Wed.Mar 18, 2020

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Linkedin Launches 'Conversation Ads' to Help Brands Capitalize on the Rise of Messaging

Social Media Today

LinkedIn has launched a new 'Conversation Ads' option, which essentially enables you to add clickable options for your email recipients to choose.

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Staying Connected During a Crisis—A Quick Note From Our CEO

Hootsuite

By now, you’ve seen a flood of emails and blog posts from businesses about their response to COVID-19. All the news about the economy, disruption to business, and an increase in customer questions make it easy to feel overwhelmed and confused about what actions to take next. Now, more than ever, social media represents an unprecedented way to reach people, coordinate government responses, and keep businesses close to their customers during this disruptive time.

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Twitter Now Enables Users to Invite Guests to Live-Streams Ahead of Time

Social Media Today

Twitter has launched an update for its Go Live with Guests feature which enables users to invite guests into the stream before it begins.

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Should We Be Posting During The Pandemic?

Oktopost

The short answer is, yes! During these pressing times, it’s no secret that events taking place around the globe are impacting you and your followers. As the world adapts to a new normal, so must your social media marketing strategy. But in the face of change, sometimes it can be easy to divert from the main goals of B2B marketing. Posting blindly as events unfold in hopes of achieving massive amounts of new business will not suffice.

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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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Facebook-Owned CrowdTangle Provides New Trend Search Tools and COVID-19 Content Tracking

Social Media Today

Facebook-owned social media monitoring tool CrowdTangle has launched a new search feature to help journalists track down relevant information on evolving web trends.

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How Brands Are Giving Back to Their Customers During COVID-19

Likeable

To put it lightly, these are crazy times. But the one good thing about crazy (or scary, or uncertain) times is that they often bring out the best in people—and, in the case of brands, some very creative ideas and activations. Here’s a rundown of how, in the face of near-universal industry shifts, these brands have pivoted their content and services to offer something genuinely useful to consumers as their day-to-day lives and routines are upended.

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Facebook COVID-19 Fallout: Why Is The Social Network Taking Down Legitimate Posts?

Forbes Social Media

On Monday, Facebook sent its content moderators home. By Tuesday, it was falsely flagging and removing legitimate content.

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WhatsApp's Testing Disappearing Messages Based on a Set Time Limit

Social Media Today

WhatsApp is reportedly developing a new option which would enable users to set their WhatsApp messages to auto-delete after a set time limit.

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Walking in the New Normal, Part 1

Ari Herzog

I went for a walk today. The sun was shining with a clear blue sky. It was about 55 degrees. I saw people of all ages walking, running, and bike riding. Some people were in their yards and raked the leaves. I saw two kids play football in a neighborhood park. I saw a girl practice lacrosse swings in the driveway. I watched birds fly and I heard them tweet from the tops of houses and trees.

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Google Rolls Out Real-Time Translation in Multiple Languages for Google Translate

Social Media Today

Google is launching a real-time audio translation option, in multiple languages, within Google Translate.

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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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New York Nightlife Only Dropped 7% As Coronavirus Warnings Jumped, Foursquare Data Shows

Forbes Social Media

Some cities are heeding social distancing warnings more than others. Data released by the location services company Foursquare Wednesday on foot-traffic among 13 million Americans from February 19 until March 13 showed New Yorkers’ visits to nightlife establishments like bars declined a mere 7%.

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Facebook Will Provide Staff With $1000 Bonus and Eliminate Performance Reviews Amid COVID-19 Concerns

Social Media Today

Facebook is looking to provide assistance for its staff and local communities amid the COVID-19 outbreak with a one-off bonus payment and additional benefits.

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My Thoughts on COVID-19 and Your Business

WebInKnow

While sheltering in place at my home near Boston, I wanted to share a few thoughts about the COVID-19 situation. Bottom line: We’re all in this together. Let’s be safe and let’s support each other!

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Facebook Launches New, Million-Dollar Grant Programs to Support Fact-Checkers and Local Newsrooms

Social Media Today

Facebook is launching two new grant programs to help better ensure the flow of accurate, relevant information amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

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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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What to do right now: How to navigate through a global crisis on social media

Sprout Social

As we’re all aware, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has disrupted industries, closed schools and required people to practice social distancing. The current tension between our necessary separation and our innate need for connection is watching itself play out across the world. As social distancing makes us increasingly isolated, the concept of connection takes on new meaning and the role of social media becomes even more critical. .

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All You Need to Know About Double Opt-In Email Marketing

The Realtime Report

All You Need to Know About Double Opt-In Email Marketing. By. Rithesh Raghavan. Do you have concerns about the quality of your email list? Do you want to increase the open rate for all your email messages? Embracing double opt-in email marketing might be the solution you need. Double opt-in helps you to verify the authenticity of a customer’s interest in your brand.

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Want better results? Start with social testing

Sprout Social

When you’re talking about your brand’s social media strategy and someone asks why you approach some aspect of social in a certain way, what do you say? “Because we’ve always done it this way.” (This one is a career-killer, never say this.). “Because our audience seems to like it.”. “Because we tested multiple approaches and found this one was by far the most successful in performance toward our goals.”.

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5 Places to Score the Best Royalty Free Music For Videos

VEED Grow

It’s a no-brainer that a good track can level up your videos. But, finding the right music can be a tedious and frustrating task; jumping from one website to another to find the perfect tune for your video. Quit that and try our picks, music for every mood and every kind of video. Today, we are sharing our picks to score the best royalty-free music for your videos in 2020.

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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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The Biggest Takeaways From Social Media Marketing World: Tips from Experts

agora pulse

Social Media Marketing World brought together some of the best minds in social media and marketing. With all that information being shared, which ideas really stood out? We asked social media experts for their favorite takeaways. Social Media Marketing World 2020 wrapped up only a few days ago, but we’re already developing a growing nostalgia for the event and what it represented.