In a move that could spark concern among some marketers, Instagram is moving to prioritise original content over reposts. Marketers who lean into a lot of user-generated content, memes or even potentially influencer posts or have done so in the past could feel a pinch following Instagram’s latest algorithm updates. In a video posted on …
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How many hashtags should you add to your Instagram posts to make engagement pop? Four? Fourteen? None? According to Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri, hashtags don’t really help with post distribution, so it’s probably not worth losing too much sleep over, either way… Mosseri stated that hashtags are designed to help categorise posts better and …
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Instagram is forever looking at how it can expand and improve its eCommerce offering. Its latest offering will allow all users to tag products in Insta posts, with the option now rolling out first for US users initially. Prior to this update, only creators could tag businesses in posts. But now, any business that is …
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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 …
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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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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TikTok has officially confirmed a massive change to how the platform will operate. Users will now be able to upload videos up to 10 minutes long, an increase in seven minutes from the previous maximum. The option to film longer videos will be rolled out across the globe in the next few weeks, but users …
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 …
Meta will not stop in its quest to beat TikTok at its own game. Its latest attempt is to bring the Instagram-debuted Reels to Facebook. Facebook publicly launched Reels in the U.S in September 2021, and it’s now available in 150 countries, allowing Instagram content creators to cross-post Reels from Insta to reach a broader …
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has provided an overview of the site’s key areas of focus for 2022 – and no surprise – it includes plenty on where it intends to take its short-form product, Shorts. YouTube says Shorts has now passed the five trillion view mark, which shows how important it’s become to the platform. …
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