🔊 Facebook boycott advertisers to resume campaigns in August

So, did the boycott actually work? Jul 31, 2020 Good morning Marketer, did the Facebook ads boycott make a dent? Despite the groundswell of support and participation from more than 1,100 major Facebook advertisers, [it looks like Facebook saw little impact]( from the Stop Hate for Profit ad boycott. It also appears as though the social tech giant won’t be making many of the concessions boycott organizers called for – the majority of which have not been met. Data from Facebook and Pathmatics indicates that the top 100 advertisers (by spend) account for only about 6% of the company’s total ad revenue. However, a survey by Digiday reported that 56% of agency clients had stopped spending on Facebook in July because of the boycott; 40% continued to spend and 4% were unsure. Either way, many of the brands that fled for the boycott will resume campaigns in August despite misgivings about the platform. So, did the boycott work? Not really – but it did resurface important conversations around Facebook’s content policies at a time when the company is under heightened scrutiny amid [antitrust investigations](. There’s more below, including a look at TikTok’s new $200 million fund for creators. Taylor Peterson, Deputy Editor Compare 13 top marketing automation platforms MarTech Today’s “B2B Marketing Automation Platforms: A Marketer’s Guide” examines the market for B2B marketing automation software platforms. This report includes profiles of 13 leading B2B marketing automation vendors, capabilities comparisons, pricing information, and recommended steps for evaluating and purchasing. 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The company announced a $200 million fund for American creators on the platform, with [plans]( to grow it to more than $1 billion in the U.S. and more than $2 billion globally in the next three years to help it compete for talent against YouTube and Instagram. Why we care. Even as its popularity swells, regulatory scrutiny and action could scare away advertisers and critically harm TikTok’s nascent advertising business. Meyer’s overture of transparency does not appear to have swayed legislators. In a bipartisan move Thursday, two U.S. senators asked the Justice Department to [investigate]( Chinese-owned TikTok (as well as Zoom) over reports it has shared user data with China, a charge TikTok denies. 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