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Social Usage Trends to Consider in 2019

Ignite Social Media

The start of a new year is an opportunity for marketers to evaluate what’s ahead for their brand with fresh eyes. A good starting point in this process is to check in on target consumer’s behavior – an ever-changing element in the social media space. To assist you in staying on top of these 2019 social media usage trends, we pulled out key insights from GlobalWebIndex’s latest Social Media Flagship Report.

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YouTube Adds New Option to Swipe Right to View the Next Video

Social Media Today

YouTube has added a new side-swiping option which will enable users to skip to the next video in their list, or go back to the previous.

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Brand Humanization: Transparency vs Authenticity

Pam Moore

As many marketers and business owners are challenged to make their brands become human a few of the questions we hear most are: What do I talk about? How do I know how much is too much? What do I share? What if my competition is watching me? What if my boss is listening? What if our board of directors is watching us? Do people really want to know what I ate for lunch?

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Why Visual Search Will Be One of the Biggest Digital Marketing Trends of 2019

Social Media Today

Are you ready for the rise of visual searches? Image-based search is set to become a much bigger trend in 2019.

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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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Love Or Hate Glitchy Chatbots, They Are First Step In Business Automation

Forbes Social Media

“People know they’re chatting to a bot so you shouldn’t try tricking them into thinking they’re speaking with a human. If people feel deceived by their first actions with a company, it damages reputations and relationships.

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Facebook Tests New Option to Share Events within Stories, New Link Sharing Process for Businesses

Social Media Today

Facebook's trying out a new Stories feature which would integrate various Events functionality.

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5 Challenges to Creating Pillar Pages (and Tips to Help you Overcome Them)

Social Media Today

A pillar page can help boost your SEO performance - but it needs to be done right. Here are some key tips.

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Screen Time May Be No Worse For Kids Than Eating Potatoes

Forbes Social Media

Researchers at the University of Oxford have used data from over 300,000 teenagers and parents in the US and UK to show that time spent staring at computer screens, video games, and smartphones has almost no significant effect on a child's well-being.

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Twitter Details Plans for Beta Testing of New Conversational Features

Social Media Today

Twitter is running a new beta test of its 'conversational' updates, which could significantly change the Twitter process.

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The Postmodern Circus of "Freakery" And The Limits Of Medical Ethics

Forbes Social Media

Might the care of the self have veered into the obsession with the self? And if so, is it also not the task of the clinician to address this “need” to harm the self with the patient rather than respond with a new intervention that will only give temporary relief until the next surgery is booked?

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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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4 Easy to Use Tools to Help You Create Effective, Engaging Video Content

Social Media Today

Tap into the growth of video in 2019 with these tools and tips.

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Instagram's Most-Liked Photo Is Of An Egg. Meet The Person Who Took It

Forbes Social Media

It took just 10 days for a photo of an egg to become the most popular image on Instagram with more than 29 million likes.

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The Most In-Demand Skills of 2019 (According to LinkedIn), YouTube Advertising, Our Ultimate Facebook Engagement Guide, and More!

Buffer Social

Each week on the Science of Social Media we cover some of the most important trends, news, research, and insights in social media marketing. In episode #129, we discuss the most in-demand skills of 2019 (according to LinkedIn), why we’re bullish on YouTube advertising, a brand new guide on Facebook engagement, Instagram’s latest feature, and much more!

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How Scottish Businesses Actively Promote The Value Of Outdoor Capital For Economic Growth

Forbes Social Media

Lochaber Chamber of Commerce believes the concept of outdoor capital brings huge benefits to the economy of the Scottish Highlands. As ‘outdoor capital’, the natural environment offers consumers a wide range of authentic experiences, adding active dimensions to the current trend towards ‘wellness’.

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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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Video on Social: What Marketers Say vs What They Do [Infographic]

Social Media Today

It's undeniable that video is becoming a must on social media. However, how marketers think they're approaching it, and what they're actually doing, are two different stories.

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4 Ways To Use Content Successfully In The New Heartland

Forbes Social Media

Wish I could count the number of times I’ve been asked to comment on content in various stages of production that was doomed from the whiteboard session; concepts that were built on a foundation of stereotypes, erected by lazy thinkers who didn’t really care.

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60+ February Social Media Ideas – Video Ideas, GIFs and more!

Socially Sorted

If you’re looking for creative February social media ideas then you’ve found it. This post is packed with Social Media Holidays for February, with plenty of social video ideas, GIFs and more! BY DONNA MORITZ | PUBLISHED 15 JANUARY, 2019 Posts on this blog may. // Read More. The post 60+ February Social Media Ideas – Video Ideas, GIFs and more!

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Why It Is Going To Be So Cold For Sunday's Chiefs - Patriots Game

Forbes Social Media

The meteorology of why temperatures will be so cold for the AFC Championship game in Kansas City.

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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.