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Source: Social Media Today LinkedIn hosted its first-ever presentation at NewFronts yesterday, where it primarily focused on the growth of video in the app, and new offerings that it’s introduced to help brands tap into this to maximize their marketing efforts....
Source: Social Media Today LinkedIn’s rolled out some improvements to its post embedding process, which now enable you to embed video content in isolation, as opposed to having to attach the whole post on your website. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today Pinterest is looking to enhance discovery in the app, by adding more options for visual search, which will make it easier for users to segment different elements of each Pin image to find related, or more personally relevant products....
Source: Social Media Today After testing them out over the past few months, Pinterest has now officially launched its new AI-generated content labels, as part of an expanded effort to address the influx of AI generated content in the app. Continue...
Source: Social Media Today TikTok’s added a new goal for its Promote ads, which is its own version of Meta’s “Boost” option, with brands now able to optimize for DMs from potential customers via third-party messaging apps, and not just the TikTok inbox. ...
Source: Social Media Today YouTube has announced some updates to its CTV app for smart TVs and Gaming Consoles, while it’s also added a new upload progress display in the main app, and additional caption customization options for Shorts in its latest round of...
Source: Techcrunch X is now allowing select creators to upload videos in 4K resolution as it seeks to boost engagement and keep users from going to YouTube or Vimeo to watch videos. The feature will be available to all premium subscribers soon, according to a...
Source: Social Media Today LinkedIn’s looking to make it easier for people who use alternate names to get verified in the app, by enabling the use of your real name when listed as a secondary title, when going through the verification process. Continue...
Source: Social Media Today Meta has launched a new, separate AI chatbot app, essentially its own version of ChatGPT, which it hopes will help conquer rivals in the AI race. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today Meta’s looking to get more people cross-posting, this time via a new prompt on Threads, which suggests that users share their Threads posts to IG Stories as well. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today LinkedIn will now enable third-party platforms to display its ID verification markers, as a means to expand identification to more web elements. Continue reading
Source: Social Media Today Now, you can add “dynamic overlays” to your catalog ads, showing price, discounts, etc., presented as a sticker type element on the product image. Continue reading