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Source: Social Media Today As video continues to gain traction among LinkedIn users, the platform has announced some new video ad options, including “First Impression Ads,” which offer more opportunity to grab attention, as well as expanded CTV Ads...
Source: Techcrunch TikTok is rolling out AI-powered Smart Keyword Filters to allow people to limit content they don’t want to see on their For You page, the company announced on Tuesday. Continue reading
Source: Techcrunch TikTok announced on Tuesday that it’s officially launching TikTok for Artists, a new music insights platform that is designed to help artists build their careers. The official launch comes two months after TikTok was spotted testing the...
Source: Social Media Today TikTok has announced a range of new ad options and tools at its fifth annual “TikTok World” event, including updated audience analytics, new AI-powered catalog ads, improved creator partnership insights, and more. Continue...
Source: Social Media Today Instagram has announced that it’s expanding access to its comment filtering tools, with all creators with over 100,000 followers now able to access additional comment filters including “top comments,” “newest first,” and “follower...
Source: Techcrunch X’s new DM feature, XChat, has begun rolling out to beta testers. Some X users who pay for the platform’s subscription product have reported that they can access XChat, while reverse engineer Nima Owji confirmed to TechCrunch that the new...
Source: Social Media Today YouTube’s testing out a new option that will enable Shorts viewers to search whatever they can see in a Shorts clip, using Google’s Lens technology to scan Shorts videos for objects, people, language that can be translated, etc....
Source: Social Media Today YouTube’s rolling out a new ad option for livestreams, with side-by-side mid-roll ads, which will now be displayed on eligible CTV and web broadcasts. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today LinkedIn’s adding some additional post analytics elements, in order to provide more insight into how your content is driving engagement and interaction in the app. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today Instagram has announced that the platform now supports 3:4 aspect ratio photos, which is the native format for more phone cameras. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today LinkedIn’s expanded its Ad Library database of all the ads that it’s hosted in the app, with a new Job Library segment, which provides the same oversight for its paid job listings. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today Instagram’s announced a couple of messaging updates, as it continues to lean into rising DM usage in the app. Continue reading