Social Media Daily News Roundup 17.07.19
Today’s social media news, rounded up in one place so you don’t have to go anywhere else.
💡 Everybody’s suddenly posting pictures of what they’ll look like when they’re old — here’s how
💡 YouTube Announces New Revenue Opportunities For Creators
💡 HubSpot’s free users get a premium upgrade
💡 Dogs on treadmills: Publishers are finding LinkedIn isn’t just for business and careers news
💡 Facebook Now Shows You More Reasons Why You’re Seeing An Ad
Everybody’s suddenly posting pictures of what they’ll look like when they’re old . - CNBC
Everyone’s suddenly posting pictures of what they might look like when they’re old. People are posting results on Twitter, and it’s provided a few good laughs in our work chat. If you’re wondering how they’re doing this, it’s by using an an app called FaceApp, which is now the top trending free app in the iTunes App Store. You can download and use for free for three days.
YouTube Announces New Revenue Opportunities For Creators - We r SM
YouTube’s Chief Product Officer, Neal Mohan, took the stage at VidCon last week to announce new opportunities for creators to monetise their content and more.
Over the last year, YouTube built on some of its creator monetisation options and added several others. For example, Super Chat is a feature that “allows fans to purchase messages that stand out within a live chat during live streams and Premieres,” and there are now over 90,000 channels that have received Super Chats.
HubSpot’s free users get a premium upgrade - Marketing Land
Users of the marketing platform's free CRM software will now have access to more of HubSpots marketing tools.
Users of HubSpot’s free CRM tools will now be able to send targeted emails and manage social ad spending, according to an announcement from the marketing software provider. The newly accessible capabilities are designed to help HubSpot’s’ small- to medium-size customers save time by integrating the solutions into a single platform for execution.
Dogs on treadmills: Publishers are finding LinkedIn isn’t just for business and careers news - Digi Day
The knock on LinkedIn is it’s just the place people go to look for jobs or sell.
While LinkedIn is known as the platform for professional networking, publishers say stories (article links, videos, graphics) beyond career advice and company news receive click-throughs, views and comments. Last month, LinkedIn announced its algorithm was favouring niche professional interests, and in tandem, publishers have found LinkedIn users are interested in what gadgets to buy, do-it-yourself activities at home and headlines of the day about lifestyle news, not just market movers.
Facebook Now Shows You More Reasons Why You’re Seeing An Ad - We R SM
Facebook is making two changes to “Why am I seeing this ad?” to help users better control their ads experience on the platform and get more information about the advertisers who target them.
Over four years ago, Facebook introduced tools like “Why am I seeing this ad?” to provide greater transparency and control, allowing its users to easily understand and adjust how their information influences the ads they see on its platform. Facebook recently made updates to these tools, but users can still be confused about how to use them effectively. So now, Facebook is making two new changes to “address those concerns.”