New automation in Facebook Ads?; Monday’s daily brief

Search Engine Land’s daily brief features daily insights, news, tips, and essential bits of wisdom for today’s search marketer. If you would like to read this before the rest of the internet does, sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox daily. Good morning, Marketers, and are you thinking about 2022 yet? As…

How to access Instagram’s ‘On This Day’ feature

Every now and then my mom gets a rush of nostalgia and goes digging through old family photo albums. She’ll find some embarrassing picture of me from 10 to 20 years ago which ultimately finds its way into my texts with the caption: “🎶 🎶 Meeeeeemmorriieeeessss 🎶 🎶” In that way, my mom is almost…

YouTube killed Discord’s most popular music bot, Rhythm

Discord, the Slack-like chat and streaming app that’s become a preferred gathering place for online gamers, is about to get a little less musical. The music-streaming bot called, Rhythm, a third-party plugin for Discord servers that lets users stream in music (or really any audio) directly from YouTube, is going offline. The service will cease…

How to create an IGTV series

If you thought you’d never be able to make your own TV series, think again. Well, it’s IGTV. Which is kinda like TV, except it’s on Instagram, which, if you think about it, is basically tiny TV. Forget writing out a whole pilot and pitching it into the digital void hoping that by some semblance…

Pro wrestling learns to accept leaks in the age of social media

Before pro wrestling superstar CM Punk walked out to the ring in front of a sold out crowd at Chicago’s United Center on Friday, Aug. 20, fans were already chanting his name. “CM PUNK! CM PUNK!” These chants are not unheard of at pro wrestling events. Punk is a fan favorite among the hardcore wrestling…

How to drive the funnel through content marketing and link building

Businesses turn to content marketing because it can be an effective method for building brand awareness and guiding customers through their sales funnel. Yet, many have been unable to capitalize on their content marketing initiatives because they haven’t covered all aspects of the customer journey, didn’t keep track of their assets and wasted resources on…

Houseparty’s shutting down because it’s all about the metaverse now

The Houseparty’s over. The team behind the group hangout app announced Thursday that its curfew had long since passed, and that the app will no longer work as of October. Houseparty, which allowed participants to play various games while hemorrhaging personal data, is to be pulled from app stores “immediately.” But that doesn’t mean it’s…