September, 2023

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Where Are My Meta Pixels?

Jon Loomer

Meta made a change recently that is leaving advertisers confused. Meta pixels are disappearing from Business Settings, which will freak you out the first time you see it. There’s a simple solution and an explanation. Let’s get straight to it… “Doesn’t Have Any Pixels Yet” Advertisers manage access to their Meta pixels within Business Settings under Data Sources.

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How To Develop A Strategic Partnership Into A Cornerstone w/ Sam Yarborough

The Social Media Hat

Partnership Unpacked, Episode 39, with Sam Yarborough The post How To Develop A Strategic Partnership Into A Cornerstone w/ Sam Yarborough appeared first on The Social Media Hat.

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Elon Musk Says X Users Are Posting Fewer Posts Per Day Than People Had Been Tweeting

Social Media Today

Musk says users are posting around 200 million X updates per day, which is down from Twitter's 500 million tweets per day stat.

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How TikTok Has Exposed Celebrities And Politicians’ Closest Personal Contacts

Forbes Social Media

TikTok and ByteDance staff's easy access to the friend lists of the First Family and public figures has created national security and privacy risks ahead of the election.

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21 Advanced ChatGPT Prompts To Take Your Social Media to the Next Level

Upgrade your social media game with our in-depth playbook: "21 advanced ChatGPT prompts for social media managers". These powerful prompts are tailored to supercharge your content creation, strategy development, and results analysis. Say goodbye to writer's block and hello to endless creativity as you effortlessly generate engaging posts, come up with original strategies, and optimize your social media performance - all in a fraction of the time.

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How to optimize your marketing budget: Do more with less

Sprout Social

With an economic downturn looming, it’s not surprising around 75% of CMOs report being asked to do more with less in a Gartner survey. Marketers are finding it increasingly difficult to set the right budget, optimize it and keep the leads flowing. Managing social media and other marketing channels in this economy can be challenging. You’ll need a plan to address top budget concerns to provide clarity and control over every dollar spent.

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2023 Average Engagement Rates for 13 Industries [STATS]

Hootsuite

So you’ve planned and launched a social media campaign, and waited patiently for the likes, comments, and conversions to roll in. Now you’re looking at your performance report, wondering what the numbers actually mean. Is a 2% engagement rate high or low? Did your target audience love your campaign, or was it a flop? Without social media benchmarks (a.k.a. average performance stats for a social platform or industry), it’s difficult to make sense of raw data.

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What an Ad-Free Facebook and Instagram Subscription Could Mean to Advertising

Jon Loomer

According to a report from the New York Times , Meta is considering an ad-free subscription option for both Facebook and Instagram in the European Union. In other words: Meta may give these users the option of paying a monthly fee to not see ads. Those who don’t pay for the subscription would continue to see ads as they do now. Such a move could be enormously disruptive to Meta’s advertising business, which has been by far its biggest revenue driver to date.

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The Secret to Consistent Content Creation

Jon Loomer

Look, I hate titles that include words like “Secret.” It feels like click bait. My titles are normally boring as a result. But, since I’ve seen so many people fail at consistent content creation, I absolutely feel like I have some secret knowledge that others do not. I have experience on the topic of consistent content creation. I started this website in 2011 and wrote 600 blog posts during the first two years.

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Schedule Individual Ads for Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns

Jon Loomer

Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns have given e-commerce businesses a big boost. They combine machine learning and automation to get your ads in front of the audience most likely to buy. And now there’s a scheduling enhancement. Let’s talk more about what this update is and why it matters. Schedule Ads The typical schedule is set at the ad set level.

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A Guide to Meta Ads Optimization for Delivery

Jon Loomer

The Meta ads algorithm is powerful. It learns, tweaks, and optimizes in real-time to get you the most results as efficiently as possible. But it’s critical that you understand how Meta ads optimization for delivery works. If you go into this blindly, you will be misled by results. You will get results that seem too good to be true (because they are).

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Social Media Automation 101

A beginner's guide to social media automation tools and getting automation right.

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A Guide to Meta Ads Placements

Jon Loomer

Meta ads placements have been a moving target over the years. What the placements are and when you should use them are constantly evolving. How we approached placements five years ago is not the same as how we should approach them now. In this post, we’ll cover the following: What the current Meta ads placements are Differences, strengths, and weaknesses When to use Advantage+ Placements When to manually select placements Viewing results by placement Some good stuff here.

