Performance Marketing

McDonald’s Gets Super-Sized Backlash With Instagram Ads

People aren’t loving it

By Lauren Johnson

August 4, 2014

Just as marketers expect for Instagram to open its advertising platform to the masses soon, a new McDonald’s promo underscores the challenges that marketers may have in nailing ads on the social-mobile app. 

Lauren Johnson
@laurenjohnson lauren.johnson@adweek.com Lauren Johnson is a senior technology editor for Adweek, where she specializes in covering mobile, social platforms and emerging tech.
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