Mon.May 04, 2020

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Facebook's Running a New Series of Education Sessions for Facebook Group Admins

Social Media Today

Facebook has announced a new series of education sessions for Facebook group admins to help them make the most of their groups.

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Take in the Good- #Mindfulsocial with @gbiegel

Janet Fouts

These days the more we can put our focus on the good in the world the better! Gina Biegel is the author of “ Take in the Good- Skills for Staying Positive and Living Your Best Life ”. The book has some of my favorite positive coping skills, to help us move away from destructive or harmful patterns and towards ones that can make us happier, healthier and a whole lot better human beings.

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Apple and Google Provide New Overview of How the COVID-19 'Exposure Notification' API Will Function

Social Media Today

Apple and Google have published new information about their COVID-19 tracing API, including new examples of how it will look.

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Tips For Growing Your Business

The Realtime Report

Tips For Growing Your Business. Are you looking to grow your business? It is important for business owners to always consider ways in which they can take their company forward in order to stay current, to compete at a higher level, and to appeal to their target customer. Growth is critical for continued success in a fast-changing environment, but it can also be difficult to make big changes to a company, and sometimes these actions do not pay off and can actually damage the company.

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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 Expands Community Help Hub to Cater to More Assistance Options

Social Media Today

Facebook is expanding its COVID-19 Community Help Hub to cater to more types of assistance amid the pandemic.

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

Hootsuite

How do you imagine your life with Instagram automation? Your phone’s blowing up with likes and follows, and you’re leaning back into your chaise longue, your hands behind your head, smiling the smug smile of the person whose social marketing efforts are scaling effortlessly. You sip your cucumber water. The infinity pool sparkles. Well, hello from a blizzard in rural Finland, where I have spent a week tied to my keyboard trying to achieve that dream.

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Social Media Stories: What Brands Need to Know About Ephemeral Content

Ignite Social Media

Ephemeral, or disappearing, content in the form of Stories is taking center stage in the digital world. Social media stories, originally popularized by Snapchat, have seen significant growth and adoption across nearly all major social networks. While the networks add Story capabilities to their channels, the data from users showing increased interest follows suit.

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WhatsApp Launches New COVID-19 Fact-Checker Bot to Help Reduce the Spread of Misinformation

Social Media Today

As it works to slow the spread of misinformation, WhatsApp has partnered with Poynter on a new fact-checking bot.

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#313b: Shift Your Selling Mindset with Lisa Sasevich

Amy Porterfield

Wouldn’t it be fun to share your gifts with the world and make a ton of money while doing it? You’re probably thinking, “Well, Amy, uh yeah…obviously!” So why do I hear — all the time — that to be an entrepreneur, it's so much harder than just getting paid to share your gifts? My […]. The post #313b: Shift Your Selling Mindset with Lisa Sasevich appeared first on Amy Porterfield | Online Marketing Expert.

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Snapchat Launches New Spin Painting Lens with Artist Damian Hirst to Raise Funds for COVID-19

Social Media Today

Snapchat has launched a new Lens, in conjuction with British artists Damien Hirst, which aims to raise funds for Partners in Health.

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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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3 Ways B2B Brands Can Be More Human

Oktopost

The world is a very connected place and B2B brands have long been expected to intertwine more humanity into their marketing efforts. Today’s expectations of interactions require being natural, genuine and human. This in return creates more meaningful connections for all involved. After all, companies are marketing to people. But in today’s environment, how can B2B brands be more human when interactions have gone digital?

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Influence In The Time Of COVID-19 – Even A Global Pandemic Can't Stop Social Media Influence

Forbes Social Media

Influencers may have to "pivot" to stay relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, but given that more eyeballs than ever are on screens, even as restrictions on quarantines are lifted, savvy influencers could capitalize on it.

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Connecting creatively with your community: Introducing Sprout Social’s Dropbox integration

Sprout Social

Seeing is believing. If you think sharing images and videos on social media earns you more credibility with your audience, the data is on your side. Including images or videos can more than double or triple the amount of shares that a post receives. Whether it’s a photo, a short video or any other eye-catcher, creative content is critical to any social media strategy.

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Seventh Edition of The New Rules of Marketing and PR Releases Today!

WebInKnow

I’m super excited that the brand spanking new seventh edition of my book The New Rules of Marketing and PR is out! When I was researching and writing the first edition way back in 2004 through 2006, I never could have imagined that it would still be selling strongly thirteen years after initial publication and it would be available in 29 languages from Albanian to Vietnamese.

