Periscope, Twitter’s live streaming video app, is now testing a new Periscope Sketching feature that allows users to draw and doodle on top of live-streamed video. How Periscope Sketching Works The Periscope Sketching feature, which is expected to go live shortly, will allow users to choose from several color options, and will also have an eyedropper tool that will copy a ... Read More »
Your customer experience should be transparent, direct, and social. It should be proactive and reactive, and you should engage with everyone, regardless of the types of insights they share. That’s the premise behind recently-released book, Hug Your Haters, by Jay Baer, who has provided data-backed metrics to support the reasoning that it helps to engage with your customers. Not only ... Read More »
Recently, Twitter unveiled a new feature called #Stickers that’s aimed at making photo tweets both more creative and more fun. Nowadays, it’s hard to find a communications app that doesn’t use stickers. WeChat, Snapchat, WhatsApp and Messenger are just a few of the many platforms that allow users to paste virtual cartoons into messages. Twitter recent announcement means its 310 ... Read More »
Popular web-based social media management platform Hootsuite has integrated Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) OneDrive, Box and other content sources into its publishing platform. The integration will allow you to access GIFs and photos from other digital assets directly from your cloud content repositories within Hootsuite. “Hundreds of millions of people across the globe use Dropbox to work and collaborate ... Read More »
Ladies and gentlemen. We come together today to once again mourn the loss of Facebook organic reach, to share the grief all of us marketers feel. And perhaps, in that sharing, we can find the strength to look toward the future with some hope. Facebook Organic Reach Takes a Big Hit Yes, organic reach on Facebook is abysmal and getting ... Read More »
Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge from a few years back? The viral videos had everyone from LeBron James to former President George W. Bush getting buckets of icy water dumped onto their heads — all for a good cause, of course. The Ice Bucket Challenge was created to support research into a cure for ALS, or Lou Gherig’s Disease. But ... Read More »
With so many potential customers on Facebook, and more likely on the way, it’s almost a must for businesses to have a presence there. If you want to know how to create a Facebook business page, but aren’t sure where to start, here’s a simple step-by-step guide to help you get the most out of your new page. How to ... Read More »
Following allegations that Facebook “censors” viewpoints its employees don’t like, Finland-based cyber-security company F-Secure has suggested certain steps that people can take to “uncensor” the Facebook News Feed to give users some control over what they like to see. According to the cyber-security expert, Facebook users would never be able to control the ‘Trending’ section of the site, which the ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook will prioritise posts from friends and family more now It will have the option to give weight to certain friends’ posts by selecting ‘See First’ Facebook does not explicitly address Trending Topics kerfuffle Facebook on Wednesday published its “News Feed Values,” an attempt to offer a clear explanation of how it chooses the stories that appear at the ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS A report highlighted Facebook tracks location for suggestions Facebook spokesperson confirmed location is one of the factors Users can turn off Facebook’s access to location on phones Facebook users who keep their location turned on may realise that they are being offered friend suggestions based on location, claims a report. We all are familiar with Facebook’s popular “People you ... Read More »
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