Updates:
✔️An Awesome Professional Development Book: “Juliet's School of Possibilities: A Little Story About the Power of Priorities” by Laura Vanderkam
Holidays:
Making The First Move Day
Beer Day
World Health Day
No Housework Day
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Updates:
✔️Facebook has now announced the full rollout of the Messenger desktop app, which is available for both MacOS and Windows, and for all users around the world.
✔️Facebook is rolling out some new measures to assist businesses dealing with the impacts of the pandemic shutdowns.
They are also rolling out some new tools to help impacted SMBs connect with their customers via Facebook.
To register for the gift card registry, you can sign up for the program here.
They are also adding a new option that will allow business owners create personal fundraisers on Facebook, in order to call on their customers for support.
And, finally, they are also adding some new Page options which will let impacted businesses list temporary changes to their operations as a result of this pandemic.
✔️Twitter has announced a new update for its Explore tab which will make all of the listed tweets in Explore more location-specific.
✔️Twitter is considering changing the name of its 'Lists' tab in the app to 'Channels', which could help to encourage further content discovery and exposure.
✔️Recap of this week’s news
Holidays:
Saturday, April 4th
DIY Day
Vitamin C Day
Firewalk Day
Carrot Day
Walk Around Things Day
Cordon Bleu Day
Tangible Karma Day
World Rat Day
Pillow Fight Day
Sunday, April 5th
Geologists’ Day
Star Trek First Contact Day
Read A Road Map Day
Hospital Admitting Clerks Day
Go For Broke Day
Caramel Day
Deep Dish Pizza Day
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Updates:
✔️YouTube is currently working on a new feature called ‘Shorts’, which aims to rival TikTok.
✔️Twitter published a new guide book, "Business Leader’s Guide to Elevating Your Social Program", which aims to help businesses put social data to work for more analysis, more insight, and improved performance overall.
Download the ebook here.
Holidays:
Chocolate Mousse Day
Walk to Work Day
World Party Day
Poet in a Cupcake Day
Find A Rainbow Day
Fish Fingers and Custard Day
Tweed Day
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Updates:
✔️Facebook launched a new set of video features which are designed to help you build audiences for your video content, and promote return viewership.
Playlist Update
Series
New Videos Tab
Updates to Bulk Uploader
Check out the specific processes and system details via Facebook's official guide.
✔️Instagram is working on a new option which would let you limit you exposure to sensitive content on the platform via a new setting.
✔️Twitter has published a listing of 20 tweet prompts to get you thinking about what you might want to share, in order to keep the tweets flowing, and keep your brand front of mind by appearing in your followers' feeds.
✔️Twitter publishes a listing of key dates and events of note for month of April 2020 and has also included some tips to help people working from home.
Download Twitter Business Calendar here.
Holidays:
Ferret Day Tell a Lie Day
World Autism Day
Love Your Produce Manager Day
Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
Children’s Book Day
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Updates:
✔️Facebook added a new 'Experiments' section to Ads Manager, which will provide a central home for all your Facebook ad tests and results, making it easier to track and measure your variables - and ultimately, improve your approach.
You can check out Experiments in Facebook Ads Manager here.
✔️Facebook is working on a new 'Auto Status' option for Messenger.
✔️Facebook is adding some new sections to its 'Download Your Data' (Instagram) and 'Download Your Information' (Facebook) tools.
To access Facebook’s self-service tools, click here.
✔️Instagram is considering adding the capacity to go live with more people via Instagram Live.
✔️NEW PODCAST: “Coping vs Thriving: Online Marketing During a Pandemic”
Holidays:
Fun Day
One Cent Day
Day of Hope Reading is Funny Day
Sourdough Bread Day
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Updates:
✔️Facebook is adding some more tools to Facebook Live both for regular users and for professional broadcasters:
They are adding automatic closed captions.
They are also providing new options for fundraising and charity streams.
They are also launching a new tool called Live Producer.
They have also added a helpful new 'Create a Clip' option
They are also beta testing a new graphics overlay option in Producer.
✔️Instagram is testing another Stories addition, a new, animated selfie sticker tool that overlays graphics and effects related to different emoji characters on top of your image.
Holidays:
Crayola Crayon Day
World Backup Day
Eiffel Tower Day
Bunsen Burner Da
International Transgender Day of Visibility
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Updates:
✔️Pinterest announced their 'Verified Merchants' program, you will see a blue checkmark added to brand profiles that meet Pinterest's quality and transparency requirements.
Learn more about Pinterest’s program here.
✔️Instagram is working on a new 'Links' option within its business profile settings that would let you add a new quick link, via a profile button or sticker, to guide visitors to purchase gift cards or make donations.
✔️TikTok launched a new entertainment called “#happyathome” and information initiative to help lighten the mood amid the lockdowns, while also giving you a chance to ask questions to experts and engage with celebrities on the platform.
✔️Recap of this week’s news
Holidays:
Saturday, March 28th
Something On A Stick Day
Black Forest Cake Day
Earth Hour
Weed Appreciation Day
Sunday, March 29th
Neighbor Day
Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day
PayDay It Forward
World Piano Day
Smoke and Mirror Day
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Updates:
✔️LinkedIn has provided some tips on how you can make best use of its platform to better connect and engage with your networks.
✔️Pinterest has provided a new set of tips to help brands that are looking to maintain audience connection amid the crisis.
Download Pinterest's tips here.
Holidays:
International Whisk(ey) Day
Spanish Paella Day
World Theater Day
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