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Why Instagram Pulled Back on Reels and How They Make $50 Billion Per Year

Calvyn Lee Blog

According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, promoting Reels was costing Meta around $500 million per financial quarter, totalling nearly $2 billion per year. The estimated $2 billion toll from Reels promotions equates to only around 4% of Instagram’s gargantuan annual revenue.

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How to Use Medium: A Beginner's Guide to Writing, Publishing & Promoting on the Platform

Hubspot Marketing

I've been writing about marketing since 2017, I've used many different platforms for publishing and promoting content. As Medium founder (and Blogger creator/Twitter co-founder) Ev Williams wrote when he launched the platform in 2012: "Medium is not about who you are or whom you know, but about what you have to say." What is Medium?

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Head of Google Search demands urgency as growth slows

Search Engine Land

Fittingly, Raghavan referred to Google’s advertising business as “the envy of the world.” Raghavan was promoted to his position in June 2020. Prior to joining Google, he was at Yahoo from 2005 to 2012, a period during which Google ascended and Yahoo declined rapidly. Velocity and focus. … There’s lots more to come.”

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This day in search marketing history: January 18

Search Engine Land

In 2012, when you visited Google, you saw this: That’s how Google voiced its opposition to two bills being discussed in Congress – the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA ). 2019: Amazon’s advertising offerings were getting more sophisticated, presenting marketers with new opportunities and complexities.

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Google quietly increases ad prices to meet targets, claims exec

Search Engine Land

Google has admitted to quietly tweaking advertising auctions to meet revenue targets. The search engine “frequently” changes the auctions it uses to sell search ads, increasing the cost of ads and reserve pricing by as much as 5% for the average advertiser. Why we care. What are search ads?

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How entity-based strategies can contribute to PPC success

Search Engine Land

While the concept of entities for SEO has been around since 2012, it hasn’t been a widely adopted in PPC. Entity promotions: What special promotions or offers can I create to capitalize on seasonal or event-based entities and drive engagement?

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This day in search marketing history: January 26

Search Engine Land

Advertisers could now target by exact job title, company name or LinkedIn Group. Originally, advertisers could only target by geography, job function, industry, company size, seniority, age and gender. Also on this day Google Ads scripts rolls out support for asset-based video ads 2022: Advertisers had until Feb.