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Russell Hughes

SMK's guest Editor

Instagram Launches Enhanced Tags for Creators

Have you ever done an incredible bit of work and the credit goes to someone else? It’s incredibly frustrating, isn’t it. Imagine if your income revolves around getting credit for unique and entertaining content ideas… Which is why Instagram is taking steps to make sure creators receive the appropriate credit for their work. Being properly …

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Pinterest Releases News Ads & Ecommerce Offerings at Ads Global Event

Pinterest has announced a raft of new features at its Pinterest Presents global advertiser summit. The new additions include in-stream shopping updates, promoted Idea Pins and a fresh look to its Pinterest Trends tool. For consumer brands already advertising on Pinterest, good job. If not, maybe Pinterest’s latest feature dump might tempt you… Pinterest for …

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Google Announces July 2023 Deadline for Google Analytics 4 Migration

Google has finally released the dreaded timeline for the shift to Google Analytics 4 (GA4), as it begins phasing out Universal Analytics (UA) in 2023. For marcomms teams that rely on Google Analytics – which is most – the shift to GA4 is undoubtedly one of the key tasks of 2022. For those that never …

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Instagram releases auto-generated captions for video

The war between Meta and TikTok shows no signs of slowing as Instagram has announced another fresh update for videos. Videos on Instagram will now have an auto-generated caption option, just like they have over at TikTok. It will be available in 17 languages, with more to follow. Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, via Twitter …

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Google Analytics 4 Announces New Personalised Reports

For organisations in 2022, one of the biggest and most painful marketing tasks of the year will be commencing the shift from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4 (GA4). For the time being, Google advises businesses to run GA4 alongside the legacy version of Google Analytics (i.e. Universal Analytics) before gradually shifting to GA4 wholesale …

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Google Rolls Out “Enhanced Conversions for Leads” For Offline Reporting

Despite the recent rise of eCommerce and rapid digital transformation sparked off by the global health pandemic, most business outcomes still take place offline. In effect, creating a near-permanent headache for marketers looking to measure and attribute online to offline business goals. While finding a perfect solution remains some way off, Google has recently made …

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[STUDY] Instagram Engagement Down 30%

There’s bad news for all those Instagram aficionados out there – engagement is down by 30%. A report by Rival IQ has illustrated how the engagement rate per post dropped from 0.98% in 2021 to 0.67% in 2022. However, the drop is not necessarily unique to Insta, with Twitter and Facebook also witnessing declining engagement …

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