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January 20, 2021

Updates:

✔️Facebook has announced a significant update to its Automatic Alt Text - or AAT - process, which will ensure that more images on the platform are readable by screen readers, enabling vision-impaired users to get a better experience within Facebook's apps. Read the whole article here.

✔️YouTube outlines how ‘Shorts’ views and counted, and how they’ll impact channel analytics. Learn more about this update here.

✔️Pinterest unveiled a new, 'Dynamic Creative' ad process which will let you automate the ad creation and targeting process for your campaigns based on individual user behavior. Read more here.

✔️TikTok is looking to prompt more engagement between creators and their fans with the launch of a new Q and A option which lets you pose questions to creators that can then be answered in future video clips. Check this new update here.

HOLIDAYS 1/21/2021:

  • Hugging Day

  • Playdate Day

  • International Sweatpants Day

  • Women’s Healthy Weight Day

  • Granola Bar Day

  • Squirrel Appreciation Day

 
 

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January 19, 2021

Updates:

✔️Facebook has announced some tough measures to ensure that its platforms are not being used to organize or contribute to such. Read the whole article here.

HOLIDAYS 1/20/2021:

  • Disc Jockey Day

  • Cheese Lovers Day

  • Buttercrunch Day

  • Penguin Awareness Day

  • Day of Acceptance

  • Camcorder Day

  • Museum Selfie Day

 
 

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January 15, 2021

Updates:

✔️ Instagram's currently testing a new option which would let you hide or unhide like counts on your posts. Read the whole article here.

✔️Twitter published an overall strategic guide, which includes prompts, insights, tips and templates to map out your tweet approach. Download the full Twitter 2021 Planning Guide here.

✔️YouTube launched a live test of its product tags with selected creators. Learn more about this update here.

✔️YouTube has added a new metric option within YouTube Studio analytics which shows you how well your video has performed in the first 24 hours after upload. Read the whole article here.

✔️Recap of this week’s news

HOLIDAYS:

Saturday, January 16th is

  • Nothing Day

  • Religious Freedom Day

  • International Hot and Spicy Food Day

  • Appreciate A Dragon Day

Sunday, January 17th is

  • Kid Inventor’s Day

  • Religion Day

  • Cable Car Day

 
 

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January 14, 2021

Updates:

✔️ Facebook has launched a new 'Business Equality' resource center in order to help you increase your focus on diversity and representation within your every approach. Click here to read more.

✔️LinkedIn has launched a new education platform to help you learn more about effective use of LinkedIn ads, and the tactics that you can employ to generate better results. Click here to go to the new LinkedIn Marketing Labs to take any of the courses.

✔️TikTok has announced a raft of changes to its default privacy settings for younger users as part of its ongoing effort to implement better systems to protect vulnerable members of its audience. Which, given the younger skew of its user base, is a particularly important focus for the short-form video app. Read the whole article here.

✔️TikTok has launched a new program to support Black creators, as part of its broader effort to ensure greater diversity and representation on the platform. Learn more about this program here.

HOLIDAYS: 1/15/2021

  • Hat Day

  • Bagel Day

  • Strawberry Ice Cream Day

  • Pothole Day

 
 

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January 13, 2021

Updates:

✔️ Facebook has launched an updated version of its 'Access Your Information' tool, which aims to provide more transparency around the data that Facebook collects, and how it can be used to target you with ads. Click here to read more.

✔️LinkedIn has now officially launched the capacity to add links into your LinkedIn Stories - though it's not available to all users at this stage. Learn more about this update here.

✔️YouTube has launched a new hashtag search option, which provides a full-page display of YouTube videos that include your chosen tag, along with usage insights, all on one screen. Read the whole article here.

HOLIDAYS: 1/14/2021

  • Dress Up Your Pet Day

  • International Kite Day

  • Hot Pastrami  Sandwich Day

  • Organize Your Home Day

 
 

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January 12, 2021

Updates:

✔️Facebook announced that it will remove all posts that include the phrase 'stop the steal' in the lead-up to the inauguration of incoming US President Joe Biden on January 20th. Read the full article here.

✔️Twitter has suspended more than 7000 accounts following the capitol riots. Learn more about this news here.

✔️Snapchat has filed a new patent for its coming Events feature. Click here to read more.

HOLIDAYS: 1/13/2021

  • Sticker Day

  • Rubber Duckie Day

  • Make Your Dream Come True Day

  • Public Radio Broadcasting Day

  • Peach Melba Day

  • Skeptics Day

 
 

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January 11, 2021

Updates:

✔️An Awesome Professional Development Book: “How to Become a Rainmaker” by Jeffrey J. Fox

✔️"Self Care A Daily Affair" by Kirsten Sheriden

✔️Front Row VIP Expert Film Festival - Sign up for FREE here and get reminders about these webinars.

HOLIDAYS: 1/12/2021

  • Kiss a Ginger Day

  • Marzipan Day

  • Poetry at Work Day

  • Pharmacist Day

 
 

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