Twitter Shares Soar to Record on Optimism for Mobile-Ad Growth

Twitter Inc., the microblogging service that held its initial public offering last month, rose to a record for a third trading day amid optimism that the company has room to expand sales in digital advertising. Twitter jumped 8.4% to $69.96 at the close in New York after rising 7.5% yesterday. The stock has surged 169% […]
Twitter Now Running Pre-Roll Ads

Twitter’s post-IPO monetization quest continues with a new unit that runs ads from American Express before video snippets from Fox programming. The brand will run such ads before videos from Fox shows including Glee, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and So You Think You Can Dance, among other shows, Jean Rossi, EVP of sales for Fox Broadcasting, told […]
Tailored Tweets, Coming to a Country Near You

Twitter offers a large target for marketers hoping to drive home a specific message — and its accuracy is improving. A new tool, offered through Twitter’s API, allows marketers to send targeted tweets to specific geographic locations. For example, a brand could send a tweet to followers in the United States and a separate tweet […]
Twitter Updates Embedded Tweets With Richer Photos

About two months after Facebook introduced embedded posts that include photos, Twitter has upgraded its embeds to better showcase its photos. Twitter, which announced the move on its blog on Thursday, illustrated the upgrade with this Aug. 11 tweet from astronaut Chris Hadfield: Good morning! Perspective – Sunday is a fine day to go for […]
Why You Were Added to Twitter Spam Lists – Twitter Marketing

Over the last few days, Twitter spammers have been urging users to find out Louis Tomlinson’s phone number, hear a leaked version of One Direction’s new album and get a free iPhone. What’s notable is that these spammers weren’t sending tweets or direct messages. Instead, they made use of Twitter’s list function, adding people to […]