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Facebook’s New Lead Generation and Customer Acquisition Tools

Facebook upgrades on-platfrom features due to Apple privacy clampdown Facebook has unveiled new engagement, lead generation and customer acquisition tools in a broad update that includes a whole raft of changes. Apple's new privacy features are undoubtedly a threat to how Facebook allows businesses to conduct business on the platform. These new features can be […]

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Facebook Unravels Page Verification for Facebook & Instagram

Facebook explains the mythical blue-tick The coveted social media blue-tick has had social media users in a tailspin since its inception. The ultimate standard of making it, of quality, of legitimacy. However, for many years now, account verification has been somewhat shrouded in mystery and pseudo-science, but thankfully for no longer on Facebook and Instagram.

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TikTok Partners with Canva and Vimeo

TikTok streamlines creative processes with easy design tie-ups TikTok has partnered with Canva and Vimeo to help marketers build better short-form video content. Brands will now be able to build TikTok creative assets in Canva or Vimeo and upload it straight into TikTok Ads Manager. Since marketers will be producing the content in Canva or

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Instagram Opens Lid On Search Algorithms

Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, explains how to boost Search rankings Following Instagram's recent breakdown of its algorithms for Feed, Stories, Reels and Explore, Instagram has lifted the veil on how its search algorithms work. The original objective of Search was to help users navigate the platform. However, now Search plays a much more significant

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Facebook Announces Facebook Reels Trial

Facebook joins Instagram in short-from video war with TikTok Facebook's battle with TikTok looks set to continue into 2022. Following in the footsteps of Instagram, Facebook has announced that testing has begun on Facebook Reels. It's no surprise to see Facebook continue the fight against TikTok, which is now the most downloaded mobile app globally.

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Pinterest expands influencer marketing features

Pinterest joins Insta, YouTube, Facebook & TikTok in Creator Commerce push Pinterest is finally flexing its social commerce muscles, offering brands and creators new opportunities, in line with Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok etc. Pinterest has announced new tools to allow marketers to partner with creators to drive sales through Idea Pins. Idea Pins launched in

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YouTube bets big on TikTok clone Shorts

YouTube invests in Creators to drive short-from video success YouTube has bet big on TikTok clone Shorts – to the tune of $100 million. Amy Singer, Director, Global Partnership Enablement for YouTube Shorts “We’re introducing the YouTube Shorts Fund, a $100M fund distributed over the course of 2021-2022. Anyone is eligible to participate in the

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