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Alternative: Facebook Groups App Gone – Sep 2017 – Australia

Laurel Papworth

Dear Students, just a quick note – the Facebook Groups app for Android and iPhone will be gone Sep 1st 2017. I’m guessing the Facebook API still lets you use other solutions like Hootsuite, come Sep 1? This means you won’t be able to log into the Facebook Groups app after September 1, 2017.

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3 Snapchat Announcements Marketers Need to Know

Ignite Social Media

When Snap Games launched they partnered with a few gaming companies, such as Zynga and PikPok. Internal data (Q4 2017 vs. Q4 2018), users have tripled the time they’ve spent watching shows on Snapchat. Publish API – lets brands create their own Story and share it to Snapchat’s Discover feed. Snap Originals.

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Facebook F8 2018: What Marketers Need to Know Ahead of Facebook’s Annual Conference

Buffer Social

Recap: Check out our full F8 2017 rundown here. Facebook recently opened up Instagram’s API for the first time, enabling Instagram business profiles to schedule Instagram posts , view analytics and more. Relevant sessions: The Instagram Graph API – What’s In It For You? Instagram for Business updates.

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The Simple Guide to Creating a Chatbot [ on Facebook, Website, Messenger Apps]

Oktopost

According to a 2017 survey , 57% of consumers like getting information from a chatbot when browsing a company’s website. Retailers and other companies that sell direct to consumers have known this for a while, and the consumer chatbot field is already fairly overcrowded territory. WhatsApp.

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Top 10 Brands Killing It on Instagram

Social Media Strategies Summit

In April, the platform saw changes to its API that resulted in the death of Instagram bots, apps that help brands analyze their followers and limitations on the ability to repost UGC. They aim to inspire people to think about everything they could do with a suitcase, positioning the company as more of a travel brand than a luggage one.

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I Tried Instagram Automation (So You Don’t Have To): An Experiment

Hootsuite

For instance, in 2017, Instagram shut down a bunch of automation services like the former go-to tool, Instagress. It makes sense that a company that pulled in $9 billion in ad revenue in 2019 has the resources to make bots effectively useless. Instagram actively works against practices that degrade the user experience; and therefore.

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Image Recognition in Action: Kylie Jenner, Beauty Brands and the Age of User-Generated Content

Talkwalker SM

UGC has been a proven strategy for brands across many sectors and has been implemented and successfully executed by powerhouses like Starbucks and Coca-Cola; both companies have launched campaigns with the help of their fan followings. say they plan to increase their social strategy on visual platforms by 2017.

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