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Google sued by publishers over alleged pirate textbook promotion

Search Engine Land

Major educational publishers — Cengage, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill and Elsevier — have filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing it of promoting pirated copies of their textbooks. Advertisers will care about this lawsuit because it strikes at the heart of ad integrity and fair competition. Why it matters. billion U.S. Why we care.

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X (Twitter) tells advertisers that promoted accounts are over

Search Engine Land

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has started depreciating promoted accounts. Moving forward, advertisers will no longer be able to promote their brands in timelines using the ad format, which makes more than $100 million in global revenue for the platform Why we care. What are promoted accounts?

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80% of influencers fail to disclose advertising content, putting brands at risk

Search Engine Land

If an influencer doesn’t clearly say that a post is an advertisement, they’re not just violating advertising guidelines, but both the influencer and the brand they’re promoting could be breaking the law. Out of the influencers surveyed, 40% promoted their own products, services, or brands.

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Sounding off on podcast advertising

illumin

Podcast consumption (and its advertising) is seeing rapid growth, especially among Canadian audiences. In fact, the podcast advertising market in Canada is projected to reach revenue of $67.29 Well, imagine having an audio ad for your brand plugged into a podcast to which listeners are fully engaged and paying attention.

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Native Advertising Strategy: How and When to Use It

Hubspot Marketing

But when I’m scrolling through social media and see something that tells a story or makes me laugh, I’ll stop and watch no matter who posted the content — a person or a brand. That second kind of advertising is called native advertising. There’s usually a small disclaimer or label showing the content as paid advertising.)

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TikTok Promotion: Boost your visibility in 2024

Sprout Social

TikTok Promote may be the answer. Like Instagram’s boosts and X’s (formerly Twitter) promoted post feature, TikTok created a tool that allows users to turn their organic content into a paid promotion quickly and simply. What is TikTok promotion? claireliz_ part 2 of trying out tiktoks promote feature!

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Threads is adding branded content tools to create paid promotion opportunities

Search Engine Land

Threads is implementing branded content tools to give marketers access to paid promotion opportunities. However, this feature will enable brands to explore the possibility of running influencer campaigns. Only eligible brands have access to paid partnership labels to posts. Why we care. Following Instagram’s lead.