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Russell Hughes

SMK's guest Editor

Instagram & Facebook Algos To Be Overhauled, According To Meta Leak

To further combat the threat posed by TikTok, Meta has huge plans in the works for the Facebook and Instagram algorithm. In an internal memo leaked to Verge, a Meta executive said that Facebook’s feed will start recommending posts to users regardless of where they came from. Furthermore, Messenger and Facebook will be reunited after …

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LinkedIn Announces New Facebook Style “Business Manager” Tool

LinkedIn has launched a new tool to make the lives of those who manage a lot of ads, Pages or people easier. As the temporary arrangements of those lost pandemic years become more permanent, it’s becoming more important to manage your affairs online. Business Manager seeks to do just that. Gyanda Sachdeva, Vice President, Product …

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Facebook Working On Privacy Friendly “Basic Ads” Product

Facebook is developing a new ad product that doesn’t use advanced targeting, reports Business Insider. According to the site, Meta wants to launch a privacy-friendly Facebook ads format that uses less data for targeting. Called Basic Ads, BI said that two ad buyers from separate agencies told it that it will be aimed at marketers …

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Instagram and Facebook Reels get new stickers, longer clips and more

Once again Facebook has announced a new range of updates for its TikTok competitor, Reels. The most eye-catching of these updates is the ability to create longer clips. Maximum length is being increased by 30 seconds, from one minute up to 90 seconds. Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, has been testing this …

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[Study] LinkedIn InMail: How To Boost Response Rates

One of the major growth drivers in social media in 2022 is messaging. Something highlighted by Instagram chief Adam Mosseri in December when he outlined Instagram’s main priorities for 2022 alongside Mark Zuckerberg, more recently. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, Feb 2022 “Now I also want to call out business messaging, since it’s an area where …

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Google Announces Shorts Ads, New Creative tools, Performance Max Updates & More 

Google’s keynote annual event, Google Marketing Live, heralded the announcement of a raft of updates to Google Ads. Automation, video ads and new technologies were the main focus of the keynote, which told us about an impressive array of new changes. There’s a lot to get through here, so let’s not waste any time. New …

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TikTok Launches Branded Mission For Brand & Creator Partnerships

TikTok has launched a new way for creators to make money and brands to develop partnerships with some of TikTok’s most famous faces via its new Branded Mission program. According to the platform, the new ad type will let advertisers crowdsource content from creators, turn the most popular videos into ads and improve brand affinity. …

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Facebook Reveals Its Most Popular Content Is… Spam

Meta has released a list of Facebook’s top-performing content during the second half of 2021. In a somewhat awkward turn of events, in terms of content views and viewers, 30% of the top 20 most popular links resulted from spam or inauthentic behaviour. The top two best-performing links came from the same website, with over …

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