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YouTube Updates Monetization Guidelines on Certain Sensitive Topics

Social Media Today

YouTube will now allow ad revenue share on certain sensitive issues, while further restricting ads on eating disorder related content.

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4 Important Social Media Trends of Note for 2023

Social Media Today

Based on recent polls among SMT's audience, here are some of the key trends of note in 2023.

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New Report Finds That Investment in Influencer Marketing Is Rising Faster Than Traditional Ads

Social Media Today

Some key trends on the growth of influencer marketing, and new opportunities for brands and creators.

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The Content Marketing Survival Guide: How to Navigate the Wilds of Social Media

Use this guide to inspire your creativity and ignite more successful and sustainable social media conversations.

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Meta Announces a Range of New AI and VR Tools, Including Celebrity-Influenced Chatbots and New Smart Glasses

Social Media Today

A range of new AI elements are coming to Facebook and IG, including new chatbots in the communications style of celebrities.

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Meta Expands Its Paid Verification Program to Business Accounts

Social Media Today

Now, businesses will also be able to purchase a blue tick on Facebook and IG (and soon, WhatsApp too).

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A Look at the Comparative MAU and DAU Stats for All the Major Social Apps

Social Media Today

Where does each social platform rank in terms of active users? Here's a look at the latest data.

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TikTok Is Exploring a Partnership With Google to Drive Search Traffic

Social Media Today

The new experiment has seen some users shown Google search panels within TikTok search results.

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Social Media Marketing GPS

SMGPS will tell you the why & how to use social media for marketing, 1 tweet at a time. You'll learn essentials in digestible little spoonfuls.

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New Report Finds That Investment in Influencer Marketing is Rising Faster Than Traditional Ads

Social Media Today

Some key trends on the growth of influencer marketing, and new opportunities for brands and creators.

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YouTube Launches New Subscriber Analytics to Assist in Content Planning

Social Media Today

The more nuanced channel member analytics will give you more insight into what drives sign-ups.

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4 Important Social Media Trends of Note for 2023

Social Media Today

Based on recent polls among SMT's audience, here are some of the key trends of note in 2023.

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Meta’s New AI and VR Push Includes Celebrity-Influenced Chatbots and Next-Gen Smart Glasses

Social Media Today

A range of new AI elements are coming to Facebook and IG, including new chatbots in the communications style of celebrities.

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How to Be Social: A Social Media Manifesto

Learn the 10 worst social media marketing mistakes and how to avoid them.

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Meta Says that Threads Engagement is Lower Than it Would Like, as it Continues to Build the App

Social Media Today

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri says that the Threads team is working to drive more engagement.

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Could X Really Start Charging All Users? A Look at the Various Considerations

Social Media Today

Elon Musk has hinted at potentially charging everyone to use the app - but is that a realistic possibility?

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X CEO Says the Platform Is on Track To Return a Profit in the New Year

Social Media Today

And while making money is a key first step, X’s actual revenue intake is likely to be well down on past performance.

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Elon Musk Says X Users are Posting Fewer Posts Per Day Than People Had Been Tweeting

Social Media Today

Musk says users are posting around 200 million X updates per day, which is down from Twitter's 500 million tweets per day stat.

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8 Stupid Simple Social Media Tricks to Boost SEO

Discover just how easy it is to boost SEO with social media.

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Snapchat+ Reaches 5 Million Paying Members

Social Media Today

Snapchat continues to add paying subscribers, which could show other platforms how to boost subscriptions.

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New Report Looks at the Key Challenges that Social Media Marketers Face in 2023

Social Media Today

Hootsuite surveyed over 3,800 social pros to get their insights into the key challenges of the field.

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Instagram Expands Reels Gifts to Creators in More Regions

Social Media Today

In-stream gifting provides another way for creators to make money from their Reels clips.

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X Adds New Community Notes Navigation Module to Increase Awareness of Disputed Claims

Social Media Today

Community Notes is helping to dispel misinformation and false claims, but is it an effective solution?

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New Report Looks at the Key Challenges that Social Media Marketers Face in 2023

Social Media Today

Hootsuite surveyed over 3,800 social pros to get their insights into the key challenges of the field.

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