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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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Behind the scenes of Sprout Sessions Digital 2020: How we use social to promote digital events

Sprout Social

In a COVID-19 world where all in-person events and plans have been cancelled, companies are looking for new ways to connect with their audiences, and maintain and grow their business relationships. Sprout isn’t exempt from this feeling: we’ve had our upcoming digital event for social marketers, Sprout Sessions Digital , in the works for awhile, but moved it up an entire month to support our customers with thought leadership and #SproutTips as soon as possible.

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Getting Through the Fight

Ari Herzog

It is fascinating to read how different segments of American society are adjusting and changing their operations because of the coronavirus crisis. Businesses want to reopen with health guidelines, schools and colleges recognize that the short-term will look different, and government agencies seek to update their archaic policies. The Ragon Institute, a research facility in Cambridge, MA, wants to bring employees back to the workplace with staggered shifts, social distancing, weekly employee tes

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Live Video Chats With Vets And Eyewitnesses Commemorate End Of World War II

Forbes Social Media

A new initiative offers the opportunity to. to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, which occurred this week in 1945, with live conversations.

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Five Easy Ways to Move Your Store Online

Pixlee

Although the odds are stacked against many businesses right now, agile brands are seeing success by moving their stores online. Thankfully, in today’s climate, online stores are relatively easy to set up and manage. But that doesn’t mean success is imminent. Running an online store requires an entirely different approach than a traditional brick and mortar retailer.

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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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How Hollywood Weaponizes Fake News For Cash, And The 3 Kinds Of Fake News

Forbes Social Media

There’s exploiting fake news for politics. Or weaponizing it for marketing, like Hollywood does from time to time.

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Best Android Keylogger Apps In 2020

Tweaklibrary

If you are worried about secret activities of your kids online, then it is time to place superlative upgrades to protect your kids against online crimes & bullying. Even if you are an employer and want to keep tab on employees’ online activities to avoid unproductive time, you can make better use of technology. In all such situations where you want an advanced solution to monitor online activities through mobile phone, we recommend using keylogger apps.

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TikTok To Instagram Live: Learn From Social Fleur On How To Create Content During COVID-19

Forbes Social Media

Social media marketing is a delicate science. Now more than ever, content creation is crucial for businesses to survive and thrive. Learn how Heather Cantania and Julia Broome of Social Fleur help their high-profile clients educate and inspire during these times.

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Up Your Cybersecurity Game By Setting Up Password Expiry Date For Windows 10

Tweaklibrary

Not saying that you should change password expiration regularly but maybe every once in a while for several reasons. One of the reasons why you could use password expiration is when you are suspecting other users spying on your password. Changing passwords from time to time also helps you keep a fence from hackers. You might also consider changing your password if you are working at an office.

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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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How Long Does it Take to Read the Terms of Service for Each App? [Infographic]

Social Media Today

How long does it take to actually read through every part of the terms of service for each social app? This study provides some perspective.

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How to Trace an Email Back to Source IP Address

Tweaklibrary

Whenever we receive an email, our eyes directly go to the sender. We check the sender details and then we check the content. While working on official email IDs, sometimes we need more information regarding the sender. So, from the basic information from the sender (Email header), we can use it to trace an email back to the source. Through this blog, I am going to highlight how to trace an email back to the source.

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How to Prepare for a Virtual Conference as a Speaker [Infographic]

Social Media Today

With more events going virtual, it's important that you understand how to best prepare your set up for optimal live-stream performance.

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Is Your Laptop Not Recognizing Headphones On Windows 10?

Tweaklibrary

Few days back, I came back from the office and planned to stream some amazing Netflix content. As soon as I connected headphones, it was not detected on my system. Of course I was annoyed with this situation!! If you have also witnessed the same situations, I know, I know how it feels! Here, I am going to share the best ways through which you can solve this problem.

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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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Our Favorite Moms to Follow on Social

Likeable

If there’s one thing that being confined to my house with two small children has taught me, it’s that I’m on social media way too much. I should be sleeping. I should be doing laundry. I should be making a Pinterest stained glass window out of rainbow paint. I’m not. Instead, I’m endlessly thumbing. I’m hiding in the bathroom (the one place with a locked door), laughing at videos of other moms who are as knee-deep in the struggle as I am.

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‘We Should Write Sometime App’ Booming Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

Tweaklibrary

Spending more time doing what you love to do is something that a very less percentage of people can say. Obviously there are many obstacles that prevent you from doing what you love but sometimes, it’s as small as not having the right tools. Similarly, We Should Write Sometime is the tool that comes to the rescue for people who love to write but don’t have enough tools.

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