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Top Three Thursday: Social Media News You Can Use

Top Three Thursday

Top Three ThursdayWelcome 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!

Instagram has now added a new format for your videos and ads on the platform, vertical orientation. You can now stream your content in the same orientation as your smartphone screen, which will make your visuals easier to view to the consumer. Learn more about what this new feature offers from Instagram’s recent business announcement “Vertical Ad Format Now Available on Instagram”.

Company branding has long been the backbone of business. It’s what makes a product or service recognizable. With recent advances in technology, branding is changing. In this Social Times article, “Brand Vs AI”, they explain these changes and ways to help keep your business relevant.

Facebook now includes  a “Jobs” tab on some business pages. They noticed that companies would post about job openings on their pages, and in return developed an easy way to advertise want ads for these companies. This gives a business the ability to inform their followers of openings they have within their companies without the message getting lost in their posting feed. Workable offers a tutorial to add this new feature to your business page called, “Add a Jobs Tab to Your Facebook Page”.

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

Top Three Thursday

Top Three ThursdayWelcome 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!

Instagram has announced that Shopping Is Coming to Instagram. The site recently announced a new mobile commerce test in the U.S. They are using a group of 20 well known retailers as their test group to provide a more in depth interaction with their customers. A “tap to view” button is added to the retailers photo which then allows the viewer to see the brand and cost of an item and offer a way to buy those products. Instagram’s hope is to eventually extend this new feature to other companies down the line.

Twitter Adds New DM Tools for Brands as a new feature for businesses in their direct messaging options. PC Magazine tells us that businesses can now set up automated direct messages to their followers. These new options offer Welcome Messages and Quick Replies to interact with their customers and initiate communication without having to rely on the followers to do so first. Twitter estimates that when a customer interacts with the business directly, they are more willing to spend between 3-20% more in products and services in the future.

Pinterest Adds Three New Types of Promoted Pins to advertisers on the popular social platform, according to Social Times. There are three new options, video pins, one-tap pins, and app pins. Social Times explains the purpose of each of these new features in the article. In the past, Promoted Pins have only been offered in the U.S., but have now been extended to the U.K. Pinterest hopes to extend to other countries in the near future. This will broaden advertising options for businesses and make their content easier for their audience to view.

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

Top Three Thursday

Top Three ThursdayWelcome 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!

Twitter has long been a great tool for businesses. It is a way to promote your company and allows you to really connect with your customers on a personal level. However, it can be hard to increase your number of followers and get those tweets seen. Sprout Social put together this user-friendly article, 8 Easy-To-Follow: Twitter Hacks to Get Your Tweets Seen, that will help increase your online presence.

Snapchat is increasing in size substantially and reaching far more than just the under-18 demographic now. It is estimated that by 2020 Snapchat will add twice as many new followers than Pinterest and Twitter. Even with these statistics, only about 5% of businesses actually use this platform for their marketing. If you are not sure if Snapchat would be a good fit for your business or how to use it, check out this infographic Snapchat 101: What Brands Need to Know created by Social Media Today to get you started.

With all the change happening in today’s popular social media platforms, it can he tricky to keep up with. Instagram has made a load of changes lately, including offering business accounts, stories and advertising. Which makes you wonder – do you really need to be advertising on this site as well? Sue Zimmerman covers the answer to this question in her latest blog post: How To Get Started With Instagram 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.