by William Comcowich | Jan 31, 2020 | Social Media Marketing
Vine, a defunct but once-popular video app, is back with a new face. Dom Hofman, a Vine co-founder, has launched Byte, an app that’s similar to Vine. Launched just last week, Byte quickly became one of the most downloaded apps, probably due to Hofman’s association...
by William Comcowich | Nov 1, 2016 | Video Marketing
Marketers are cultivating new social media video strategies following the announced demise of Vine, the video-sharing network known for its quirky six-second loops. Twitter last week announced its intention to permanently shut down Vine, which the company purchased...
by William Comcowich | May 24, 2016 | Social Media Marketing
Once a social media favorite, Vine is wilting. News outlets and pundits – all with their own puns — say leading influencers are swinging away from Vine to Facebook, Instagram or YouTube. When the platform launched in 2013, its shareable, four-second looping...
by William Comcowich | Jun 5, 2015 | Instagram
Instagram has opened its doors to marketers with its “Shop Now” buttons and other marketing formats that let users shop outside the app or take other actions directly from an ad, such as signing up on a website or downloading an app. With the help of Facebook,...
by William Comcowich | May 7, 2015 | Instagram
Some media pundits believe Instagram, Facebook’s video service, has dried up the robust growth of Vine. Instagram now boasts 200 million monthly active users compared to Vine’s 40 million. According to Socialbakers, four times as many brands prefer Instagram...