The week in social media news hand-curated by your friends at Fandom Marketing. This week Apple reveals Apple Pay, which means big changes for social marketers. Twitter tests a way to make purchases directly from Twitter while Facebook tests self-destructing posts. Learn from a big brand’s mistake and find out why it’s important to always…
The Week in Social Media News 9/5/2014, Stories Important to Marketers
September 5, 2014The week in social media news hand-curated by your friends at Fandom Marketing. This week Twitter is making big changes by shutting down Twitpic, providing more font and color options, and possibly filtering feeds. Brands start to use Instagram’s Hyperlapse to provide a unique point of view, and Facebook launches a new privacy checkup. Plus, learn…
The week in social media news hand-curated by your friends at Fandom Marketing. This week Facebook changes the News Feed algorithm again, decreasing reach for certain formats of links and photos while preventing link baiting. A study from Pew Research Center proves social media is silencing opinion and Instagram releases a new feature that allows…
The week in social media news hand-curated by your friends at Fandom Marketing. This week the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a social media and financial blockbuster, Instagram announces a new suite of analytics tools for business, and Twitter’s latest experiment fails to impress users. Keep a look out at this year’s Emmy Awards for…
The week in social media news hand-curated by your friends at Fandom Marketing. This week the world lost a comedic legend and it was reflected in social media. Facebook’s global blackout causes a huge drop in news readership, while the social network retires the like gate and Twitter announces it will soon have video ads.…
Everything You Need To Know About Using Hashtags
August 12, 2014Learn how to use hashtags with hashtag science and join the #hashtagscience conversation on Twitter. Hashtags are simple to use yet, it takes some thought to use them well. They can add value to communications or detract from the message when they are misplaced or excessive. Hashtags are used to participate in conversations around events, add exclamation, make a…
The week in social media news hand-curated by your friends at Fandom Marketing. Adidas teams up with Champs Sports to create an Instagram mini series, LinkedIn’s new sales tool makes the hunt for potential customers more efficient, and Pinterest launches an exciting new messaging feature. Plus, find out why you need to start changing your…
The week in social media news curated by your friends at Fandom Marketing. Facebook is testing a ‘buy’ button for eCommerce and is suspected to be posturing to take over TV. How the WSJ Facebook page got hacked and ways you can make your social data more secure. Three great lessons we can learn from brands who are still…
The week in social media news curated by your friends at Fandom Marketing. LinkedIn’s new app helps meetings, Facebook pushes video content with new recommendations, Burger King’s Facebook page blows up and they don’t care, and find out if Twitter plans to turn the stream into “buy” buttons. And oh yes, the CIA Tweets about…
The week in social media news curated by your friends at Fandom Marketing. FAFSA apologizes for a Tweet, Facebook’s psychological experiment on users, and learn Instagram’s real name. How Facebook Moved 20 Billion Instagram Photos Without You Noticing June 28, 2014 Your Instagram photos aren’t where they used to be. This spring, even as some…