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What’s New With YouTube Shorts?

Likeable

Traditionally, YouTube videos are filmed with a camera, edited, and uploaded after recording. With Shorts, you can easily and quickly film a clip on your phone from the YouTube app and edit similarly to TikTok and Reels (e.g. It is even testing replacing the “Explore” tab with a “Shorts” tab in the navigation bar in the mobile app.

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YouTube At A Crossroads: Social Media Network or Streaming Service?

Ignite Social Media

We asked one of our representatives what prompted the move, and the GWI research team replied with the following: We reviewed the social media questions last year and felt that the landscape had changed since they were first introduced in 2013 and that YouTube would now fit more comfortably into the TV, film and video services.

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The Importance of Local Activation on Social Media: India

Mindjumpers

Statistics from Internet and Mobile Association Of India reveal the growing number of India’s population using social media. Unique Mobile Users: 590 million – a penetration rate of 46%. Mobile Internet Users: 159 million – 45% of all internet users. Mobile Social Media Users: 97 million, +5% since July 2014.

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The Winners From This Year’s SXSW Interactive Awards

Mindjumpers

I’ve been following “Get Satisfaction&# since I wrote about them on our blog for the first time in October, 2009, and I think that in a time where companies need to involve their community on a larger scale, “Get Satisfaction&# has made a great product and is a honorable winner. Isle of Tune. Kiosk / Installation.

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Flashback: What Social Was Like in 2010 vs. 2020

Ignite Social Media

Facebook becomes the 3 rd largest web company in the US behind Google and Amazon, where it still sits in 2020. The Social Network film comes out and is met with widespread critical acclaim and commercial success, though it is considered largely inaccurate by Mark Zuckerberg. The video description and channel information are moved.

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The Schedule and Strategy I Used to Gain 13K+ TikTok Followers and 1M+ Organic Impressions in Just a Few Weeks

Buffer Social

And yet, I had a hunch that my company— Tandem , an app that helps couples manage their shared finances—could connect with new users on the platform. As a D2C mobile app, we’ve seen that the best way to acquire users is when they’re already on their phones and therefore have the highest intent.

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How a Tweet Bursted Into Crisis

Mindjumpers

Tweet In March 2009, Sofia 27 and her girlfriend were kissing on the subway train in Stockholm, Sweden, when a man was verbally abusing them and filmed their kiss with his mobile camera. After asking the man to stop filming without him doing so, one of the women hit the phone out of his hand. Change of decision. Be prepared.

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