Industry News Articles

• Patrick Carroll
• December 18 2013

2014 is going to change the social media landscape, most significantly for the social media marketers. Here are 3 of the top expected trends in 2014. 1. Google+ is going to become more and more important. As it lurks in the shadows, approaching half a billion users, it’s effect on SEO cannot be ignored. Google+ […]

• Carolyn Coates
• December 16 2013

This week in social media brought many changes to top networks. Twitter now lets users send images through direct messages while unveiling a new app design for easier use. Facebook adds multiple images for ads while taking another step to compete with Snapchat through Instagram. Reddit changes its user agreements and Facebook tries to learn […]

• Carolyn Coates
• November 29 2013

Not only did the past week bring floods of photos from Thanksgiving meals but also the rumors of changes to Instagram. Additionally, Facebook has been improving ads, LinkedIn launched Showcase Pages, Twitter improves search, an app is launched to mourn those lost, and the unfortunate word of the year that has inevitably just caused more […]

• Carolyn Coates
• November 15 2013

 This week in social media brought a variety of changes. Snapchat introduced stories recently while Twitter becomes more similar to Facebook with expanded content in streams. Google+ continues to make changes both in Google+ pages and Youtube. Facebook finally makes scheduling easier! Read on to see how these changes can affect you. 1. Snapchat Stories […]

• Carolyn Coates
• November 01 2013

Happy November! Not only did this week bring Halloween madness blowing up our social networks but a few top sites made some big updates. This week brought related Pins for Pinterest, a new feature with the Twitter recommendation account, Facebook cursor tracking, and new features for Google+ users. 1. Pinterest Introduces Related Pins Pinterest is […]

• Krista Neher
• October 23 2013

This is “straight from the horses mouth” – meaning I’m at Pubcon listening to the updates from Matt Cutts who heads webpsam at Google…. This is where google is going. The Key messages: Social impacts search, identity matters, mobile will be huge so start thinking about it mow and the algorithm is getting better. FUTURE […]