​Oracle has been named as part of a TikTok proposal to the US Government to try and overcome security concerns around the social media platform, knocking out rival, Microsoft, for the prize.

​Brands have a huge opportunity to engage Gen Z via social media advertising and then use Gen Z as brand ambassadors to influence their peers and household, according to new research from Snap and Kantar Media.

For Australian linen and homewares brand, Lorraine Lea, decline had set in long before the COVID-19 crisis hit.

A few years ago, century-old South Australian-born company, National Pharmacies, decided to update its mission.

Snapchat’s first global B2B marketing campaign is being positioned as an overdue and clever step in solidifying the social media brand’s position as its platform rivals face claims of racial insensitivity and advertising boycotts through to data privacy challenges.

Short-form video app Tik Tok is in line to be acquired by Microsoft in the US, with the computing giant saying it’s discussions are continuing. It comes after TikTok recently launched its marketing offering, encouraging brands not to make ads, but instead TikToks.

At the start of this year, a fresh short-form video contender, Byte, debuted. The video app is the successor to Vine, developed by one of its co-founders, Dom Hofmann.

It was 12 March 2020 when Elma Beganovich saw the world suddenly change. As co-founder and chief operating officer at New York-based influencer-led digital marketing agency, Amra & Elma, she had been monitoring rising concern regarding the COVID-19 health crisis among the global influencer community and their followers.

In a bid to help local businesses affected by coronavirus restrictions, a new marketplace for Australian-made and owned products has now launched. Buy Aussie Now, which started as an Instagram page in mid-March as the nation prepared to shut down with the Coronavirus, has developed into a new platform to showcase local businesses.

Fandom in Australia is worth $4.3 billion, with each fan spending on average $909 per year on their particular fandom and aligning with the right fans represents a significant opportunity for brands, according to new research by Powered, Nine’s marketing solutions division.

TikTok has launched its marketing offering, encouraging brands not to make ads, but instead TikToks. The Chinese-backed platform, which is owned by ByteDance, specialises in short dance, lip sync and performance videos and has seen an uptick in use, particularly during the COVID-19-enforced lockdown.

A concerted effort to build real-time consumer sentiment tracking has seen Beiersdorf pivot its marketing, media and social approach to meet changing behavioural trends during the COVID-19 crisis.

Facebook has announced it’s tightening its rules around hurtful content as more brands boycott the platform. Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg, shared the platform’s renewed efforts from its second civil rights audit.

Harmful content, misinformation and fake news are firmly in the spotlight this week as protests escalate against the spread of racially insensitive content on social platforms and a new code of conduct for digital platforms enters circulation.

As Australian businesses begin to emerge from the COVID-19 lockdown, there’s a growing trend suggesting those best placed to recover quickly are the ones who stayed engaged with their customers throughout.

Video sharing platform TikTok has opened an Australian office with Lee Hunter heading up the local consumer business as GM and Brett Armstrong taking the reins as GM for global business solutions in Australia.

Marketers should be willing to test new channels and platforms with highly engaged audiences if they’re to keep up with consumer behaviour and trends, Mini’s head of marketing A/NZ, Alex McLean, says.

Carsales has wrapped up its brand new social content series, ‘Grey Nomads’, a light-hearted look at the life of caravanning around Australia on the ‘Big Lap’.

CX management platform, Sprinklr, is integrating with TikTok for in-feed video ads on the short-form video platform. It will enable ad campaigns to run on TikTok as well as other social media channels all within Sprinklr.

What do you do when you know you have a great product, but lack the resources or brand appeal needed to tell the world about it? Maybe get Alicia Keys to do it for you.

Brands and agencies are scrambling to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic gripping the world and to develop appropriate communication strategies to connect with customers. The Pew Research Center in the US reports in 2019 over half of adults turned to social media for their news. And in times of national and global emergencies, social media has a more important role than ever.