September 21, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook has launched yet another Facebook management platform, called 'Facebook Business Suite', which is focused on making it easier for small businesses to manage their Facebook and Instagram presence from a single platform. Click here to learn more about Facebook Business Suite.

✔️Facebook announced a range of new regulations for groups. Learn more about these Facebook regulations here.

✔️Twitter has announced that it will call on all candidates in the US election race to review their account security settings in order to maximize protection, and reduce potential misinformation and hacking efforts during the campaign. Click here to read more about this update.

✔️While reports suggest that the White House will approve Oracle's proposal to become a 'trusted technology partner' for ByteDance-owned TikTok in the US, the popular video app could still be banned if President Donald Trump decides to veto the deal. Click here to read more.

HOLIDAYS:

• Business Women’s Day

• World Car Free Day

• Doodle Day

• White Chocolate Day

• Hobbit Day

• Ice Cream Cone Day

• Dear Diary Day

• Elephant Appreciation Day

• World Rhino Day

• Chainmail Day

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September 18, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook held their Facebook Connect AR/VR showcase event on Wednesday, where they provided an overview of the latest advances in their next level virtual and augmented reality tools. Read more about these updates here and access Facebook Connect here.

✔️Pinterest has published a new listing of key trends that they’re seeing among their audience, which may help you map out your Pinterest marketing approach leading into the holiday season. Check out their Pinterest's full 'Back to (home) life' trends overview.

✔️Back in May, Google added new listing options on local store searches, like 'curbside pick-up', which helps shoppers arrange to get their items without having to go actually into the business. Now, they are adding some more listing options on this front, with more specific listings of available items in your local stores, and more detail on opening times and delivery options. Read more about this update here.

✔️YouTube has added some new elements to help further hone your YouTube ad campaigns, including advanced data insights and new category targeting. Check out this update here.

✔️Recap of this week’s news.

✔️Hey Don’t miss the Front Row Friday show, I’m going to Livestream @10AM ET on Facebook with  all of these updates from the week, along with any cool new tools I’ve discovered, book shares and maybe a few handy business and marketing tips. You can go to my Facebook page, it’s @thejenlehner or join our community,  The Front Row and that’s at frontrowclassroom.com. 

HOLIDAYS:

Saturday, September 19th

• Talk Like a Pirate Day

• Butterscotch Pudding Day

• Gymnastics Day

• Coastal Cleanup Day

• Eat An Apple Day

Sunday, September 20th

• Punch Day

• Pepperoni Day

• Wife Appreciation Day

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September 17, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook adds new organic post testing option to ‘Creator Studio’. Learn more about this update here.

✔️To mark Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month, Facebook has announced some new tools, including stickers and AR effects. For more information about this update, click here.

✔️While automated captions have been an option for Facebook video uploads for some time, they are now looking to expand their efforts to improve accessibility, which includes the addition of new auto captions for IGTV uploads. Click here to read more.

✔️With the US Presidential Election now less than 50 days away, Twitter has launched a new 'Election Hub' within the Explore section of the app, in order to keep voters informed of key updates with accurate, official information.

✔️Reports now indicate that the White House will indeed support Oracle's new deal to partner with parent-company ByteDance in order to keep TikTok running in the US. Read here for more info.

HOLIDAYS:

• Tradesmen Day

• Cheeseburger Day

• Hug Your Boss Day

• First Love Day

• Concussion Awareness Day

• Grenache Day

• Read an Ebook Day

• Hug A Greeting Card Writer Day

• Respect Day

• Water Monitoring Day

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September 16, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook is launching a new Climate Science Information Center in their main app, which aims to connect us with accurate, timely climate information, in order to support broader efforts to combat global warming and its related impacts. Click here to read more.

✔️Facebook is now adding similar functionality for Messenger, which will let you host video watch parties, via video call or Messenger Rooms, with up to 50 friends in the app. Learn more about this update here.

