Shares 549 Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore updates to Facebook’s branded content policies with Holly Homer, Patreon Lens with Steve Dotto, Snapchat…
Congratulations, internet! We’ve ruined another glorious thing. On Friday, beloved cozy and outdoors-y things retailer L.L. Bean announced that it would end its famed lifetime return policy. And social media is at least in part to blame. “What we have seen, and it has come to the point where we had to act upon it,…
Hating on dumb Facebook comments may be on the verge of getting a whole lot easier. Ever the innovator, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have found a way to transfer all the bickering in your feed into something much more orderly. Specifically, downvotes. SEE ALSO: Why social media companies won’t kill off bots On…
It’s been said, many times, but it’s worth repeating: Instagram’s algorithmic timeline is a steaming pile of nonsense. SEE ALSO: Instagram is actively ruining my life with its inhumane algorithm The photo-focused social network replaced its chronological feed with an algorithmic one back in 2016, meaning the content you see is ranked according to the…
Shares 410 The Journey, a Social Media Examiner production, is an episodic video documentary that shows you what really happens inside a growing business. [embedded content] Watch The Journey: Episode 16 The Journey, a Social Media Examiner production. Episode 16 of The Journey follows Michael Stelzner, founder of Social Media Examiner, as he continues to…
Shares 950 Do you want more people to find your blog posts? Looking for tools to help? In this article, you’ll discover six tools that will help boost the visibility of your blog posts. 6 Blogger Tools for Sharing and Promoting New Content by Sandra Clayton on Social Media Examiner. #1: Automate Sharing With SmarterQueue…
Shares 649 Looking for new ways to engage with your YouTube subscribers? Have you heard of the YouTube Community tab? The Community tab allows creators to post updates, create polls, share GIFs, and interact with subscribers and visitors. In this article, you’ll find out how to use the YouTube channel Community tab to engage with…
Bots, bots, everywhere, but nothing good to click. As the social media networks of the world engage in a performative struggle to become good for people’s well being, they have been simultaneously peppered with questions about bots on their respective platforms. The automated accounts degrade the user experience and poison the well, the argument goes,…
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Shares 805 Do you use hashtags for marketing campaigns on Twitter? Looking for hashtag tools to help improve your use of hashtags? In this article, you’ll find seven hashtag tools for researching and reporting on Twitter hashtags. 7 Twitter Hashtag Research Tools for Marketers by Lindsay Bartels on Social Media Examiner. Why Is Researching Twitter…