Sat.Nov 04, 2023 - Fri.Nov 10, 2023

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Meta Inks New Deal with Amazon to Facilitate Amazon Shopping on Facebook and IG

Social Media Today

There was a bit of discussion late this week about a new arrangement between Amazon and Meta, which will enable Facebook and IG users purchase Amazon products in-stream. As you can see in this sequence (posted by Maurice Rahmey on Threads), the new Amazon/Instagram integration, in this exa.

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Optimize Creative with Flexible Formats, But I Have Questions

Jon Loomer

Meta is rolling out a new feature to help with creative optimization of your ads called Flexible Formats. It’s actually pretty interesting. But, documentation is limited and I have lots of questions. I don’t have all of the answers where because I’ve yet to stumble on any official documentation from Meta. So, we’re left figuring this out on our own.

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Two-way street: 4 imaginative B2B campaigns going to, and from, SMEs

Audiense

What do you think of when you hear the words B2B marketing? Pushy sales emails, jargon-filled SEO blogs, unsolicited phone calls, leaflets at exhibitions? We’ve come a long way since the 90s and B2B is quickly becoming one of the most exciting and innovative areas for marketing professionals to explore. Trust us, we do it every day.

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How To Be A Successful Lone Ranger In Partnerships w/ Cory Snyder

The Social Media Hat

Partnership Unpacked, Episode 46, with Cory Snyder The post How To Be A Successful Lone Ranger In Partnerships w/ Cory Snyder appeared first on The Social Media Hat.

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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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Instagram Tests New Elements to Feed into More Enclosed Group Sharing

Social Media Today

More IG users are engaging in private groups, and Instagram's looking to feed into that behavioral shift.

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Promote Facebook Groups with Ads in Meta Ads Manager

Jon Loomer

Meta advertisers have long asked for the ability to promote Facebook groups with ads. For whatever reason, that ability has never existed. Instead, advertisers found workarounds to accomplish the same thing. That is changing. Meta is rolling out built-in solutions for promoting Facebook groups within Ads Manager. Here’s an overview of how it works… Create a Campaign to Promote a Facebook Group Start by using the Engagement objective.

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Talkwalker Unveils Next Generation of Social Listening

Bill Hartzer

Talkwalker, a leading consumer intelligence company, has launched the Next Generation of Social Listening. This cutting-edge solution not only streamlines the social listening process but also dramatically reduces the time analysts spend on it, marking a significant leap in the industry. The innovative features being introduced by Talkwalker are set to make social data more accessible and actionable for everyone, all while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy and relevance.

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LinkedIn Says Past Carousel Posts Will Be Deleted Next Month

Social Media Today

LinkedIn announced the removal of carousels as a posting option back in June.

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What is Behavioral Advertising?

Jon Loomer

You’ve likely seen that behavioral targeting related to Facebook and Instagram may get banned in the EU. But, what does that actually mean? I have not seen a definition of “behavioral advertising” from regulators. I did find one in relation to this case from the AP : Behavioral advertising, used by Meta’s Facebook and Instagram among many other tech companies, involves observing individual behavior such as browsing habits, mouse clicks and app usage, then using that data to bui

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Viral Video Of ‘Fake’ Dead Palestinians Not From Israel-Hamas War

Forbes Social Media

The viral video isn’t from the Israel-Hamas war. In fact, the video is originally from August and doesn’t even appear to be from the Middle East.

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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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How to analyze customer sentiment to improve customer experience

Sprout Social

Customer expectations are at an all-time high : 60% of customers will switch to a competitor after a negative experience. 73% of customers want companies to recognize their unique needs and expectations. 52% of customers expect an answer within an hour of posting on a brand’s digital page. As a business, you need to figure out how to deliver great customer experiences while keeping up with these changing demands.

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Marketing vs Branding: The Key Differences You Need to Understand [Infographic]

Social Media Today

Understanding the differences between marketing and branding can help you improve your results.

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Custom Events Aren’t Updating

Jon Loomer

Why aren’t your custom events updating? I’ve been hearing from advertisers who aren’t getting reporting for their custom events. They’ve been using these events for months or years, and they just stopped populating. The reason why those numbers stopped is the same reason why other advertisers can’t add a column for it or use it as a conversion event.

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Cutting Streaming Royalties Could Impact Broadway Cast Recordings

Forbes Social Media

Starting in January, the music streaming platform Spotify will no longer pay royalties on any songs played less than 1,000 times in a year.

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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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#624: 8 Ways to Address Money Objections From Your Audience

Amy Porterfield

Listen on… A potential customer just told you your course isn’t in their budget…now what? Price objections are by far the most common roadblocks in sales, regardless of […] The post #624: 8 Ways to Address Money Objections From Your Audience appeared first on Amy Porterfield | Online Marketing Expert.

