October 20, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook is adding two new discovery features to better highlight personally relevant Watch content. Click here to read more.

✔️Facebook is now also updating its Messenger API to include support for Instagram messaging, which will provide you with a range of new connection opportunities through its messaging tools.

✔️Facebook has announced a new advance in its automatic translation tools which will improve communications between users around the world. Learn more about this news here.

✔️Instagram is looking to add another level of protection for both brands and users by letting you set minimum age requirements for branded content. Read about this update here.

HOLIDAYS:

• Apple Day

• Count Your Buttons Day

• Global Dignity Day

• Reptile Awareness Day

• Hagfish Day

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October 19, 2020

Updates:

✔️Instagram has vowed to do more to protect consumers by ensuring that influencers disclose commercial relationships within their posts. Click here to read more.

✔️Google has announced a range of new updates for search, which provide varying levels of functionality for brands, and are worth noting within your SEO approach. Learn more about this update here.

HOLIDAYS:

• International Chef Day

• International Sloth Day

• Information Overload Day

• Suspender’s Day

• Brandied Fruit Day

• Office Chocolate Day

• Community Media Day

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October 16, 2020

Updates:

✔️YouTube has finally  announced a new update to its rules around hate speech, with a focus on reducing the distribution of conspiracy theories like QAnon. Read more about this news here.

✔️Google has published a new, 27-page guide on evolving shopping behaviors, based on search trends, along with advice on how you can align your promotions accordingly. Click here to download the guide.

✔️Recap of this week’s news

HOLIDAYS:

Saturday, October 17th

• Spreadsheet Day

• Repair Day

• Forgive an Ex Day

• Playing Card Collection Day

• Sweetest Day

• Mulligan Day

• Wear Something Gaudy Day

• International Day of the Eradication of Poverty

• Bridge Day

Sunday, October 18th

• Toy Camera Day

• Chocolate Cupcake Day

• No Beard Day

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October 15, 2020

Updates:

✔️Google announced a service that helps podcasters gain more listeners from Google and get listener analytics data. Click here to read more about this Google update.

✔️Zoom added a new event discovery and monetization features, which will let paid Zoom users create and host ticketed online events. Learn more about this Zoom feature here.

HOLIDAYS:

• Get Smart About Credit Day

• World Students’ Day

• Chicken Cacciatore Day

• Conflict Resolution Day

• White Cane Safety Day

• Global Handwashing Day

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October 14, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook has announced a new look for Messenger. Learn more about this update here.

✔️Twitter looks to be testing a new prompt which would ask you if you want to hide potentially offensive replies to your tweets in order to avoid arguments and negative interactions in the app. Click here to learn more.

✔️YouTube has provided an update on this process, including a full overview of how you can go about getting a verification badge for your channel. Learn more how to get verification badge for your channel here.

✔️NEW PODCAST: How to Become an Amazon Seller with Janis Carmena.

HOLIDAYS:

• Get Smart About Credit Day

• World Students’ Day

• Chicken Cacciatore Day

• Conflict Resolution Day

• White Cane Safety Day

• Global Handwashing Day

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October 13, 2020

Updates:

✔️Facebook provides tips on maximizing closed captions in video content. Learn more about this here.

✔️Facebook announced a significant change in how it approaches Holocaust denial content on its social network. Click here to read more.

✔️TikTok briefly stopped working properly as users found their profiles empty and the app asking them to change their username. Read more about this news here.

HOLIDAYS:

• Dessert Day

• International Top Spinning Day

• Pet Obesity Awareness Day

• Take Your Parents To Lunch Day

• Emergency Nurses Day

• World Standards Day

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October 12, 2020

Updates:

✔️Yesterday was Coming Out Day, which celebrates the LGBTQ community, And to mark the event, Facebook has announced a range of new features and presentations. Read more about this update here.

✔️Twitter has announced a range of new measures designed to stop the spread of misinformation, including significant design changes that have been built into the tweet process, which should prompt you to think twice before amplifying certain messages. Click here to read more.

✔️LinkedIn has published a new set of stats and tips to help nonprofits maximize their messaging on the platform. Learn more about this update here.

HOLIDAYS:

• Own Business Day

• Train Your Brain Day

• Face Your Fears Day

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October 9, 2020

Updates:

✔️ Facebook has announced a new 'Season of Support' initiative to provide a boost to SMBs in the last quarter of the year, which will include free resources, education and training to help you make the most of the holiday season. click here to read more about #BuyBlackFriday.

✔️Instagram has launched yet another set of updates for Reels, in order to further align the tool with TikTok usage trends. The latest Reels updates are all about audio, and helping users engage in music-related trends in the app Read more about this update here.

✔️Twitter could be set to remove the current retweet menu options, and open direct to a 'Quote Tweet' composer window instead. Click here to read more.

✔️Recap of this week’s news

✔️We kick off our Fall Accountability Challenge in Front Row VIP today at 12PM ET. If you’d like to get in on this challenge, go to frontrowvip.com and join us!

✔️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, October 10th

• Hug A Drummer Day

• SHIFT10 Day

• World Mental Health Day

• Handbag Day

• World Homeless Day

• World Porridge Day

• Cake Decorating Day

• I Love Yarn Day

Sunday, October 11th

• Coming Out Day

• Sausage Pizza Day

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