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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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TikTok mimics Instagram with Stories trial

TikTok joins the Stories party, as Twitter bins its clone The war between TikTok and Instagram just got bigger. Pretty soon, we might be moving into full-on Marvel vs D.C. territory, just without the lycra. We usually bring you news of Instagram trying to do something that either clones, mimics or competes with TikTok as …

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Snapchat Highlights Local Businesses With “My Places”

Snapchat continues to expand organic marketing features Following on from the recent launch of Snapchat Brand Profiles, Snapchat has announced yet another valuable feature for bricks and mortar businesses and organisations with its new My Places feature, via Snap Map. Team Snap, Newsroom “With My Places, Snapchatters can discover more than 30 million businesses, log …

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Instagram Extends Reels to 60 Secs, Insights to 60 Days & more

Instagram streamlines reporting and content creation Instagram has launched another barrage in its war with TikTok as it seeks to tempt creators and brands to make Reels their primary destination for short-form video. We’ve already seen changes to Reels Ads, insights and a massive redesign. The latest news proves how serious Insta is when it …

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YouTube Follows Insta & TikTok With Livestream Shopping Trials

YouTube social commerce comes to influencer livestreams YouTube has upped the ante in the battle to create more revenue from video content. It’s recently announced a pilot test that will allow users to shop directly from livestream videos published by creators and accounts. Matt Madrigal, VP/GM of Merchant Shopping, Google “We’ve been beta-testing an integrated …

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YouTube Launches TikTok Challenger “Shorts” Globally

After dominating longer-form video, YouTube turns to short-form Video sharing monolith YouTube has waded into the TikTok vs Instagram vs Snapchat battle with its take on the short-form video format. Titled YouTube Shorts, it's pretty much a direct replica of TikTok. Chris Jaffe, VP of Product Management, YouTube "Shorts is a new short-form video experience …

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Instagram Turns Influencers Into Cash Cows

Instagram announces new shopping & affiliate marketing features  As with most marketing tactics, influencer marketing has its fair share of problems. From fake followers to pods, to fraud, to contracting, to being tone-deaf, inappropriate behaviour and everything in between. But, perhaps the biggest issue, from a business perspective, is determining return on investment (ROI). Well, …

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