October 19, 2022

• Meta’s making Branded Content on Facebook Reels available to all creators globally, which will provide another monetization avenue for you, if you are interested. Click here to access a guide book on using Branded Content for Reels..

• TikTok has announced that it’s increasing the minimum age requirement for live-streaming in the app, while it’s also adding a new ‘adults-only’ live-stream category, as well as new keyword filtering options for live comments. Find more info on TikTok’s LIVE safety tools here.

Holidays 10/20/2022:

• Get to Know Your Customers Day

• International Chefs Day

• Office Chocolate Day

• Get Smart About Credit Day

• Brandied Fruit Day

• Information Overload Day

• Suspender’s Day

• Conflict Resolution Day

• Community Media Day

• National Day on Writing

• Youth Confidence Day

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October 18, 2022

• Facebook continues to shift away from news content, in preference for entertaining video (ala TikTok), with the announcement that it will be retiring its Instant Articles offering in April next year. Learn more about this update here.

• In Twitter news…With tweet editing, the most requested social media feature of all-time, recently added to Twitter’s Twitter Blue subscription offering Twitter kind of thought there would be a big revenue increase via new Twitter Blue Subscribptions but no, that’s not the case. Not much of a bump at all. Check this update here.

Holidays 10/19/2022:

• New Friends Day

• Day of Unity

• Evaluate Your Life Day

• Medical Assistants Day

• LGBT Center Awareness Day

• Hagfish Day

• Ride to Work Day

• Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce day

• World Humanitaria Action Day

• International Gin and Tonic Day

• Global Dignity Day

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October 17, 2022

• Instagram is currently developing a new feature called ‘Achievements’ for Reels. Read the full article here.

• Twitter’s looking to further enhance smaller community engagement in the app, with the launch of a new test that will let Communities admins create dedicated audio Spaces within their groups. Learn more about this update here.

• Twitter has now officially launched its new ‘Link Spotlight’ feature for US-based Professional Accounts, which enables brands to add a URL, with a variable CTA button, to their profile in the app. I went to my Twitter Professional account and I don’t see this yet, do you? Learn more about this update here.

Holidays 10/18/2022:

• Chocolate Cupcake Day

• No Beard Day

• Health Care Aide Day

• Necktie Day

• Prayer Day

• World Menopause Day

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October 14, 2022

• Recap of this week’s news

Holidays:

On Saturday

• International Sloth Day

• Sweetest Day

• Mushroom Day

• International Repair Day

• Bridge Day

• Adventure Day

• Global Handwashing Day

• Fetch Day

• Grouch Day

• Costume Swap Day

• I Love Lucy Day

• Motorcycle Ride Day

• Shine a Light Night

• Universal Music Day

• World Students’ Day

And on Sunday

• World Food Day

• Global Cat Day

• Department Store Day

• Feral Cat Day

• Steve Jobs Day

• Dictionary Day

• World Spine Day

• World Toy Camera Day

• Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day

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October 13, 2022

• Meta is holding its Connect conference for 2022 today, where it’s announced a range of new, cutting-edge VR features, including a new Quest headset, new professional integrations to facilitate workplace collaboration, updated interaction tools, control devices, and soon, your VR avatar will actually have legs, so you won’t look like the genie from Aladdin floating around Meta’s VR spaces. Learn more here.

• Google has developed a new process that it’s calling Publisher Advertiser Identity Reconciliation, or ‘PAIR’ for short. Read the article here.

• Snapchat’s taking an interesting approach to Halloween this year, by allowing users to not only try on potential Halloween costumes via AR in the app, but also, to purchase any outfit that they’ve digitally tried on direct from the display. Learn more about this update here.

Holidays 10/14/2022:

• Dessert Day

• Boss’ Day

• Vet Nurse Day

• World Standards Day

• Be Bald and Be Free Day

• I Love You Day

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October 12, 2022

• Twitter has updated its Professional Accounts option with a new analytics display, which provides an updated overview of your overall account performance. Learn more here:

• Last week, Twitter officially rolled out its new 3D Twemoji stickers within its image editor options, replacing the previous 2D versions of the same. Read the update here.

Holidays 10/13/2022:

• Train Your Brain Day

• No Bra Day

• M&M Day

• Disaster Day

• World Sight Day

• English Language Day

• Transfer Money to Your Son Day

• International Skeptics Day

• International Day for National Disaster Reduction

• International Day for Failure

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October 11, 2022

• Meta has announced the line-up for its second Creator Week event, which will include a combination of IRL and online presentations, panels, displays and more, to be held in the first week of November this year. Learn more about Creator Week 2022 here.

• Meta has reported that it’s detected 400 apps, this year alone, which offer fake features and tools that are designed to lure people to log into these apps with their Facebook credentials, which then gives developers access to their data and information. Click here to read the whole article.

• TikTok has added a new ‘Photo Mode’ for still images in the app. As if to say, hey Instagram, you’re going to copy everything we do, well watch this. Learn more about t his update here.

Holidays 10/12/2022:

• Emergency Nurses Day

• Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work  & School Day

• International Top Spinning Day

• Savings Day

• Freethought Day

• Farmers Day

• Fossil Day

• Take Your Parents to Lunch Day

• Curves Day

• Stop Bullying Day

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October 10, 2022

• Meta sees Reels as ‘the future of video’ on its platforms, with engagement with short-form content being one of the only positive growth trends across its apps at present. Read the article here.

• Instagram has announced that it’s testing out some new ad options. Learn more here.

Holidays 10/11/2022:

• Coming Out Day

• Black Girl Day Off

• International Day of the Girl Child

• It’s My Party Day

• Face Your Fears Day

• Spread Joy Day

• Ownn Business Day

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