The adage of look-but-don’t-touch is going out of fashion as Instagram brings shopping fashionably in-app. Peruse, ponder, purchase Instagram users will soon notice that if a post happens to contain an adorable shopping bag icon, you can tap for details and even buy the item being pictured. Louis Vuitton, Aritzia, and Adidas are just a […]
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A change has come to Instagram Stories. When a user mentions another user within a story, that user can repost while adding an additional video or photo. Stories upon Stories The new feature is being called @mention Sharing and works when users are tagged within another story. When the original poster mentions someone, a message stating
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Roll the clock back two years and Snapchat was living large, charging brands up to $500,000 a pop to sponsor Lenses. Now advertisers can purchase ad space for as low as $2.95 per thousand impressions. Desperate or clever? To put that into context, Facebook charges $5.12 per thousand while Instagram bills $4.20, the difference is that
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Inspired by Facebook’s Creative Shop, Instagram has shared their top tips and tricks to bring your business with the greater community. Dozens of strategies The eyedropper tool, colour scheme options, text edits, and font styles are apart of the latest recommendations and tips. Embrace the colours with the new rainbow hue font. Just write down
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Once more proving originality's not that important in social media, Instagram plans to unveil its own Snapchat Discover-like video hub. Longer vids Instagram has set plans in motion to offer dedicated avenues for scripted shows, music videos, and 4K full-screen formats, among the many features of the new video hub. Popular social media stars and content
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Google-owned YouTube is being watched by 85% of teens amongst what may be a great shift in social media monopolies. The new cool In a recent study released by Pew Research Center, compiled from interviewing 700 teens across the world, the analytics have revealed that YouTube has over taken Facebook in popularity and use. Pew
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LinkedIn’s continuing mission to engage users with networking strategies is turning its attention to effective text and sticker use. Fun and professional Sharing is the heart of LinkedIn Video and the best way to capture attention is to use all the tools at your disposal, including the new flourishes. To help foster a creative video
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A gaggle of reporters recently assembled at Facebook’s new San Francisco office to better understand the Instagram feed ranking algorithm. Secret recipe Back in July of 2016, users were missing 70% of all posts and as many as 50% of their friend’s, but Instagram’s new algorithm has brought millions to the app. Despite the negativity
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The most recent internet and technology report from the Pew Research Center studied important social media metrics for US users born after 2000. Findings? YouTube and Snapchat are each leaders, in their own way. Most broadly used versus Most often YouTube is the most broadly used social media platform for teens. 85% of the age
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After rocky reviews over location and user data sharing, Snapchat is looking for a better way to bring users back to Snap Map. A map to success has no shortcuts Snapchat allows users to share ongoing location data in real-time to friends or have their location requested, which critics worried could be exploitive. Location sharing
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