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Top Three Thursday: Social Media News You Can Use

TTTPearsWelcome to my Thursday feature. Here’s where I link three useful and interesting articles from excellent information sources all about social media and marketing subjects.

As you know, changes are always happening in the world of social media. We have a lot to keep up with!

Facebook doesn’t seem to be abandoning its Groups feature at all. This week the social media giant opened up Groups for Pages, accessible to all Pages around the world. It can be a great way to bring together groups of followers or fans. Check out the announcement and some thoughts in Social Media Today‘s article, “Facebook Announces That all Pages Can Now Create Linked Groups.”

Pinterest is a great spot for promoting a bit of girl power! Here are some tips from Peg Fitzpatrick on how to build Powerful Pinterest Boards to Fuel Your Inner Girl Boss. It’s a great social platform for establishing your visual brand. Get creative while making an impact!

The benefits to social advertising have many businesses exploring the impact this investment can make. While this form of marketing is still fairly easy on the budget, there are tips you can utilize to save even more money. Check out this HootSuite article featuring the 6 Tips for Lowering the CPC of Your Facebook Ads.

See you next week with another edition of Top Three Thursday: Social News You Can Use.

Melody Jones is your social media aspirin. She helps take the pain out of social media for you! Check out her services and see which one can reduce your social media pain the most.

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Top Three Thursday: Social Media News You Can Use

TTTPearsWelcome to my Thursday feature. Here’s where I link three useful and interesting articles from excellent information sources all about social media and marketing subjects.

As you know, changes are always happening in the world of social media. We have a lot to keep up with!

In Poynter’s recent blog titled “Facebook is testing products to connect it’s users to local news”, they explain the latest installment of features offered by Facebook. These new testing products are designed to help continue to push and promote local happenings for users to keep them up to date on what is happening in their own neighborhoods.

Instagram’s recent blog post “New Objectives Now Available in on Ads in Stories”, covers why they decided to change direction from only focusing on reach and targeting in their new advertising offerings. Now ads are capable of incorporating Traffic, Video news, Conversions, and Mobile App Installs.

In Adweek’s recent update for Twitter titled, “Twitter Adds 9 Million New Users in 3 Months, Surpassing Q1 Estimates” it appears that even though this social giant was on the decline in popularity, it is now making a BIG comeback. This is great news for Twitter, and its loyal fan base, but what does it mean for the rest of 2017? Good question.

See you next week with another edition of Top Three Thursday: Social News You Can Use.

Melody Jones is your social media aspirin. She helps take the pain out of social media for you! Check out her services and see which one can reduce your social media pain the most.

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Top Three Thursday: Social Media News You Can Use

TTTPearsWelcome to my Thursday feature. Here’s where I link three useful and interesting articles from excellent information sources all about social media and marketing subjects.

As you know, changes are always happening in the world of social media. We have a lot to keep up with!

In Pinterest’s recent blog titled “Picture this: Advertising that goes beyond words” they explain what their visual discovery technology is and how they are bringing it into the advertising side of their website. This new technology is changing the advertising world and improving product relevancy to the consumer’s interests.

Adweek’s recent article titled “ Facebook is automatically adding images, links from landing pages to Canvas Ads” highlights some new ways that Facebook is simplifying and automating Canvas Ads for advertisers. Now advertisers essentially just input their url and Facebook handles basically everything else.

Periscope recently explained in a help article titled “What is 360 Video?” that 360 broadcasts are not limited only to Apple users, but now extends to Android users as well. This article also provides tips on how to create a 360 video and where to go for more information.

See you next week with another edition of Top Three Thursday: Social News You Can Use.

Melody Jones is your social media aspirin. She helps take the pain out of social media for you! Check out her services and see which one can reduce your social media pain the most.