5 Tips for Reaching Out to Journalists on Twitter

Twitter remains a top social media platform for making connections with journalists - but being such a busy highway, it can be hard to connect with the right people.

By Aaron Agius • March 15, 2019

Twitter Launches New Camera Tools to Increase Visual Focus

Twitter has launched a new Twitter camera, which better aligns with the visual tools on other apps and will give the platform more opportunity to add in image-based tools. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 14, 2019

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Top 5 stories from Social Media Today

A look at the recent top stories in social media and what they mean for marketers.

By Social Media Today staff

Twitter Has Launched its New Beta Testing App with the First Round of Users

Twitter has released its new beta testing app, 'Twttr', to the first round of approved users, showcasing its experimental format for tweet replies.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 13, 2019

Twitter Provides New Stats and Advice on Video Marketing

Twitter has outlined some new data on the performance of video marketing on the platform, along with some key video tips. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 12, 2019

Twitter Adds More Options to Report Tweets Sharing Personal Information

Twitter is making it easier for users to report violations of their personal information with a new tweet reporting option.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 9, 2019

Twitter Adds New Insights into the Best Times to Post Video Content to Media Studio

Twitter has added the first of a new set of analytics features to its Media Studio tool, which will show users when their audience is most active on the platform.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 7, 2019

Twitter's Testing a New Option Which Would Enable Users to Hide Selected Tweet Replies

Twitter is reportedly working on a new tool which would enable users to hide selected replies from any of their tweets.

By Andrew Hutchinson • March 1, 2019

Twitter Releases Major Events Calendar for March, New Podcast to Help with Strategic Planning

Twitter has released its March major events calendar, and a new podcast, to help with your tweet strategy.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 28, 2019

Users Can Now Apply to be Part of Twitter's Beta Test Group and Get a First Look at Coming Features

Twitter is inviting users to apply to test its new conversational features via a new beta test group.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 22, 2019

Twitter Content Ideas: 42 Things to Tweet About to Keep Followers Engaged [Infographic]

Need new content ideas for Twitter? Want to create more engaging tweets to share with your followers? This infographic will help inspire you to create more engaging content.

By Mark Walker-Ford • Feb. 21, 2019

The Journey of a Social Media Marketer: Q&A with Dhariana

This is the second in our series of interviews with our Social Media Today influencers. We sat down with Dhariana Lozano​ to learn about her experience in the industry.

By Phoebe Bain • Feb. 19, 2019

The Journey of a Social Media Marketer: Q&A with SMT Influencer Lucy Rendler-Kaplan

Social Media Today influencer, Lucy Rendler-Kaplan shares her journey, best social media tips and advice with us. 

By Phoebe Bain • Feb. 18, 2019

Twitter Updates Search Icon, Launches Valentine's Day Reaction

Twitter has released a couple of new tweaks, and a new animation for Valentine's Day messages.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 14, 2019

How to Participate in a Twitter chat

Want to participate in a Twitter chat but don't know how? Here's a quick guide of how to join in the great conversation happening on Twitter.

By Emma Wiltshire • Feb. 12, 2019

Twitter Reports Another Decline in Users, Shifts to Alternate Performance Metric

Twitter has reported its Q4 and full year 2018 performance numbers, showing an increase in revenue and a decrease in users.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 8, 2019

What Businesses Need to Know About Twitter's New Desktop Layout

Twitter has started a slow roll-out of its new desktop layout - here's what it looks like, and what the changes mean for business users.

By Deborah Sweeney • Feb. 6, 2019

Twitter Details Rise of 'Purpose-Driven' Marketing in Super Bowl Campaigns [Infographic]

Twitter has reported that an increasing number of brands utilized 'purpose-driven' messaging in their 2019 Super Bowl campaigns.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 6, 2019

Is Tweet Editing Coming? Does it Really Matter?

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has once again raised the prospect of editable tweets - but would it really make that big of a difference?

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 5, 2019

Twitter Announces Winners of #BrandBowl 2019

With the 2019 Super Bowl done and dusted, Twitter has announced the winners of its #BrandBowl celebration of advertiser tie-ins via tweet.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 5, 2019

Periscope Adds Live-Stream Guests - Though There is a Catch

Periscope will now let users broadcast with up to three guests, but they won't appear on screen.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 5, 2019

Twitter Releases Image Editing Update for Desktop, New Features for Events

Twitter has rolled out a couple of new tweaks for image uploads on desktop and for Events pages.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 2, 2019

Twitter Details Efforts to Crack Down on 'Coordinated Platform Manipulation'

Twitter has provided an overview of its efforts to eliminate user manipulation, similar to Facebook's push to detect and remove inauthentic behavior.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 2, 2019

Twitter Cuts Off Popular Third-Party Management Tools Due to API Violations

Twitter looks to have cut off several popular tweet management tools as part of actions to tighten API usage. 

By Andrew Hutchinson • Feb. 1, 2019

Twitter Launches 2019 #BrandBowl to Celebrate Super Bowl Campaigns

Twitter has announced the second annual #BrandBowl to celebrate the best on-platform Super Bowl tie-ins.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Jan. 31, 2019

Twitter's Testing a New 'Original Tweeter' Tag to Highlight Replies in Threads

Twitter is testing another new conversational feature, this time highlighting the 'original tweeter' within reply threads.

By Andrew Hutchinson • Jan. 25, 2019