It’s time for my weekly roundup again. This week of WordPress news has been an interesting one. So, let’s dive right in. The focus of last week was mostly on the release date WordPress 5.0 with the inclusion of Gutenberg as a primary goal. As you can imagine, there was a lot of discussion on the […]
New conferences, Gutenberg news and more! • Yoast Read More »
Facebook announced Wednesday that it was testing a way to drive local engagement with relevant news and information in more than 100 U.S. cities. “Today In” aggregates articles from local publishers, as well as what it calls “less-formal” sources of information such as local page posts, events, current discussions, school announcements and interest groups. Users can
Will Facebook’s news aggregation feature increase engagement for local publishers? Read More »
Attend Our Conferences Gain new strategies and insights at the intersection of marketing, technology, and management. Our next conference will be held: April 3-5, 2019: San Jose September 16-18, 2019: Boston × Attend MarTech – Click Here Learn More About Our MarTech Events January 30-31, 2019: SMX West June 3-5, 2019: SMX Advanced × Attend
Marketing Day: YouTube duplicate content crackdown, Facebook’s local news tool, more Read More »
A new report has found that the majority of Twitter accounts which spread fake news ahead of the 2016 election are still active, underlining the ongoing issue. Source link
Social Media Still Has a Fake News Problem – and Digital Literacy is Largely to Blame Read More »
Simon / Pixabay Despite popular belief and the continual espousal of the nightly network talk shows, not all news is “breaking news”. Furthermore, not everyone is interested in reading only breaking news. Sure it is nice to know the latest happenings, but more often than not, journalists, bloggers and even potential customers are doing research
Snapchat has announced a new way to shop in-app, via an integration with Amazon which lets you 'scan' real-world products. Source link
Snapchat Adds News Amazon eCommerce Integration, Facilitating Shopping In-App Read More »
Source: Chartbeat. Social traffic is represented by the yellow line at the bottom; direct by the bright blue line at the top; search by the purple line second from the top. An interesting thing happened on August 3. Facebook was down for nearly an hour in Europe and North America. During that time, many users
When Facebook went down, direct traffic to news sites went up Read More »
Attend Our Conferences October 23-25, 2018: SMX East January 30-31, 2019: SMX West April 2-3, 2019: SMX Munich May 21-22, 2019: SMX London June 12-13, 2019: SMX Paris × Attend SMX – Click Here Learn More About Our SMX Events Gain new strategies and insights at the intersection of marketing, technology, and management. Our next
Pinterest recently announced that its giving third-party influencers access to its API. The move gives brands, influencers, and marketers a chance to collaborate more closely. The company also said it would be adding a total of eight marketing platforms as part of its expanding Marketing Partners program. These include AspirelQ, HYPR, Influence.co, IZEA, Klear, Mavrck, Obvious.ly,
Pinterest Opens Up to Third-Party Influencers, Good News for Brands Read More »
Looking to catch up on the latest social media news, but short on time? We have you covered! This week (episode #113) we’re chatting about all of this and more: How two brands are using social media, particularly Instagram and Instagram Stories, to generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue and why it may
