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MailChimp has launched Product Blocks, designed to help e-commerce stores feature multiple products in email campaigns. Shopping centre Once your store is connected to MailChimp, you can add Product Blocks via the Campaign Builder. After a product is selected, details such as images, title, price, and URL will automatically be pulled in from your store. […]
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In the rush of the silly season you may have missed it – but Facebook is testing a new desktop layout. Easy does it The new look layout sports customisable sections, includng the middle column, along with templates for different business types. There's also an easier way to share unique URLs for each tab. Smooth
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One of the internet’s most popular repositories of GIFs and silly memes, Imgur has rolled out some distinctly social features for its updated mobile app. Instant chat and more Despite its huge online user base, Imgur has long lacked functionality that makes it easy to follow, share and chat with others. Previous efforts to incorporate
Already one of the most recognisable CMS platforms on the market, the WordPress team is ramping up with the release of WordPress 4.7. Dubbed the ‘Vaughn’ update in honour of jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, WordPress 4.7 seems to target businesses that are ready to make their first move into the online environment. Already reputed as
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Snapchat has just announced its first ever Australian usage stats. It turns out four million Aussies are busy Snapping every day. Snap that Almost one third of these users are aged 18 – 24 years, followed by 25 – 34 years (28%), and 35+ (18%). Its active daily user count places Snapchat around the same
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For iPhone users, it’s about to get easier than ever before to read and follow up on other people’s embarrassing queries. Yahoo’s uber-popular question-and-answer site, Yahoo Answers, now has its own iOS app: Yahoo Answers Now. A hive of quiet activity Around 6 months ago, Yahoo quietly launched an app called Yahoo Hive in Apple’s
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Off the back of an update to its targeting capabilities, Google says its Play store ads have generated over three billion app installs. Now the tech Giant wants to make it easier for marketers to promote their apps. Now, Google has unveiled three new features for to promote apps with its Universal App Campaigns service.
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Who says brand loyalty is dead? A new study from Facebook suggests the opposite is true, even among millennials. True love? Facebook IQ surveyed 14,700 adults in the US, looking at loyalty across the Auto Insurance, Airlines, Hotels, Grocery, and Restaurant industries. It turns out 77% of respondents return to the same brand regularly. Thicker
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The Advertising Standards Board (ASB) is the advertising industry’s self-regulatory body and reviews complaints about advertisements against various (mostly) voluntary industry codes. Complaints can be about any form of advertising – including on social media. What happened? The ASB received complaints about a pop up ad on Facebook for the movie Sausage Party. The ad showed
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As we're about to wrap up for 2016, we'd like to take the opportunity to thank all our readers and clients for their time and support over the past year. The last twelve months have been busy here at SMK Central Command. We've launched a bunch of new course topics including Snapchat, Messenger, Social Analytics,
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