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Top Five: social networks push new shopping features

Sherrilynne Starkie

Top Five: social networks push new shopping features. This week's top five must-know social media news come from LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Google and Pinterest. Businesses can tag products to lead shoppers to more information (like price and availability) and to actually make a purchase right from the Instagram app.

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Social Media Stock Talk: Five Reasons to Buy Facebook

Waxing UnLyrical

But we’re talking about one of the most powerful cultural forces of the 21st century … and you can actually buy a piece of it. Sure, GM got off of there , but GM can afford TV block time and is hardly a surefire fit for general social media advertising. Facebook is buying like crazy. But it’s not buying garbage tech.

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Group Buying! Game Changer or Not?

Atom Thought

So how do you buy your t-shirts, or shoes? And maybe if you were buying an unbranded shoe or a t-shirt from janpath, you might want to take help from your friend in bargaining the prices won’t you? And that brings us to a couple of questions everyone is asking today- Is Group Buying going to be the next big thing?

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Buzzwords Decoded: 32 Social Media Marketing Terms Explained

Ignite Social Media

While influencer marketing is generally focused on positive praise for products, “de-influencing” is when influencers or content creators share advice on which products they think you should not buy. How do you define Impressions in social media? What does Reach mean in social media? How are Video Views defined in social media?

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The Pinterest Buy Button Might Rock Your Ecommerce

Convince & Convert

Image via BigStockPhoto.com Last Thursday, Re/code revealed that Pinterest is laying the groundwork for an eCommerce “buy” button. With more than 70 million monthly users, Pinterest is easily one of the largest and fastest-growing social networks around. What Can You Do Now?

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Buy and Sell Influence on Empire Avenue

Ari Herzog

That’s right, you can now track my sticker symbol and buy and sell shares of my stock to your heart’s content. As I write this sentence, I joined 3 hours ago and have 66 shareholders — who helped raise the price to 26 eaves (the name of the game’s currency). Was there a point beyond the aspect of fun?

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A Guide to Social Media Shopping Behaviors in 2021

Ignite Social Media

increase in retail social commerce sales , a trend that’s expected to continue to grow in the coming years. It’s evident that with the plethora of shoppable features available across social networks, audiences are beginning to take advantage. How Purchases Are Made on Social. From 2020-2021, there was a 35.5%