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TikTok Unveils Expanded, Richer Video Insights For Businesses

TikTok already offers some of the best free social media creative and trends insights in the business. Be it natively within the TikTok app or via its Creative Center desktop interface, TikTok offers a treasure trove of insights for savvy marketers, copywriters and creatives. Further enhancing this, TikTok has recently rolled out new rich Video …

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TikTok Introduces A Talent Manager Portal For Influencer Agents

TikTok has unveiled plans to make it much easier for brands to work with big-ticket influencers thanks to an update to its Creator Marketplace called the Talent Manager Portal. Creator Marketplace lets brands connect with nearly a million creators across the world. As an extension of that platform, the Talent Manager Portal will allow creators’ …

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Brands Beware! Music Labels Clamping Down On Unlicensed Music Enforcement

You know the music libraries that TikTok and Reels provide? Well, brands have gotten into hot water for using those songs for marketing purposes. Two firms – energy drinks company Bang and makeup brand Iconic – have been taken to court for copyright infringement in TikTok and Reels posts. Bang used music in more than …

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TikTok Partners With Linktree Offering Engagement Boost

TikTok has announced a new partnership with the masters of the “link in bio”, Linktree. TikTok’s latest partnership will offer brands and creators more referral link options and better engagement and conversion opportunities. Building on an existing relationship, this enhanced integration will enrich the experience of businesses or creators who choose to use Linktree and …

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TikTok Increases Video Descriptions To 2,000+ Characters In New Search Play

Businesses on TikTok will have more ways to make sure their content does well in search due to a massive increase in the length of character descriptions. Before the change, TikTok limited descriptions to 300 characters. Now, marketers can type out a whole essay’s worth as they’ll have 2,200 characters to play with. TikTok’s new …

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TikTok Launches Expanded Shopping Ads For Brands

TikTok is on a mission to re-design the marketing funnel to create an “infinite loop” powered by discovery and creativity, and while that might sound a little ‘sunshine and rainbows’, and more than a tad far-fetched, we should all pay attention. That’s because while TikTok’s shopping efforts haven’t brought riches to creators or brands just …

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Meta Culls Facebook Live Shopping, Shifts Focus to Reels  

After a little over two years, Meta has announced it is pulling the pin on Live Shopping. The live stream culling sees Meta shifting its focus to Reels, with the discontinuation of live shopping pencilled in from October 1, 2022. From that date, you will no longer be able to host new or scheduled live …

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Instagram Adds New Editing & Engagement Tools for Reels

It’s been a mixed week or so for Instagram, which announced new tools for Reels but has backed down on other changes after criticism from users, creators and celebs alike. We’ll address that awkward turn-around later because there’s a bit to get through regarding the new features. Until now, Reels has been focused on videos. …

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