April 16, 2020

Updates:

✔️Youtube makes their video builder custom video creation tool available to more businesses.

✔️YouTube is testing a new 'Video Chapters' option that would display descriptions of relevant sections of your videos within the playback timeline along the bottom of the video post.

✔️Pinterest is adding a new set of businesses to its Pinterest Shop showcase, in order to help provide promotion for those impacted by the pandemic, while also aligning with rising trends on the platform. Pinterest invites you to share your small business story here.

Holidays:

• Haiku Poetry Day

• Blah Blah Blah Day

• Cheeseball Day

• Kickball Day

• Day of Silence

• Bat Appreciation Day

• Nothing Like A Dame Day

• Ford Mustang Day

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April 15, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook will be sharing a weekly schedule of free learning resources you can access that will help you manage your business on Facebook and Instagram in these challenging times. Check back on Mondays to see the weekly lineup.

✔️Instagram has released a new update for the separate IGTV app which will basically highlight  top creators.

Holidays:

• Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day

• High Five Day

• Save The Elephant Day

• Eggs Benedict Day

• College Student Grief Awareness Day

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April 14, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook has published a new, 64-page guide of key tips and notes to help you maintain connection with your Facebook and Instagram audiences during this pandemic.

✔️Instagram has launched a new 'Thank You Hour', a sticker in stories that lets you show gratitude for what’s helping you through this time.

✔️Shutterstock launched a new resource hub for COVID-19 related content and tools, which includes a selection of free visuals for use by Small and Medium Businesses

.✔️NEW PODCAST: “Stop Checking Your Likes: Shake off the need for Approval and Live an Incredible Life” with Susie Moore

Holidays:

• That Sucks! Day

• Anime Day

• ASL Day

• Microvolunteering Day

• Banana Day

• Take a Wild Guess Day

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April 13, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook has added a new 'Quiet Mode' option to help better manage and control your Facebook usage, while they also revamped their 'Your Time on Facebook' listings in order to provide you with more information as to how, exactly, you’re spending your time in the app.

Holidays:

• Dolphin Day

• Look Up at the Sky Day

• Equal Pay Day

• Be Kind To Lawyers Day

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April 10, 2020

Updates:

✔️Instagram has now expanded user access to Instagram Direct messages via the web version of the app, letting you interact with your Instagram DMs via desktop.

✔️Recap of this week’s news.

Holidays:

Saturday, April 11, 2020

• Pet Day

• Cheese Fondue Day

• Submarine Day

• Barbershop Quartet Day

Sunday, April 12, 2020

• Deskfast Day

• Licorice Day

• Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day

• Walk on Your Wild Side Day

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April 9, 2020

Updates:

✔️Pinterest is adding a new 'Shop' option to your Pinterest boards, which will provide buyable product recommendations based on the Pins you've added to your collection.

• They are also adding a new 'Shop' tab in search results, which will make it easier to shop in-stock products when you are searching on the platform.

• They are also now adding a new 'Shop Similar' button in visual search results, which will make it easier for you to hone your searches onto immediately available products when seeking inspiration based on Pin content.

✔️LinkedIn has now made its new Events option available for all company pages as part of its efforts to assist brands dealing with the pandemic impacts.

Holidays:

• Golfer’s Day

• International Safety Pin Day

• Sibling Day

• Passover

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April 8, 2020

Updates:

✔️An Awesome Professional Development Book: “Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master” by Brad Gilbert

Holidays:

• Unicorn Day

• ASMR Day

• Name Yourself Day

• Cherish An Antique Day

• Winston Churchill Day

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April 7, 2020

Updates:

✔️ZmURL is a free tool that lets you customize your Zoom video call invite URL with a title, explanation and image that will show up when you share the link on Twitter, Facebook or elsewhere.

✔️Facebook Ads is important for your business during this pandemic check the reasons why here.

✔️New Podcast: “The Middle Finger Project by Ash Ambirge”

Holidays:

• Zoo Lovers Day

• Day of Pink

• Draw a Picture of a Bird Day

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