Fri.Jan 25, 2019

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Facebook's Planning to Integrate its Messaging Platforms to Simplify Cross-Communication

Social Media Today

Facebook is reportedly looking to integrate the messaging functionalities of Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, in what could be a major shift.

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Facebook Turned A Blind Eye To 'Friendly Fraud' As Kids Racked Up Thousands On Games

Forbes Social Media

Newly unsealed court documents and an investigative report reveal that Facebook purposefully turned a blind eye to kids unwittingly spending their parents money on Facebook games, worried that a solution would hurt revenue.

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4 Ways to Use Social Analytics to Maximize Your Efforts

Social Media Today

If you're a social media marketer, you need to be utilizing the various data and analytics tools available to you. Here are some tips.

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How Social Media Is Making Politics More Divisive

Socialmedia.biz

Social media, across the globe, has made it significantly easier for people to voice their political opinion, discuss issues that plague the society, cause an uproar around causes that matter, and hold the decision-makers accountable. After playing a crucial role during the Arab Spring , an anti-government uprising in the Middle East against the oppressive regimes, it was quickly heralded as the preferred technology medium for liberation.

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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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WhatsApp Expands Business Tools to Desktop to Mark First Year of Business App

Social Media Today

WhatsApp is extending its business tools to desktop and via the web to mark the first anniversary of the WhatsApp Business app.

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Discover a whole new world of Analysis

Unmetric

Unmetric Discover is a great place for brands to explore new topics and upcoming events to find content inspiration for their social campaigns. When you search for an upcoming event that you’d like to leverage or a topic that’s interesting to your brand or campaign, Discover helps you find all the content that brands have published on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest around the topic or event for over last 5 years.

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InstaGrandmas: Is Selling To Seniors On Social Media Worth Your Brand Dollars?

Forbes Social Media

With social media taking over, should brands spend to acquire older customers on apps like Instagram or Facebook? Investor Sunny Dhillon breaks down the answer.

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5 Tips for Effective YouTube Marketing in 2019

Social Media Today

Is YouTube part of your 2019 digital marketing approach? Check out these tips to help boost your YouTube performance.

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How To Hustle Your Way To A Six-Figure Income As A Social Media Influencer

Forbes Social Media

Lala Milan was living paycheck-to-paycheck, working at Allstate, when one of the videos she wrote, filmed, and edited went viral. Now, the social media influencer earns a six-figure income off her self-created content and has even landed a role on a TV show. Her advice on how to hustle here.

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YouTube Updates Recommendations Algorithm to Lessen the Spread of 'Borderline Content'

Social Media Today

Responding to user complaints, YouTube is changing the way it recommends content to stop the spread of questionable videos.

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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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Forbes Fact-Check: Jack Dorsey Is Still A Billionaire, And No, He Did Not Give Away Most Of His Square Stake To Charity

Forbes Social Media

Jack Dorsey hasn't given away most of his Square shares to charity. It's what makes up 85% of his net worth as a billionaire.

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Facebook Announces New Brand Safety Certification to Assist with Safe Ad Placement

Social Media Today

Facebook is adding another new option to provide advertisers with more control over where their ads appear.

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272: How Networking and Interviewing Helped One Blogger Build Her Blog

ProBlogger

The post 272: How Networking and Interviewing Helped One Blogger Build Her Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. How One Blogger is Making the Most from Networking and Interviewing. Our series of stories from new bloggers continues with Penny Wilson, who started Lingo Mama to blog about language learning and travel. Penny’s reasons for starting a blog: Return to her passion for language learning.

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Instagram Adds Option to Link to Instagram Stories, Expands Stories Promote Tool

Social Media Today

Instagram has added a new option which enables users to share a direct link to an Instagram Story.

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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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How to engage customers on social with brand storytelling

Sprout Social

Brand storytelling on social media influences customers by increasing brand awareness, reach and attracting new followers. Your story is how your company will be remembered by customers. Building a unique brand story on social media involves telling it through different social platforms. It can be a challenge, though, to figure out the best way to translate the brand story you’re familiar with inside your company to social media.

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Facebook's Shutting Down its Standalone 'Moments' Photo App

Social Media Today

Facebook has announced the closure of its standalone 'Moments' photo sharing app.

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It’s Time to Rethink Facebook

Direct Marketing Observations

You’re thinking of leaving Facebook. I’m thinking of leaving Facebook. You want to leave because you feel like your data is not safe, the customer experience is not what it used to be and you’re creeped out by the contextual advertising and oh yea, the political vitriol. It may be time to evaluate the value of your relationship with Facebook.

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The Different Types of Image File Formats All DIY Designers Need to Know [Infographic]

Social Media Today

Do you know your PNG from your JPG, and when you should use each? Check out this infographic on the uses of different image files types.

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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.