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The State of Native Advertising: Are Pinterest’s Paid Promotions a Bad Idea?

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Author: Maggie Jones Last Thursday, Pinterest announced it would follow in the footsteps of Facebook and Twitter, experimenting with paid promotions from a “select group of businesses.” That blurring, of course, is exactly what makes native advertising (like Pinterest’s plan to launch promoted pins) so effective. Intentional?

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Shame Marketing Boosts Sales but Reduces Loyalty

SMEI

Shame marketing is a cynical form of advertising that involves exploiting the insecurities of young people in order to sell them products. The controversy sparked a huge public outcry, with people claiming that the ad was promoting an unrealistic beauty ideal and exploiting body insecurities. Victoria's Secret Perfect Body Campaign 2.

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Instagram advertising: 6 steps to successful ad campaigns

Sprout Social

If you’re looking for ways to revamp your Instagram strategy, look no further than incorporating Instagram advertising into your plan of action. Read on for our walkthrough of Instagram advertising, why it’s a great strategy for your business and how to create your first ads. What is Instagram advertising?

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Secrets of Organic Marketing in 2025: Why Paying for Ads Isn’t the Only Answer

Hubspot Marketing

When I think about it, its really the idea of inbound marketing I first learned from HubSpot back in 2013 as a wee marketer. Also, unlike many other channels were discussing here, email doesnt have a paid option, though some ads are designed to look like email, such as Gmail Sponsored Promotions.

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This day in search marketing history: February 25

Search Engine Land

Danny Sullivan, Google’s Search Liaison said Google’s support of the overall ecosystem (searchers, advertisers and publishers) is important. Made in USA’ ad extensions spotted on Bing 2020: A “Made in USA” label accompanied by a flag icon appeared to be the latest automated ad extension test by Microsoft Advertising.

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60 Best Online Local Business Directories & Listing Sites

Hubspot Marketing

Promoting a local business can be challenging these days. While there are plenty of location-specific and industry-specific business listing sites, I recommend starting with bigger sites and working your way toward the more niche directories to promote your local business. Create your free business listing on City Squares.

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This day in search marketing history: March 18

Search Engine Land

Bing Ads Starts Allowing Keyword Variations Once Flagged As Duplicate 2014: Advertisers were able to start including multiple versions of keywords through Bing Ads Editor and the Bing Ads Upload API. Google Tests “Sponsored Map Icons” 2010: The Sponsored Map Icons were a new way to promote your business within Google Maps.