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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September 9, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook will pay some users as much as $120 to not use the app or Instagram ahead of the 2020 election as part of a study. Learn more about this news here.

✔️Instagram's now trying out a few more ways to boost Reels exposure, and get more people using the option. Read more about this update here.

✔️Google has announced the launch of the latest update to its Android operating system, which includes a new focus on messaging, advanced privacy features and a new call ID system to improve response to business outreach. Click here to read more.

HOLIDAYS:

• World Suicide Prevention Day

• Swap Ideas Day

• TV Dinner Day

• Alpaca Day

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September 8, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook continues to push ahead with Watch, and has outlined some new tools to help you discover more relevant Watch content, based on your interests. Click here to read more about this update.

✔️For Google Meet, they are now rolling out more controls for teachers and admins to offer a better experience. Read more about this update here.

HOLIDAYS:

• Teddy Bear Day

• Quiet Day

• Wienerschnitzel Day

• Wonderful Weirdos Day

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September 7, 2020

Updates:

✔️After giving you the capability to export your posted photos and videos to Google Photos last December - the first step in their broader Data Portability initiative - Facebook is now also facilitating the transfer of your Facebook visual content to Dropbox and Koofr, as it continues to explore new options in this respect. Learn more about this update here.

✔️Facebook is letting some users view Instagram Stories on Facebook. Check this update here.

✔️Facebook added some that they are taking in order to uphold the integrity of the 2020 US Presidential Election. Read more about this news here.

✔️LinkedIn is now testing a new option that would let users add URL links to their LinkedIn Stories frames. Learn more about this update here.

HOLIDAYS:

• Star Trek Day

• Pardon Day

• Iguana Awareness Day

• Actors’ Day

• World Physical Therapy Day

• Literacy Day

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