Is Your Business Spending Too Much Time on Facebook?
Countless articles and studies have focused on the negative psychological consequences of Facebook. They include everything from depression (seeing friends’ awesome vacation photos while you’re sitting at a computer can spark FOMO, or “Fear of Missing Out”) to relationship problems (a British survey found that nearly one-third of divorce filings in 2011 mentioned Facebook). Researchers […]
Facebook Finally Lets You Edit Posts – Facebook Marketing
If autocorrect has ever ruined your Facebook post, your prayers have been answered. Facebook introduced the ability to edit status updates starting Thursday. The latest update for the Android Facebook app adds the ability to “edit your posts and comments and tap to see all your changes.” However, the editing has not been enabled on […]
Pinterest Update Expands Your Article Pins
Pinterest is expanding its set of “rich pins” to include more details about pinned articles, the company announced Tuesday. Now, when users pin a story or article to a board, the pin will also contain other relevant information such as the author’s name, the article title, a brief description and a larger link. Previously, articles […]
Twitter Updates Embedded Tweets With Richer Photos
About two months after Facebook introduced embedded posts that include photos, Twitter has upgraded its embeds to better showcase its photos. Twitter, which announced the move on its blog on Thursday, illustrated the upgrade with this Aug. 11 tweet from astronaut Chris Hadfield: Good morning! Perspective – Sunday is a fine day to go for […]
Twitter Unveils Emergency Alert System – Digital Marketing News
Twitter on Wednesday announced Twitter Alerts, a new system that enables public institutions and NGOs to send out emergency alerts via text message and push notifications in times of crisis. Users can sign up to receive emergency notifications from specific accounts, and will receive a text or push notification when that account sends a tweet […]
Why You Were Added to Twitter Spam Lists – Twitter Marketing
Over the last few days, Twitter spammers have been urging users to find out Louis Tomlinson’s phone number, hear a leaked version of One Direction’s new album and get a free iPhone. What’s notable is that these spammers weren’t sending tweets or direct messages. Instead, they made use of Twitter’s list function, adding people to […]
10 Countries That Spend the Most on Digital Ads – Digital Marketing
Norway is home to digital advertisers that spend the most money per Internet user — $209 each, according to data from market-research company eMarketer. However, the U.S. doesn’t fall far behind, with advertisers spending an estimated $201 per Internet user. Online-statistics portal Statista created the chart, below, which shows the estimated digital-advertising costs per Internet […]
YouTube Adds Background Music Library for Your Videos
The perfect soundtrack can really make a video come together and perfect soundtrack is also a key to get real YouTube views, so YouTube is making it much easier to pick an audio backdrop for your footage. YouTube launched an audio library on Wednesday, featuring more than 150 royalty-free instrumental tracks to choose from. The […]
Your Facebook ‘Like’ Is Now Protected by the U.S. Constitution
Clicking “Like” on a Facebook post or page is now a form of speech protected by the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, according to an opinion issued on Wednesday by a federal appeals court, which overturned a previous ruling to the contrary. The decision (.PDF) to consider a Facebook “Like” as protected speech may set a […]
Twitter Unveils Exclusive Feature For Verified Users – Twitter Verified Profile
As if reporting an IPO wasn’t enough news for one day, Twitter followed up their major announcement with a new feature Thursday to help its verified users better manage their Twitter conversations. The update will allow verified users (those with the blue check marks) to filter their Twitter mentions within the “Connect” tab above their […]
