Latest Digital Marketing Headlines
All the headlines from our Digital Marketing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawmakers Eye Holding Social Media Firms Liable for User Posts
Jul 19 2018 // Top Republican lawmakers on Tuesday attacked one of the legal protections most prized by social media companies such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc., questioning whether they should be held liable for...
Young Agents Show the Way in Digital Marketing
Jul 2 2018 // Thousands of discussions, debates and arguments are taking place in agency offices across the country between principals and ambitious young producers about the role of digital marketing. There are also more than a few...
Michigan Tells Man to Stop Selling Fake Insurance via Social Media
Mar 9 2018 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) issued a Cease and Desist Order against Darryl Dionyus Cook of Warren, Michigan, for unlicensed insurance activity. The department said Cook violated the...
Massachusetts Police Warn of Social Media Scams After Record Powerball Win
Sep 1 2017 // Police in Massachusetts are warning of fake social media accounts that have popped up after a woman won the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot. Chicopee police say fake accounts are being created on Twitter, Facebook and...
Grinnell Mutual Leads 2nd Funding Round for Insurance Social Media Start Up
Oct 21 2016 // Serious Social Media, developer of the automated social media marketing service, InsuranceSocial.Media, and a 2016 graduate of the Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) program, announced it has secured a second round of...
Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) Leads Motorists to Check Social Media While Driving
Aug 26 2016 // Social media and FOMO (fear of missing out) could be putting road-users at risk, as motorists admit to checking social networking sites and reading messages on their phones while driving, according to UK insurer Aviva. A...
Deleted Social Media Comments Trigger Suit Against Indianapolis Suburb
Jul 11 2016 // An Indianapolis suburb removed social media pages for the city and its police department after a lawsuit accused it of violating residents’ First Amendment rights by removing posted comments. The American Civil...
How to Use Social Media, Surveillance to Catch Workers Compensation Lies
Mar 28 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv As workers’ compensation fraud costs top out at an estimated $7.2 billion a year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, insurers are looking at ways to combat the...
Esurance Wins Super Bowl Social Media Battle
Feb 8 2016 // Advertisers played it safe and light with the most expensive ever Super Bowl ad slots on Sunday, shunning previous years’ attempts to be outrageous, emotional or thought-provoking. Mountain Dew rolled out a creature...
New York DMV Advises Drivers to Keep License Images Off Social Media
Jan 8 2016 // The New York Department of Motor Vehicles is warning drivers of the risk of identity theft from posting images of their newly-obtained permits and driver licenses on social media, particularly popular among young...
Florida Woman Tells Social Media Followers ‘I’m So Drunk’ Before DUI Arrest
Oct 15 2015 // “I’m so drunk,” a Florida driver repeatedly tells followers on the social media app Periscope, staring at her cellphone’s camera, mounted on the dashboard, before she is arrested and charged with...
Zywave Acquires Insurance Agency Digital Marketing Firm Intygral (Astonish)
Jul 20 2015 // Insurance software provider Zywave said it has completed the asset purchase of Intygral, formerly Astonish, a provider of automated marketing for property/casualty personal lines brokers. Terms of the transaction were not...
How Social Media Enhances Value of Luxury Cars
Jul 20 2015 // David Beckham may have more of an influence on you than you think. According to analysis by Black Book, the prevalence of modern and classic luxury cars on social media platforms like Instagram directly influences their...
Supreme Court Sets Standard for Prosecuting Social Media Threats
Jun 1 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court buttressed speech protections on the Internet, throwing out the conviction of a man who used graphic language on Facebook to suggest he might kill his wife, kindergarten students and an FBI...
Intygral – New Leadership, New Corporate Name with A Fresh Vision for Insurance Industry Digital Marketing System
Mar 25 2015 // New Identity Reflects Increased Focus on Expanding Collaboration and Successful Partnerships with Insurance Agencies Warwick, RI, March 25, 2015 – More than 70 percent of consumers turn to the Internet first – via...
Vince Neil Files Suit in Las Vegas Against Social Media Consultant
Mar 23 2015 // Rock ‘n’ roller Vince Neil is taking a fight over his Internet persona to state court in Las Vegas, with a lawsuit accusing an Oregon social media consultant of refusing to give him control of his Facebook and...
9 Marketing Basics to Recall about Email in the Age of Social Media
Feb 23 2015 // It’s easy to overlook the continued importance of email as a marketing device with today’s digital focus set firmly on social media. Email, as we know it, has been around for about a quarter of a century and it...
Should Schools Monitor Students’ Social Media Use?
Nov 26 2014 // The electronic devices that give students instant access to the world for educational purposes are also their conduit to social media, and that presents a host of problems for school administrators. Every school district...
Beauty Contestant Busted Through Social Media For Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 15 2014 // Shawna Lynn Palmer, 22, of Riverside has been arrested for workers’ compensation fraud after video evidence showed her participating in the 2014 Miss Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix beauty contest. Palmer, a clerk at...
Other Social Media Back Facebook in New York Privacy Case
Aug 13 2014 // Facebook’s fight against prosecutors over nearly 400 search warrants for users’ postings and other data is drawing support from other social media companies and civil libertarians. Lawyers for Foursquare,...
