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Give Your Beauty Video Ad Campaigns a Makeover

Beauty creators are extending their influence beyond YouTube, and consumers are seeking out beauty content across social video platforms — and beauty marketers need to follow suit. Pixability’s 2016 Beauty Study is jam-packed with video advertising insights that beauty advertisers need to know to achieve superior campaign performance. Here are some highlights: Go Cross-Platform: ConsumersRead more “Give Your Beauty Video Ad Campaigns a Makeover”

It’s Time for a Makeover: Pixability’s 2016 Beauty Study

We’ve given our annual Beauty Study a dramatic makeover. Beauty creators are extending their influence beyond YouTube, producing video content across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and Pinterest — and beauty audiences are following them there. It’s no longer enough for beauty brands to only advertise on YouTube — they must meet beauty audiences where, when,Read more “It’s Time for a Makeover: Pixability’s 2016 Beauty Study”

Driving Media Performance and Agency Growth: Pixability’s Partnership with Blue Chip Marketing

Given that viewers — particularly hard-to-reach millennials — are tuning in to social video platforms at far higher rates than linear TV (85% of US 13-24 year olds watch video on YouTube), Chicago-based integrated agency Blue Chip Marketing knew that social video was critical to its clients’ advertising strategies. But it needed a partner toRead more “Driving Media Performance and Agency Growth: Pixability’s Partnership with Blue Chip Marketing”

Taking a Page from Facebook: YouTube Adds Social Capabilities

This week, YouTube rolled out a beta test of YouTube Community — this new product, nested within a tab on creators’ channels, introduces more social capabilities to the video platform, allowing creators to share text, images, GIFs, and live video with their audiences. YouTube’s rich creator and fan communities are its chief asset, and thisRead more “Taking a Page from Facebook: YouTube Adds Social Capabilities”

Changing Channels: viewers are increasingly watching social video via connected TVs

From streaming sticks to game consoles, smart TVs to set-top boxes, the rise of internet-connected TVs have opened up another channel for audiences to view premium digital video. As these devices spread throughout consumer households, audiences are increasingly choosing to view social video via connected TVs. As viewers continue to shift their viewing habits awayRead more “Changing Channels: viewers are increasingly watching social video via connected TVs”

Your Complete Guide to Social Video Advertising

Advertising on social video platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter empowers marketers to reach and engage their target audience — especially the hard-to-reach millennial demographic. But managing a high-performing campaign requires a deep knowledge of the online video ad landscape, as the various types of ad formats and view definitions can create cross-platform confusion.Read more “Your Complete Guide to Social Video Advertising”

The Case for Twitter Video Advertising

The favorite platform of journalists, politicians, and celebrities, Twitter has emerged as the hub for real-time discussion. When live events occur, it’s where the digital world turns to take the pulse of — and contribute to — the online conversation. While YouTube and Facebook attract the lion’s share of digital video viewership and ad spend,Read more “The Case for Twitter Video Advertising”

The 2016 Summer Olympics: On Your Marks, Set, Livestream

Live video is set to take the gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. While the Olympics have been livestreamed for years, the rise of mobile video consumption and the dramatic growth of video streaming are making this the first Olympics where livestreamed content could really go mainstream. With the broad availability of livestreamingRead more “The 2016 Summer Olympics: On Your Marks, Set, Livestream”

A New Standard for Audience Targeting

Audience targeting is essential for every advertiser — if the message isn’t reaching the right set of consumers, the campaign cannot make the desired impact. But sophisticated audience targeting is complex, time consuming, and difficult to scale. The vast array of targets available on and across platforms makes linking them together difficult for the humanRead more “A New Standard for Audience Targeting”

Online Video Reels in Viewers, and Ad Dollars

US teens and young adults are overwhelmingly choosing to consume video on premium platforms online — and where young people go, marketing budgets follow. As eMarketer reports, online video ad spending is growing rapidly as viewing habits shift from linear TV to online video. More and more brand marketers are waking up to the factRead more “Online Video Reels in Viewers, and Ad Dollars”