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Finding the right brushstrokes for Facebook's Canvas

Finding the right brushstrokes for Facebook's Canvas

Facebook has done a stellar job offering engaging and interactive ad products, and Canvas is no exception. In case you are unfamiliar, Canvas is a media-rich, full-screen mobile ad format in the Facebook app that has quick load times.

This ad product was built knowing that consumers' time spent is drastically shifting to mobile-first and brands need to follow suit. 

When it Rains, It Doesn’t Have to Pour to Have Massive Consumer Impact

When it Rains, It Doesn’t Have to Pour to Have Massive Consumer Impact

“How was the weather while I was away?”, I asked my wife upon arriving at La Guardia after a business trip in early May.

“Horrible.  It rained every day,” she replied.

Of course, as a self-confessed weather junkie, I knew exactly what the weather had brought. In fact, I had observed that exactly 0.82” of rain had fallen across four days in my absence – not an insignificant amount, but rather ho-hum for Northeast springtime standards. 

Scoring a Few Golden Eggs From Your Digital Video Goose

Scoring a Few Golden Eggs From Your Digital Video Goose

For anyone that has been in advertising for more than five minutes knows that digital video is the end all and video on mobile must be a part of every digital strategy.

While all of that is true, and the results support those notions, monetizing video can be a tougher nut to crack, especially when you look at some of the revenue shares.