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Meta Joins New Initiative to Expand the Detection and Enforcement of Child Abuse Content

Social Media Today

Project Lantern will see tech platforms working together to improve their collective process.

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Subscription vs. Ad Data Prompt

Jon Loomer

It’s happening… Facebook users in the EU are starting to get this prompt. These screens were shared with me by a reader. Meta is clear about what this is: Make a choice about your ads. As part of changing laws in your region, you can now choose to continue using Meta products for free by allowing us to use your info for ads. Or, you can subscribe to use them without ads.

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Meta Morphosis: How Ad-Free Social Media Could Impact Retail

Forbes Social Media

Meta has begun offering paid ad-free Instagram and Facebook subscriptions in Europe, and who stands to benefit long-term from this change is just coming into focus.

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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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Short-Form Video: The Secret to Standout Influencer Campaigns

Ignite Social Media

Influencer marketing continues to be an essential part of most social media strategies. When done right, influencer campaigns can help raise brand awareness, improve engagement, and drive conversions. In this video, Senior Production Managers Courtney D’Aiuto and Susan Flower discuss the power of short-form video and show successful influencer campaigns we’ve worked on.

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Meta Implements New Restrictions on the Use of Generative AI in Political Ads

Social Media Today

Meta's implementing rules around which advertisers can use its new generative AI options.

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Lead Form Templates

Jon Loomer

Do you have this lead form update? When using the Leads objective where Instant Forms is the conversion location, you may see a design change when creating the form. You’d have the option to Use a Template or create a form from scratch. When you use the Create a Form option, it looks exactly like the flow we’ve seen for a while now. If you Use a Template, it looks quite a bit different, at least at the initial screen.

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Teen Interest in Entrepreneurship Spurred by Social Media Influencers

Bill Hartzer

A recent survey conducted by Junior Achievement USA in partnership with EY has shed light on the aspirations of today’s teenagers, with a staggering 76 percent expressing a likelihood to consider entrepreneurship as a career path. The survey, conducted by Big Village from October 10 to October 15, 2023, reached out to 1,003 teenagers aged 13 to 17, revealing intriguing insights into the entrepreneurial spirit of the younger generation.

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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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#623: I Procrastinate Too… This Is How I Avoid It

Amy Porterfield

Listen on… Supercharge your focus, say goodbye to procrastination, and crush your to-do list. Let's face it – procrastination is an entrepreneur's arch-nemesis. Sometimes, staying on track feels […] The post #623: I Procrastinate Too… This Is How I Avoid It appeared first on Amy Porterfield | Online Marketing Expert.

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LinkedIn Says That Previously Posted Carousel Posts Will Be Deleted From the App Next Month

Social Media Today

LinkedIn announced the removal of carousels as a posting option back in June.

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Flexible Formats Creative Optimization

Jon Loomer

There’s a new creative optimization option in Ads Manager… Using only the Traffic objective for now, select the Website conversion location. When you create an ad, you’ll see something new under format. You have options of single image or video, carousel, or collection. But there’s also an option for Flexible. It says: “We’ll show your ad in the format we predict may perform best.

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Omegle Was ‘The Perfect Storm’ For Child Abuse Problems. Now It’s Dead

Forbes Social Media

It did so for more than a decade, drawing scores of lawsuits over alleged child grooming on the app.

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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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14 Social Listening Tools for Effortless Brand Monitoring

Hootsuite

Social listening tools are some of the most important for any social media marketer to master. Why? Simply because of the vast amount of data they provide about your brand, your audience, and your competitors in real time. Back in the day, marketers had to dedicate substantial budgets to consumer and competitor research through surveys, focus groups, and market testing.

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X Launches Timestamp Links for Video Uploads

Social Media Today

Now you can link people through to specific segments in your video uploads.

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Run Ads for Facebook Groups

Jon Loomer

After hearing some early rumors about this in July, Meta seems to be rolling out the ability to create campaigns to promote your Facebook group in Ads Manager. Here are the steps… 1. Select the Engagement objective. 2. Select “Facebook Group” under Conversion Location. 3. The performance goal is “Maximize number of link clicks” and you can’t change it (at least for now). 4.

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Meta Will Require Political Advertisers To Disclose When They Use AI

Forbes Social Media

Meta vowed to remove content that violates its policies, whether it was created by AI or a person, and said its independent fact-checking partners will review and rate viral misinformation.

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006 How does Artificial Intelligence experience Time?

Laurel Papworth

This episode is on Time’s Complex Physics Theories. Today I bumble along between Quantum Mechanics, Big Bang and Blackholes apropos Time. While exploring general and special relativity – hi Einstein and Hawking and Eddington, big shout out to Bohr, Heisenberg, Wheeler and of course Bergson and Eagleman. Special note: Minkowski and Itzhak Bars (I took an extended license to discuss reversalism (two dimensional time theories).