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Russell Hughes

SMK's guest Editor

How Instagram Expanded Its Broadcast Channels

After the success of its February 2023 launch, Instagram has expanded its Broadcast channels to creators across the globe. Broadcast channels let creators and brands talk directly to their audience via posts in a messenger-like platform. Followers can react to content and participate in polls, but they can’t message back, which Meta describes as a …

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LinkedIn Expands Thought Leadership; Conversation Ads

For marketers looking for new ways to connect with their audience on LinkedIn, there is some good news on the way! LinkedIn is making its Thought Leader Ads and Conversation Ads more widely available from July.  Both ads should help brands to help make more human connections with an audience; Conversion Ads prompt users to …

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[NEW REPORT] Accenture Explores Impact Of Privacy Changes On Marketing

Marketers are being forced to find different ways to advertise due to privacy regulations phasing out data tracking elements such as cookies. Cookies are (or were) great because they allowed marketers to retarget audiences, but that’s all changing – as a new report from Accenture has highlighted. The report is put together using research on …

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Meta Reveals New “Performance Five” Optimisation Best Practices

Meta has released its ‘Performance 5’ framework to help advertisers get the most out of their campaigns. Alvin Bowles, Vice President Americas, Facebook “The Performance 5 framework is based on five actionable best practices that increase your performance when using our ads products.” The framework will help advertisers take advantage of new ad formats and …

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Instagram’s New Twitter Clone Expected to Launch Soon

Is no platform safe from Meta’s army of clone technicians? Not content with copying TikTok’s recipe for success, Meta has told a ‘select group of creators’ that it will be launching a Twitter clone this year. The app will be stand-alone but will feature some integration with Instagram, TechCrunch revealed. It doesn’t have a name …

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TikTok Announces New Brand Engagement Options For Influencer Marketing

TikTok has announced Open Applications; a way for brands to put upcoming campaigns to tender and have interested creators respond to them in the app. TikTok has been developing the program since February and now it’s available to all businesses.  TikTok for Business “To make it easier than ever for brands and creators to find …

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Instagram Chief Explains Latest Algorithm Rankings

Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri has published a new overview of how ranking algorithms work which could help marketers understand how to optimise reach and performance across Instagram. Different strokes for different folks The first thing that social media managers need to understand is that there isn’t one, grand omnipotent algorithm. Instagram consists of a …

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