Author Archives: Joshua White

Google’s New Discover Campaigns – Google Marketing Live 2019

One of the biggest announcements at this years GML is the expansion of Google’s Discover platform – opening up exciting new opportunities for marketers. The Discover platform is the closest thing Google has to a social media ‘news feed’, offering up news and entertainment content that has been curated for each individual user. It allows […]

Google Marketing Live Keynote Recap – Google Marketing Live

Google Marketing Live took place over the past few days and for the first time, the event was live-streamed on YouTube. The conference explores upcoming and current developments to Google’s advertising platforms. It includes workshops, Q & A’s and presentations by some of Google’s major clients, showing advertisers and brands alike how new developments and […]

Instagram Checkout Has Arrived… and It’s Epic

Impulse buying has just gone next level! Last month, Instagram wowed brands and shoppers worldwide with its new shopping in-app feature ‘Instagram Checkout.’ If you’re like me and love to mull over the latest fashion and beauty products on Insta, life has just got that little bit more exciting (my bank account may NOT agree)! […]

The Truth about Brand and Conversion Ads on Facebook

? We were right. ? Brand led, longer form funnels are better for brands in the long run. We’ve done some internal research on our ad campaigns, as well as sought out evidence from external sources. ?‍? ?‍? What did we find? Pure conversion based ads alone do not perform to the same calibre as […]

Recap: Facebook’s 2019 F8 Conference

Big changes, new realities and much more The mostly-annual Facebook F8 Conference is in full swing for 2019, and its keynote presentation brings with it some big changes to Facebook’s platform – for both users and brands. Here’s a quick recap of the main changes;   Death of the News Feed: Facebook shifts its focus […]

#SMMW19 Round Up #2: Jon Loomer at #SMMW19

For the 6th year in a row, Jon Loomer once again wow-ed us at #SMMW19 with his thought- provoking insights on better Facebook Ad Practices. If you’re not familiar with the man himself, Jon Loomer calls himself an ‘accidental marketer’. Having been laid off twice from previous jobs, Jon managed to turn what seems like […]