Besides google, what’s online/digital ads is Bloomberg running?

February 15, 2020 9:10 AM

How do I find out what online/digital platforms Bloomberg is running ads on? I know he is running google ads on search results. I would like a list of any other digital/online/app ads he is running.
posted by andoatnp to Technology (14 answers total)

Instagram influencer posts
posted by salvia at 9:23 AM on February 15, 2020 [2 favorites]

I’ve seen a bunch of ads on YouTube for his campaign.
posted by Automocar at 9:26 AM on February 15, 2020 [2 favorites]

podcasts
posted by pyro979 at 9:29 AM on February 15, 2020

I see them on Instagram, and just got an unsolicited text.
posted by tangosnail at 9:36 AM on February 15, 2020

So many ads on YouTube and Hulu.
posted by lunasol at 9:51 AM on February 15, 2020

Having just gotten a Roku a few months ago, I'm watching some stuff on the ad-supported streaming "TV/movie" apps, like Pluto TV, Tubi, Crackle, some other stuff, and so far he's the only candidate running ads there.
posted by soundguy99 at 9:54 AM on February 15, 2020

Check out ACRONYM's political ad spend tracker.
posted by kylej at 10:33 AM on February 15, 2020 [1 favorite]

All over the TuneIn radio app.
posted by spitbull at 11:36 AM on February 15, 2020

Everywhere they can be bought, presumably.

I've seen them on Instagram and Twitter and those are the only social platforms I use.
posted by dobbs at 12:04 PM on February 15, 2020

'Can you post a meme?': Facebook changes ad rules after Bloomberg exploits loophole (Guardian)

Facebook’s policy change comes days after the Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg exploited a loophole to run humorous messages promoting his campaign on the accounts of popular Instagram personalities followed by millions of younger people. The Bloomberg campaign had paid more than a dozen social media influencers to post Bloomberg memes using their Instagram accounts, each of which has millions of followers.

[...] Politicians still will not be required to disclose how much they paid the influencers to run the posts. And the posts will not appear in Facebook’s ad library, which publicly catalogs political ads and allows other campaigns, journalists and watchdog groups to view the type of messages politicians are pushing in the election.

Facebook Prepares for Wave of Influencer Marketing in Politics (Bloomberg)

Now Facebook is stepping up enforcement of rules — which had been inconsistent — requiring influencers to use Facebook’s tool to tag paid posts with a prominent disclaimer. It said Friday it will require users who worked with the Bloomberg campaign to retroactively add these disclaimers to branded posts the campaign sponsored.

[...] Facebook will now require political candidates buying branded content to register as political advertisers with the company. Unlike other political ads, branded posts won't end up in Facebook's ad archive unless the politician also pays Facebook to promote the posts.

posted by katra at 12:38 PM on February 15, 2020 [1 favorite]

Everywhere they can be bought, presumably.

Yeah the answer is "all of them".
posted by sideshow at 1:40 PM on February 15, 2020

Listening to an IHeartRadio streaming-only channel on their app (the Pandora-like stations, not a broadcast radio station) and his ads play pretty much every break.
posted by AzraelBrown at 2:56 PM on February 15, 2020

He's had big ads on the Washington Post site.
posted by NotLost at 5:38 PM on February 15, 2020

Per a recent episode of The Daily Beans, Bloomberg is currently buying $70M in podcast advertising. AG declined the offer.

[Citation: The Daily Beans, "Run Dougie, Run", 02:30. The Daily Beans is the daily news show from the creators of Mueller, She Wrote.]

Link here.
posted by workerant at 7:56 PM on February 16, 2020