New gift card business could help tie online ads and offline purchases

During Facebook’s earnings call on Wednesday, CFO David Ebersman said the company’s Gifts service contributed a “very small” portion of the company’s $5 million in miscellaneous revenue—and the expectation is…

January 31, 2013, 3:32 PM EST

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