Microsoft’s new tool could help keep you from making the one change that can completely screw up your brand’s web site… a big security warning for those of you who use Wordpress… and here’s what happens when you fire your SEO company — and they don’t like it. Spoiler: It’s not good.

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More details on the change to Google Ads that many digital marketers are saying will have a staggeringly negative effect on their campaigns… Meanwhile, Microsoft’s ad platform adds perhaps its biggest upgrade ever — one that you B2B marketers will love… TikTok opens the door to a whole bunch of third-party digital management platforms, all while Snapchat just had one of its best months ever. And a warning if you’re running ad campaigns this weekend… you may want to hit the Pause button before you close your laptop for the weekend.

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Google hates you and to prove it, they’ve taken away one of the single most helpful parts of their ads dashboard…. Meanwhile, LinkedIn adds some nice new features for people who administer their company’s page… and I swear I’m going to make this a daily feature — it’s the Facebook Ad Platform Bug of the Day! Hold onto your hats, friends. This one’s a doozy.

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While TikTok is poised to announce its buyer, it also announces a significant expansion into direct e-commerce… Wordpress fixes the bug that broke millions of brand web sites… Google says it will start applying a tax to advertising in some countries… and a clever digital campaign from a beer company that’s centered on the Zoom video meeting app.

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Here come the world’s first voice coupons. Also: California takes a hardline on marketers who run afoul of its new privacy legislation… Yes, Google text ads are gone (at least for some people)... and the one simple change to your Instagram content strategy that will get you more engagement.

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https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/355245/most-consumers-will-not-shop-in-stores-this-black.html?utm_campaign=TodayInDigital.com

https://streetfightmag.com/2020/08/31/california-attorney-general-targets-low-hanging-fruit-for-ccpa-non-compliance/?utm_campaign=TodayInDigital.com

https://www.marketingdive.com/news/unilever-target-partner-for-voice-powered-ads-on-peacock/584395/?utm_campaign=TodayInDigital.com

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/instagram-carousels/379311/?utm_campaign=TodayInDigital.com

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/updated-adsense-reporting/379321/?utm_campaign=TodayInDigital.com

https://searchengineland.com/is-google-prepping-to-phase-out-etas-339964?utm_campaign=TodayInDigital.com

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The busy back-to-school marketing season isn’t so busy this year, and that could spell savings in your ad budgets… digital marketers are NOT abandoning their martech tools in this time of reduced budgets…. And we mark the day — today — when Facebook’s Ad Platform status page is pure comedy.

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Apple wants YOUR ad dollars… Google’s new Cost per Lead bid option changes the local services game… Traditional radio and TV are NOT doing well… and why is a 20-second clip of Meghan Trainor singing the future of digital collaboration?

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Apple’s new iPhone OS is going to kill Facebook’s Audience Network placement. TikTok finally reveals exactly how many people watch its videos. Some surprising trends in consumer behaviour using Google My Business. And say goodbye to one of the world’s longest running marketing taglines.

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Here are the three reasons a Google engineer says your brand’s web site lost ranking. TikTok is set to move firmly into the e-commerce space. Facebook adds a handful of little upgrades to its ads platform. And it wasn’t just you — the web videoconferencing tool of the year suffers a huge crash.

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What does a fake skyscraper have to do with YOUR brand’s presence on Facebook? Why are hundreds of video game streamers mad at Burger King this morning? How do you get a formerly dead page BACK into Google’s index? And @feedly offers Twitter discovery for a reasonable price.

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