SOCIAL MEDIA
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Instagram’s Looking to Enable Retrospective Tags for Collaborative Posts
Here’s a small but important update from IG regarding a coming functional improvement. Right now, if you want to add a collaborator to your IG posts, you need to do so in the initial creation flow, it’s not possible to add a collaborator in retrospect. Well, you can on Reels, as of recently (check out this how-to guide from influencer…
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X Previews Haptic Design Updates, Including Post and Video Controls
Elon Musk has always preferred minimalist design, with as many buttons and controls hidden as possible, leaving a more sleek and simplistic appearance. That’s the approach that he’s taken at his other companies, so it should come as no surprise to see that Musk is also looking to implement a more stripped-back design ethos at X as well. We’ve already…
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Instagram Shares Tips for Reels Creators
Looking for ways to improve your IG Reels approach? This might help. Instagram has shared some new Reels tips to its Professional Dashboard in the app, with a listing of key pointers to help maximize your Reels content performance. As you can see in these screenshots (posted by Lia Haberman), IG recommends these 10 tips to improve your Reels performance:…
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Instagram Chief Reiterates That Sends Are Now a Key Focus
In case you weren’t clear on Instagram’s new algorithmic emphasis on sends, IG chief Adam Mosseri has once again reiterated that creators should be focusing on how to make their content more shareworthy in his latest advice clip. As outlined by Mosseri, with more people now engaging within DMs in the app than they are with feed posts, Instagram is…
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WhatsApp Is Testing an AI Selfie Generator Tool
Meta’s adding another AI element to WhatsApp, this time via a new image creation tool, which will enable you to place yourself within fantastical scenes for your profile pic. As you can see in this screenshot, posted by Android Authority, Meta’s developing a new “Imagine Me” feature in WhatsApp, which would enable you to create AI-powered variations of your profile…
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Instagram Shares Growth Tips in New Podcast
With VidCon being held last week, Meta took the opportunity to record a live version of its creator podcast, called ”Close Friends Only”, in which high profile creators share their tips for connecting on IG, and how they make best use of the app. The live session featured creator Reece Feldman and actor Storm Reid, who shared various tips and…
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Threads Reaches 175 Million Users on One Year Anniversary
Can you believe that Meta’s Twitter-like Threads app is a year old already? The text-based social app, launched in order to gather up cast-offs from Elon Musk’s X project, has risen to become a genuine player in the social media space, piggybacking off of Instagram to establish its own audience, which now does seem to have a life of its…
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TikTok Announces Creative Performance Webinar for SMBs
Looking to freshen up your TikTok marketing knowledge ahead of the holiday push? This could help. TikTok has announced a new “Mastering Creative Performance” webinar for SMBs, in which it’ll showcase a range of insights, tips and tactics to help inform your TikTok branding approach. TikTok says that industry experts will share their knowledge and expertise during the event, guiding…
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TikTok’s Developing a New AI Chatbot Called Genie
With the AI race heating up, TikTok looks like it’s preparing to launch its own AI chatbot to Western users, based on a recent filing in the U.S. According to Semafor, TikTok has sought to trademark the name “Genie” for its coming AI chatbot tool, which would enable users to pose questions in-stream, and get immediate responses, among other functions.…
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Apple’s 30% Fee for Facebook and IG Ads Expands to More Regions
Here’s an important PSA for Facebook and Instagram advertisers: From next week, when you purchase ads via an iOS device, you’re going to have to pay an extra 30% fee that goes direct to Apple, unless you purchase via facebook.com or instagram.com on desktop instead. The change was first rolled out to U.S. advertisers back in February, and is now…
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