Expanded Ecommerce on Facebook & Instagram & This Week’s Digital Marketing News [PODCAST]

Hosts Jess Budde, Greg Finn, and Christine “Shep” Zirnheld are covering all the digital marketing news of the week on today’s episode of Marketing O’Clock.

Plus, why the brand-new CVS ad network and Google’s heavy advertisement policy have us listing to Sarah McLachlan, the Deftones, and seagulls on repeat.If you’re not able to listen on Spotify, take a look at our smiling faces on YouTube! You can catch full video episodes each and every week.Facebook revealed enhanced ecommerce experiences on Facebook and Instagram apps which all selling charges will be waived through completion of 2020. Facebook Shops and Instagram Checkout are both expanding to all U.S. organisations and creators.Retailers will be able to manage both their Facebook and Instagram shops through a single online store.Shops will integrate with Instagram Direct and Facebook Messenger so retailers can help customers while they shop on the apps.Finally, they announced the launch of live shoppable videos on both apps.Google revealed expert six-month certificate programs for Information Analyst, Project Supervisor, and UX Designer profession paths.The new programs

will assist task hunters fast-track work despite formal education or experience.Google said that they will treat the certificates as the equivalent of four-year degrees in associated fields in their own hiring practices.There has actually been substantial proof that Apple

might be planning to develop its own search engine to complete with Google.Updates to the Applebot web spider page and Spotlight Browse appear to clarify Apple’s future plans.Short videos from Trell and Tangi have been identified in a carousel format on Google Discover recently.The new test, in addition to the upcoming lunch of YouTube”

Shorts “are compelling reasons for brands to purchase brief video content.This week’s take of the week comes from Anna Blanken, who isn’t pulling punches when it comes to firms being forthright with their clients (and previous customers ). Agencies that hold client data hostage are terrorists. Change my mind. #ppcchat– Anna Blanken( @anna_arrow )August 27, 2020 ICYMI, Martin McDonald, doesn’t have a lot of self-confidence in Apple’s new search engine.If Apple do launch a web-search engine, it’ll be the very same as their maps product.Initially outright trash, so we all ignore it, then sneakily over about 6 years they catch up but nobody notices, and only die-hard fans care.– searchmartin (@searchmartin)August 27, 2020 We respond to these important digital marketing questions during our lightning round section: For more digital marketing newspaper article, head over to the Marketing O’Clock website. Don’t forget to subscribe while you’re there!Featured Image Credit: Cypress North

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