Digital Marketing This Week

Digital Marketing News This Week

Topics: Massive Twitter hack and Bitcoin scam; the Minnesota Twins broadcast a scrimmage with a crowdtrack; free Grow With Google courses; long-term care seniors pose for iconic classic rock album cover recreations; Michelle Obama’s new podcast on Spotify; Hulu rolls out self-serve advertising; an ad agency goes fully remote; Target joins the growing list of retailers mandating masks for customers; Chris Cuomo calls out Trump over Goyagate; Instagram to clone TikTok; Hong Kong’s protest movement keeps getting stymied by Apple; more.

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Digital Marketing This Week

Digital Marketing News This Week

Topics: Video conferencing app Mmhmm; new Google Assistant features; Google buys North; a FaceApp cause marketing campaign; Trump’s potential TikTok ban; Zuckerberg fails civil rights leaders; subscription Twitter; free LinkedIn Learning paths; digital budgets to rise in 2021; new YouTube marketing metrics; more.

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US TikTok Growth, 2017-2019 [CHART]

Chart: US TikTok Growth

There’s a new social media kid in town. Taking advantage of the current popularity of short-form mobile videos, made all the rage by the likes of Snapchat and Instagram Stories, TikTok has seen its growth in the US almost quadruple in just one year, according to figures provided by comScore.

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2019 Internet Trends Report by Mary Meeker [PRESENTATION]

Photo: Mary Meeker

Mary Meeker’s latest annual Internet Trends Report has dropped and the only thing that is different this year is that it has been published by Meeker’s own company, Bond Capital, rather than her previous employer. This year’s report is, as usual, jam-packed with data and insights spanning 333 slides.

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Global Consumer Data Privacy Concerns [CHART]

Chart: Global Consumer Data Privacy Concerns

Four in 10 consumers around the world are concerned with the amount of personal data that companies have on them. Levels of concern vary widely across countries, with the US on the high end of the scale, with 6 in 10 concerned.

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