✔️Facebook has announced some new brand safety controls for video advertisers, with topic exclusions, based on machine learning, and 'publisher allow' lists to better control campaign display. Click here to read more about Facebook's latest brand safety updates.

✔️Twitter has launched a new 'Holiday Hub' mini-site, where it will collect a range of resources and guides to help you (marketers) make the most of the upcoming season. Click here to check out the Twitter Holiday Hub.

✔️LinkedIn has published a revised and updated edition of its 'Mastering Targeting on LinkedIn' guide. Download this guide for free. 

✔️NEW PODCAST: 3 Files Every Entrepreneur Needs For Success 

HOLIDAYS:

• International Country Music Day

• Get Ready Day

• Table Shuffleboard Day

• Locate An Old Friend Day

• Monte Cristo Sandwich Day

• Apple Dumpling Day

• Constitution Day

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September 15, 2020

Updates:

✔️With Apple pushing ahead with plans to introduce new changes in iOS 14 which will explicitly prompt you to opt-into data tracking for each app on your device, digital ad networks have expressed deep concerns over how those changes will impact their core businesses. Click here to read more about this update.

✔️After launching audio clips in tweets back in June, Twitter is now also testing audio DMs with some users in Brazil. Click here to read more about this update.

✔️It looks like TikTok will remain in operation in the US, since software giant Oracle won the bid as the preferred partner by TikTok's parent company ByteDance. Read more about this update here.

HOLIDAYS:

• Guacomole Day

• Play Doh Day

• Teenage Workout Day

• Working Parents Day

• Collect Rocks Day

• World Ozone Day

• Stepfamily Day

• Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day

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September 14, 2020

Updates:

✔️You know way back in the beginning, Facebook started as an app for Harvard students. Today, Facebook released a college only, enclosed engagement space called 'Facebook Campus'. Click here to read more about this update.

✔️Twitter has outlined three new types of election and voting misinformation that it will no longer allow on its platform.Read more about this update here.

HOLIDAYS:

• International Red Panda Day

• World Afro Day

• Cheese Toast Day

• Double Cheeseburger Day

• International Dot Day

• Make a Hat Day

• Batman Day

• GreenPeace Day

• Felt Hat Day

• Butterscotch Cinnamon Pie Day

• Linguine Day

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September 11, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook announced a coming limit on how many ads a business Page can run at any given time in November last year,and today they outlined exactly how their new regulations will apply, with four tiers of advertiser categories that will define how many ads each can run concurrently. Click here to read more about Facebook's coming ad limits. 

✔️Despite ongoing questions about its future, amid negotiations over its sale to a US company to adhere with a US Government order, TikTok was once again the most downloaded non-gaming app in August 2020. Read more about this update here.

✔️Recap of this week’s news

✔️Hey Don’t miss the Front Row Friday show, I’m going to Livestream @10AM ET on Facebook with  all of these updates from the week, along with any cool new tools I’ve discovered, book shares and maybe a few handy business and marketing tips. You can go to my Facebook page, it’s @thejenlehner or join our community,  The Front Row and that’s at frontrowclassroom.com

HOLIDAYS:

Saturday, September 12th

• Video Games Day

• Drive Your Studebaker Day

• Chocolate Milkshake Day

• Programmer’s Day

Sunday, September 13th

• Fortune Cookie Day

• Hug Your Hound Day

• Celiac Awareness Day

• Supernatural Day

• Positive Thinking Day

• Defy Superstition Day

• Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day

• Grandparents’ Day

• Peanut Day

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September 10, 2020

Updates:

✔️Twitter released this new infographic, which showed some very interesting back to school shopping trends. Check out the infographic here.

✔️Pinterest is on the rise, seeing significant increases in overall users and engagement as it builds upon its product discovery focus and further refines its eCommerce tools. Read the full overview of Pinterest's updated feed algorithm process here.

HOLIDAYS:

• Make Your Bed Day

• No News is Good News Day

• Patriot Day

• Hot Cross Bun Day

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