Instagram's New Carousel Ads Are Like Print Magazine Spreads With Links

If Facebook is looking to steal TV ad dollars with its autoplay video ads, then its photo-sharing service Instagram has its sights set on print magazine money with a new ad format.Instagram has created a slideshow-like ad format that lets advertisers include multiple photos in an ad and a link to the brand's site. Advertisers can arrange these "carousel" ads so that they tell a story or show off a product in a particular sequence as people swipe through them. The ads also carry a "learn more" link that opens an advertiser-chosen web page when clicked.Instagram decided to create the carousel ads after seeing that people wanted to get more information from the service's existing ads and advertisers wanted to give it, according to the company's global head of business and brand development James Quarles. People were screen-grabbing photos and leaving comments or captions asking where they can find an item in the captured photo. And advertisers had been asking for ways to tell deeper stories with their ads. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Instagram's New Carousel Ads Are Like Print Magazine Spreads With Links

If Facebook is looking to steal TV ad dollars with its autoplay video ads, then its photo-sharing service Instagram has its sights set on print magazine money with a new ad format.Instagram has created a slideshow-like ad format that lets advertisers include multiple photos in an ad and a link... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Flipboard Is Debuting a Swipeable 'Promoted Roundup' Ad That Looks Like Instagram Carousel

Flipboard has launched another native ad unit that lets brands promote multiple pieces of branded content or traditional advertising simultaneously in a carousel. The format, which the mobile magazine is calling "Promoted Roundup," shows a main image that when clicked brings up a full story... Continue reading at AdWeek

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In Spreading the Gospel of Print, Magazine Publishers Face an Identity Crisis

The relentless pursuit of digital audiences undermines industry advocacy. The post In Spreading the Gospel of Print, Magazine Publishers Face an Identity Crisis appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Ad Influence Remains Strong Among Regional Magazine Readers

Readership insights and annual award winners from the CRMA's annual conference in Denver. The post Print Ad Influence Remains Strong Among Regional Magazine Readers appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Instagram Offering Self-Service Carousel Ads Could Attract More Marketers

Touting strong early performances of its Carousel ads, Instagram has opened up the option to buy the multi-photo campaigns through its self-service interfaces. Carousel lets marketers use up to five still images in a single ad, as viewers can swipe through them like virtual magazine pages. ... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazines Create 'Industry-Wide' Guarantee of Print Ads' Results

The magazine industry, which has been increasingly emphasizing its digital reach, is making a new play to backstop advertising in its print editions, forging an "industry-wide" guarantee that ad pages will achieve sales results for marketers. If those results don't materialize, qualifying... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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See the First Brands to Use Instagram's Carousel Ads

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Study: Magazine Tablet Edition Ads Get Same Recall as Those in Print

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Fashion magazines reap the benefit of print – but there have to be enough ads

As new high-end glossy Porter launches, the appetite for digital versions of titles does not seem to have mass appealMagazine publishers see Thursday's ABC figures as a step forward. For the first time they managed to convince the bureau to add the circulation figures for their digital editions... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Charted: Which Magazines Made Ad Age's Magazine A-List Most in the Decade?

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[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad Age's Magazine A-List: Bon Appetit is Magazine of the Year

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[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Reveals Ad Plans For Instagram, While Twitter Says Vine Will Stay Ad-Free

Four months after introducing video, Instagram took the natural next step today, telling its over 150 million users their streams would soon include ads too.The company, acquired by Facebook for $736 million in 2012, announced the development in a short blog post it published Thursday afternoon.... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Ekstract, Magazine Publisher With Link to Warhol, Dies at 92

He was promoting a new trade journal, Tape Recording, when he lent a video recorder to Andy Warhol, who used it to make a classic work with Edie Sedgwick. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Amazon no longer sells print and Kindle magazines

You can no longer buy either print or Kindle Newsstand magazine and newspaper subscriptions from Amazon, as the company appears to implement yet another cost-cutting measure. The e-commerce giant announced that it was halting Newsstand subscriptions on March 9th (via The Verge) and that the... Continue reading at Engadget

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Amazon to End Print Textbook Rentals, Overhaul Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions

Amazon is discontinuing its print textbook rental program, and will phase out print and digital magazine and newspaper subscriptions as well, though some magazines and newspapers will remain available through Kindle Unlimited. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Would you let a real-life vendor stalk you like an Instagram ad?

And other questions asked in ‘Algorithmic Reality,’ a new graphic novel by WeTransfer’s cofounder, Damian Bradfield. You’re in a shoe store, trying on a pair of Nikes. The vendor is going on about how great the shoes are, but you’re not convinced, so you walk out empty handed. Sometime later,... Continue reading at Fast Company

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Time’s up for Time Out as London print edition of magazine to be axed

Final copies of erstwhile listings and entertainment bible to be printed in June after 54-year run in capitalTime Out will stop publishing its London print edition after 54 years, becoming the latest in a long line of media outlets to abandon their physical presence and go online... Continue reading at The Guardian

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How Magazine Publishers Are Cutting Print Costs to Improve Profits

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