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Let's see how those dollars are being spent: - Social advertisers are warming up to ephemeral campaigns with spending on Snap Ads (Snapchat) increasing 593 percent quarter over quarter (QoQ) through 4C. - Advertisers (70 percent of those surveyed by 4C) are wanting to pair TV advertising and social. Haircare brand Nice 'N Easy, for example, automatically triggered its own Facebook ads when competitor ads aired on TV. Nice 'N Easy was able to drive 40 percent higher video views and 'blunt' its competitors messages, according to 4C, while driving lower cost per engagement and cost per view. - Pinterest saw ad spend grow 73 percent YoY on 4C. - Facebook shows no signs of slowing down with an 81 percent increase in spend through 4C, with food and beverage spend increasing by 49 percent since Q4. - Instagram saw an eight percent increase in 4C spend since Q4 with LinkedIn seeing 21 percent in spend YoY on 4C. 4C's data comes from aggregating $130 million-plus in media spend for 900-plus brands managed through its social ads platform.  ![Amberly Dressler](https://www.websitemagazine.com/hubfs/Amberly%20Dressler.jpeg) [Amberly Dressler](https://www.websitemagazine.com/social-media/author/amberly-dressler) Head of analyst relations, public relations, customer advocacy (People Heroes), customer community, content marketing (full funnel/lifecycle), content operations and optimization, reputation management and social media. 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