Social Media Updates: Page 296

  • Facebook Introduces Notify

    Facebook introduced a new app for iPhone called "Notify" to help you stay on top of what's going on in your world. You'll find news from your favorite media sources through the app, including A&E, Bon Appetit, CNN, the Discovery Channel, Fox news, the Weather Channel and podcasts from Wired to name a few.

    By • Nov. 11, 2015

  • A New Study Says Quitting Facebook Makes People Happier

    Does going through your Facebook feed ever give you a sinking feeling that you aren't having as much fun as everyone you know? Why are they so successful? Are they always on vacation? How do they all look good in bathing suits?

    By • Nov. 11, 2015

  • LinkedIn Looking to Further Reduce E-Mail Notifications, Improve Relevance

    In an effort to further refine and improe their e-mail notifcation system, LinkedIn has detailed how they're using a new, data-fuelled model to help refine and improve the quality and quantity of e-mail notifications they send users.

    By • Nov. 10, 2015

  • President Obama Now Has A Personal Facebook Page

    So President Barack Obama got his own personal Facebook page. It has his timeline with life moments, a video of him tooling around in his backyard, and a promise of some just-for-fun stuff in the future as well. It's also yet another creative and attention-getting idea from an administration that has a long history of being smart and clever with its social media outreach.

    By • Nov. 10, 2015

  • Facebook Events: Not Just For Birthday Parties Anymore

    Facebook Events has been in sort of a stand-still while other aspects of the social networking platform have received overhauls.

    By • Nov. 9, 2015

  • 10 Strategies for Social Media Optimization and Building Your Brand on Social Media

    Social media has huge potential for branding and marketing. Many people use social media daily for various purposes. Facebook alone has over one billion registered users and this is ripe market to promote your brand. Social media optimization can also create more traffic movement to your website and increase your rankings on search engines. Having the right strategies in place is very important to the process. The following are some of the tactics you can use.

    By • Nov. 9, 2015

  • 8 Biggest Misconceptions about Facebook Explained

    Myths about Facebook appear, maybe most often, in your Facebook news feed. You know what I'm talking about: "Facebook is going to sell your photos!" "You can check out whenever you like, but you can never leave!" "The sky is falling!"

    By • Nov. 8, 2015

  • How To Create Effective Social Media Strategies for Millennials

    ​Every blog seems to be talking about millennials these days. Even though you may be tired of hearing about the most connected generation, there's no denying its importance to brands and businesses. These young adults aged between 18-34 years have an annual buying power of $1.3 trillion.

    By • Nov. 8, 2015

  • Texting, Sexting and Cyberbullying - What Do Parents Think Their Kids Are Doing Online? [Infographic]

    In an attempt to help parents get a better perspective on the impacts of social media, social insights company Qualtrics surveyed more than 1,000 parents of at least one child aged between 8 and 17 to find out

    By • Nov. 7, 2015

  • What You're Doing Wrong with Twitter Video

    Native video on Twitter can still be considered "new," and you definitely don't want to fall behind. Your brand may be struggling to produce results that align with recently published statistics of Twitter Video, so what are you doing wrong? Here are some things to avoid...

    By • Nov. 7, 2015

  • The Ultimate Guide to Social Media Icons

    How do you know which icon is the most current, official icon? And if you finally find the correct icon, are you using it according to their brand asset guidelines? Here is a guide that clears through the clutter and has all you need.

    By • Nov. 6, 2015

  • Facebook to Share Demographic Information & Help Brands Send You Ads When You're Near Their Stores

    Facebook wants to connect its users with brands and ads, even at a hyper-local level. Facebook will utilize its mobile users, which now number 727 million of the social media giant's 1.55 billion users, to connect to brands when they are near that brand's stores.

    By • Nov. 6, 2015

  • Why Parents Should Take Note of What Their Children Are Doing on Social Media

    Social media is popular among teens, and even older children, as a means to spread their messages quickly and efficiently. And while most of what happens on social is relatively harmless, parents do need to take note of what their children are doing.

    By • Nov. 6, 2015

  • Facebook Introduces 'Music Stories' to Boost Music Discovery on the Platform

    Facebook is introducing a new post option called Music Stories, which will better enable artists to promote and sell their work on the platform. It'll also help users share their musical interests via mobile.

    By • Nov. 5, 2015

  • Goodbye Socality Barbie: Instagram's Greatest Star Has Quit

    By now we've all heard about Australian Instagram star Essena O'Neill and how she is quitting Instagram and decrying the pressure that social media puts on individuals to present their lives as unnaturally perfect. In all the hoopla over O'Neill's departure from social, other more important news may have been lost: Socality Barbie has quit Instagram. I know, I'm heartbroken too.

    By • Nov. 5, 2015
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    7 Ways 'Instant Articles' Changes Content on Facebook Forever

    Facebook recently made its new 'Instant Articles' direct content offering available to all users of its iPhone app, with Android beta testing underway - here are seven things you need to know right now about the new option.

    By • Nov. 5, 2015

  • Facebook Q3 Numbers: More Than a Billion Users, and 8 Billion Video Views, Every Day

    Facebook has today announced its Q3 numbers, posting solid growth in users and revenue, with particular focus on daily active use and video view numbers.

    By • Nov. 4, 2015

  • The Best Social Media Ads Are People, Not Ads

    How do you reach an audience that has crazy spending power but goes out of its way to block your ads? Two words: Influential marketing.

    By • Nov. 4, 2015

  • Pinterest Launches "Pinterest Shop," A Home For All Buyable Pins

    ​Pinterest announced today the release of its Pinterest Shop, a one-stop place on the web for buyable pins. In June the company unveiled its long-awaited buyable pins--images with buy buttons attached--but until now they were scattered throughout the site. Now users can browse the Pinterest shop for items in similar categories.

    By • Nov. 4, 2015

  • Twitter Switches from Stars to Hearts, 'Favorites' to 'Likes' - Why Would They Do This?

    What's in a name? What's the difference between a heart and a star, a handshake and a hug, a 'favorite' and a 'like'? Really, when you break it down, probably a lot, but regardless, Twitter, effective immediately, is changing its 'star' icon for favorites to a heart - a move which has sparked much response from the Twitter community.

    By • Nov. 3, 2015

  • Facebook Continues to Dominate Social Logins [Infographic]

    Despite suffering a slight drop in the latest Gigya social login stats, Facebook still dominates the market, with almost two-thirds of social logins happening via Facebook linkage.

    By • Nov. 3, 2015

  • The 4 Best Free Facebook Practices To Increase Fans

    If you are looking for such solutions to your Facebook promotions problem, then look no further than this post. I will detail some of the most effective tactics that you can employ in your social media strategy to make the most out of your limited resources and increase your fans.

    By • Nov. 3, 2015

  • World Series Game 5 by the Social Media Numbers

    Last night the Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Mets four games to one to win the 2015 World Series. But which brands won the social sphere?

    By • Nov. 2, 2015

  • Social Network Stitch Caters to Senior Citizens

    Social media is no longer for Millennials. Learn more about Stitch, a social companion network built specifically for senior citizens, ages 50+.

    By • Nov. 1, 2015

  • Here Are 5 Reasons Instagram Really Matters (Especially for 2016's Marketing Budgets)

    Is Instagram the sleeper hit of the year? This infographic says it's the major platform for 2016 marketing budgets. What do you think?

    By • Nov. 1, 2015