Category: Industry News

3 Social Media Trends You Can’t Miss in 2014 [Infographic]

Patrick Carroll

Dec 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...

This Week in Social Media: Twitter Gets a Makeover, Facebook Updates Ad Techniques, Instagram Competes with Snapchat, and More!

Carolyn Coates

Dec 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...

This Week in Social Media: Instagram Rumored to Add Messaging, LinkedIn Launches Showcase Pages, an App to Virtually Mourn Loved Ones, and More!

Carolyn Coates

Nov 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...

This Week in Social Media: New Snapchat Stories, Twitter Photos Show in Stream, Google+ Cover Photo Changes and More!

Carolyn Coates

Nov 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...

This Week in Social Media: Pinterest Starts Related Pins, Respond to Twitter’s @MagicRecs Messages, Facebook Tracks Cursor Movement, and More!

Carolyn Coates

Nov 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...

The Latest in Search from Google: Matt Cutts shares what you NEED TO KNOW #PubCon

Krista Neher

Oct 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...

This Week in Social Media: Schedule Tweets in Twitter, Review Facebook Places, Foursquare Helps Find Nearby Friends, and More!

Carolyn Coates

Oct 18 2013

This week in social media brought many updates for Twitter including the ability to schedule tweets and new direct message settings. Facebook again altered privacy settings and is allowing reviews for places while Foursquare helps identify nearby friends and places....

This Week in Social Media: Hootsuite Shows Retweeters, Watch TV in Twitter, How Not to Connect with Your Audience and More!

Carolyn Coates

Oct 11 2013

This week in social media brought a long-awaited update for Hootsuite, privacy changes in Facebook, data changes in Google, a NY Comic Con blunder, and a Twitter feature coming soon. 1. Hootsuite Shows Retweeters Today, Hootsuite announced the new feature...

This Week in Social Media: Facebook Allows Edits, Promoted Pins, Twitter Recommendations, Google Continues its Takeover, and more!

Carolyn Coates

Sep 28 2013

This week in social media brought a long-awaited update to Facebook mobile, a new network for advertisers to jump on, Twitter recommendations, YouTube allows offline viewing, Google continually showing its power, and to iPad apps for entrepreneurs and small business...