Social Media Updates: Page 295

  • Twitter's Increased its Follow Limit to 5,000 Users

    Twitter has increased it's follow limit from 2,000 to 5,000 accounts, making it easier to follow more profiles.

    By • Oct. 27, 2015

  • Twitter Q3 Numbers: User Growth Still a Concern, Revenue Continues to Rise

    Twitter's Q3 numbers have been released, leading to share drop of more than 12% in after hours trading. The main reason behind the drop was Twitter's user growth figures, which showed the platform has increased by only 4 million monthly active users, in total, since the last earnings announcement.

    By • Oct. 27, 2015

  • How Celebrities Use Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC]

    On one level, celebrities use social media for the same reasons that regular people do: To connect with other people.But they also use social media in a way that is similar to brands. They market their movies or their music or their concerts. They strengthen their fans' loyalty. They bring awareness to themselves. They get feedback on their work. And they get to express themselves a little bit in the meantime.

    By • Oct. 27, 2015

  • Don't Name Baby After Dad - You're Damning His Online Reputation (And Yours)

    Taking control of your online presence is challenging enough without having to compete with your own kid in the process.

    By • Oct. 27, 2015

  • 5 Ways to Engage Holiday Season Shoppers on Twitter [Infographic]

    Christmas is now less than nine weeks away, meaning shopping activity is about to ramp up as we head into the final stretch of the year. In order to highlight the beneficial role that Twitter can play in marketing your festive season specials and offerings, the platform has today released a new infographic based on data from recent research conducted by Converseon.

    By • Oct. 27, 2015

  • Facebook Announces Update for Notifications Tab on Mobile, Adding More Info

    As part of Facebook's ongoing quest to become everything to everyone, The Social Network has today announced a new update to the 'Notifications' tab in the Facebook mobile app.

    By • Oct. 26, 2015

  • Empowering Employee Advocates: The Best Social Media Investment

    "Employee advocacy, I believe, is the single greatest investment every brand can make with social media". Brian Fanzo laid out the case for employee advocacy in social in a new #Hootchat - replay here.

    By • Oct. 24, 2015

  • Facebook Admits its App is Draining Your Battery

    Has your smart phone been dying a quick death every hour or so? If so, you've got Facebook to blame - The Social Network has admitted that their updated app is draining our battery power faster than usual.

    By • Oct. 24, 2015

  • Twitter CEO Gives a Third of His Stock, About $200 Million, Back to His Employees

    According to reports from multiple news sources, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is giving approximately 33% of his Twitter stock, valued at $197 million, back to his employees.

    By • Oct. 23, 2015

  • Zuckerberg, You Said We Were Getting a Dislike Button. Reactions to "Reactions"

    Turns out, though, Zuckerberg's soft announcement may have just been a head-fake. A couple weeks later, Facebook announced "Reactions," a set of seven emoticons ranging from "like" to "love" to "sad" to "anger." And: there's no "thumbs-down" or anything resembling a "dislike" button. The emojis will be shown in percentages beneath a post online -- 30% loved it, 4% are shocked, and so on.

    By • Oct. 23, 2015

  • StumbleUpon: The Social Media Underdog [INFOGRAPHIC]

    In big social media sites like Twitter & Facebook, you are competing for people's attention. If the users see your updates they still have to click to view your content. In StumbleUpon the users are sent directly to your site. You are not competing for attention or clicks.

    By • Oct. 23, 2015

  • Social Media Quick Tip: New LinkedIn Messaging

    LinkedIn recently updated their messaging interface - in this post, Karen Yankovich looks at the new system and how it works.

    By • Oct. 23, 2015

  • 6 Less-Mentioned Ways to Grow Your Instagram Quickly

    We've all heard the cookie cutter advice - get a nice camera, post relevant photos, and other simple tips that won't really do anything to spurt the growth of your Instagram account. The methods below, on the other hand, will give you that rapid increase you're looking for.

    By • Oct. 23, 2015
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    Twitter Polls Coming Soon! Here's What to Expect

    Twitter recently announced that built in polls will be coming to the social network. I'm so excited about Twitter polls and the engaging posts marketers will be able to create. I can see Twitter polls being used during live events.

    By • Oct. 23, 2015

  • Facebook Upgrades Search, Improves Discovery of Real-Time News and Conversation

    Facebook has announced an upgrade to it's search capacity, adding in the ability to search all public posts and get more insight into trending news and conversations.

    By • Oct. 22, 2015

  • YouTube Without Ads? Introducing the New Subscription Service, YouTube Red

    On Wednesday, YouTube announced YouTube Red, a service that will allow subscribers to watch YouTube without ads. They also introduced YouTube Originals, which will be original program only available through the paid service.YouTube Red will cost $10 a month. Content creators will start work on YouTube Originals early next year.

    By • Oct. 22, 2015

  • What 1M Tweets Tell You About How People Tweet Successfully [Infographic]

    The science of Twitter engagement is always evolving, that's why the team at Buffer has analyzed more than one million Twitter tweets to learn about what factors affect the amount of engagement tweets receive, presented here in this new infographic.

    By • Oct. 22, 2015

  • Have a Question? Why Not Poll Your Twitter Followers with New Feature

    Around a month ago, reports started to surface that was experimenting with a new polls in tweets feature, enabling anyone to poll their Twitter audience on... well, anything. Today, the micro-blog giant has confirmed that polls are coming to all users, rolling out from today across iOS, Android and the web.

    By • Oct. 21, 2015

  • Twitter Announces New 'Tweet Grid' Embeddable Display Option - Here's How to Use it

    At it's annual Flight conference, Twitter has unveiled a new way to display and embed tweet content to enable more engaging ways to tell wider stories via the platform.

    By • Oct. 21, 2015

  • Don't Fear the Data: How Communicators Can Overcome Their Fear of Metrics to Improve Social ROI

    When people think of social media, they often think of people and content. Even though numbers and data are a key part of social media's DNA, it's not uncommon to cast them aside, focusing on content or sticking to surface figures like "number of comments."

    By • Oct. 21, 2015

  • 3 Ways to Improve Your Visual Branding on Twitter

    We all know that images play an important role in building brand and maximizing engagement - which is especially true in the increasingly fast-paced news feeds of our social networks. And, of course, the fastest paced social network is Twitter.

    By • Oct. 21, 2015

  • 15 Must-Have Facebook Apps

    Facebook has been a critical part of our lives, helping us interact with family members, reconnect with friends from our youth, and reach customers in new and exciting ways. However, Facebookers are increasingly using the site as a bouncing-off point for some of the other things they do throughout the day. Here are 15 of the most useful and fun Facebook apps that can entertain you, help you be more productive, and improve your interactions.

    By • Oct. 21, 2015

  • 14 Tools and Apps To Transform Your Twitter Engagement

    Twitter can be a daunting place for new users. How do you utilize 140-character tweets? How do you find the conversations relevant to you or your brand? How do you maximize your engagement? In this post, Brian Fanzo shares his favorite tools and tips.

    By • Oct. 21, 2015

  • Facebook Bringing Instant Articles to iPhone, Adding Thousands of New Articles Daily

    Back in May, Facebook announced their new 'Instant Articles', which would provide publishers with better, on-platform tools if they posted their content direct to Facebook. Now The Social Network is ramping up Instant Articles, giving access to all iPhone users and adding more Instant content into the mix.

    By • Oct. 20, 2015

  • The Rise of Yoga Influencers on Instagram

    Social savvy fitness pros are creating content to feed the growing interest in health online. They're creating videos on YouTube, sharing images and videos on Instagram, and experimenting with platforms like Periscope.

    By • Oct. 20, 2015