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Is the advertising market in trouble?

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Snap, the parent company of the popular Snapchat social media service, reported earnings last week that investors rejected. Snap was not the only victim of its lackluster earnings digest — other companies that make money off of advertising incomes saw their share prices dip on concerns that the social network was not an outlier.

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South Africa’s Flow gets funding to automate social media advertising for real estate agencies

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And it’s evident that proptech, unlike other industries, has lagged in utilizing social media to make sales. With its APIs, Flow connects to the websites of estate agencies and property developers and automates advertising for them on social media channels like Instagram and Facebook. million in pre-Series A funding.

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Create a social media punch list for cryptocurrency marketing

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Last December, Facebook officially began allowing crypto advertisers to buy ads on its platform. This quiet but important change meant that a long-closed marketing avenue for crypto products was now open. But what are best practices for crypto marketers in general? Help TechCrunch find the best growth marketers for startups.

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5 methods for leveraging digital advertising during a downturn

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For those on the sidelines, the story of digital advertising over the past couple of years has been as entertaining as a binge-worthy TV series. While dramatic, these headlines tend to gloss over what’s actually going on: Digital advertising may be in transition, but it is not dead. More posts by this contributor.

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X tries to lure back advertisers with new $250 ad credit

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X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has a new initiative aimed at luring smaller businesses to advertise on its platform. In its post, X touted that more than eight in 10 active X customers were small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — the segment of the market where X is directing its new promotion.

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3 disruptive trends that will shape marketing in 2022

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This is a reality growth marketers live in everyday. Let’s look at the three growth trends we saw in 2021 and how they will shape marketing in 2022. Suddenly, the user-level tracking data central to effective audience targeting and marketing attribution was restricted. Help TechCrunch find the best growth marketers for startups.

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Social Chat launches with $6M to bring brands closer to their customers

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When brands sell through social media and other third-parties, they often spend millions of dollars to advertise on those platforms, yet have little or no knowledge of who their customers actually are. Social commerce startup Social Chat is out to change that. Image Credits: Social Chat.

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