Social Review Week of Jan 13th

admincw facebook, Google, Instagram, Jen Lehner Media, social media, spotify, Twitter 0 Comment Jan 27, 2020

FACEBOOK NEWS
- Reducing the price of its flagship Oculus Go VR headset as it seeks to advance consumer take-up of VR.
TWITTER NEWS
- Launched a new Reactions option in direct messages, which enables you to quickly add an emoji response to any message.
- Updated the format of its TV show reminder buttons, which notify you when TV shows will go to air.
- Tweet editing is looking less and less likely, with CEO Jack Dorsey now ruling out the option.

INSTAGRAM NEWS
- Adding a new way to easily find and re-share Stories mentions of your profile.
- Making it easier for creators to upload videos to IGTV.
GOOGLE NEWS
- Now gathering topically-related searches that you’ve conducted in the past into defined collections, in order to make your search history more functional.
- Expanded its mobile search listing format, displaying website icons and domain names, to desktop queries.
SPOTIFY NEWS
- Testing a way for influencers post Stories to introduce their own playlists

Gathered from jenlehner.com

Marketing/ Music News/ Social Media

Dolly Parton sparks ‘LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Tinder’ photo trend | GMA

admincw Dolly Parton, facebook, Good Morning America, Instagram, LinkedIn, Tinder 0 Comment Jan 26, 2020

Dolly Parton has sparked a new trend.

The country singer, who celebrated her 74th birthday on Sunday, shared four different photos of herself to Instagram and labeled each one “LinkedIn,” “Facebook,” “Instagram” or “Tinder.”

The tag indicates which picture would be most appropriate for each social media platform.

See the other entertainers that followed and Read more at GoodMorningAmerica.com

Marketing/ Social Media/ Tech news

LucidPix app turns photos into 3D, and Facebook feeds will never be the same – CNET

admincw app, camera, LucidPix, mobile app, photos 0 Comment Jan 25, 2020

Whether you have a new phone like the iPhone 11 or an older one like a Motorola Moto G6 or iPhone 6S, you can now take 3D photos with your camera. It’s all thanks to a new app called LucidPix. Instead of requiring a special accessory or two rear phone cameras, the app uses artificial intelligence (AI) to render 3D photos that will move as you tilt and pan your phone.

LucidPix will be available on both iOS and Android later this year, though you can sign up now on the LucidPix website to get early access. The app will be free with a watermark embedded on your photo, but for $1 per photo it can be removed. The free version is aimed at casual users and lets people try the app out before paying for the “Pro” version. The Pro version includes unlimited use of the app for $6 per month or $52 a year.

Read the whole article at cnet.com

Music News/ Streaming

Amazon Music Surpasses 55 Million Customers

admincw Amazon Music, Billboard 0 Comment Jan 24, 2020

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8548657/amazon-music-customers-user-metrics

Amazon Music now has more than 55 million customers globally across all its streaming offerings, while subscriptions to its premium Amazon Music Unlimited service grew by more than 50 percent over 2019.

Back in July, a Financial Times report named Amazon the fastest-growing music streaming service globally, with more than 32 million subscribers worldwide at the time. The report also stated that Amazon Music Unlimited had grown 70% over the past year.

Read the whole article at Billboard.com

Marketing/ Social Media

7 Newest Instagram Stories Features (and How Entertainers Can Use Them). | Falcon.io

admincw Entetainers, Instagram, Stories, Tik Tok 0 Comment Jan 23, 2020

Entertainers here our some ideas to use these tools.

Instagram Create Mode Spice up your stories
Close Friends List add close friends list to those that buy your new album or that by presale tickets to a show
Stories Donation Stickers your favorite charity will have fees paid for by Instagram, start sharing the love!
Shoppable Tags in Stories add shop tags to your stories, not just yours but other entertainers you respect.
AR Filters Try before you buy that new merch shirt or hat!!
Instagram Music Stickers Add your music to your story or have others join in to be a close friend!
Reels Tik Tok comes to IG! Get that fan base singing your praises

Read the whole article and steps to use these ideas at Falcon.io

Marketing/ Social Media

Pinterest Trends gives marketers a view of the top U.S. searches on the platform | Marketing Land

admincw marketing, Pinterest, social media, trends 0 Comment Jan 22, 2020

The new tool provides data on search terms over the last 12 months, along with when those terms peaked.

Pinterest Trends is still in beta and will become available on desktop in the U.S. over the coming weeks.
The company also announced the Pinterest 100, its annual report on the top emerging trends for the coming year.
Google has also announced its own list of trending consumer searches. Dubbed the Google Shopping 100, the page lists specific products that are rising in popularity this holiday season.

Read the whole article at Marketingland.com

Marketing/ Social Media

Top 10 YouTube Stats for 2020 [Infographic] – SocialMediaToday

admincw video, Youtube 0 Comment Jan 21, 2020

Video is the best performing content type across every social media network, and YouTube is the leading online platform for video viewing.

If you’re looking to maximize your video campaigns, then YouTube should definitely be in your planning. You can set up a YouTube channel for your business, upload your updates, optimize your listings, and draw increased traffic, both from Google search (note: Google owns YouTube) and on YouTube itself.

And if you are looking to make YouTube a bigger focus in 2020, then this collection of stats from the team at Hootsuite will come in handy. The below infographic highlights some key usage insights for the video platform, which may help you in your strategic planning.

For more context on these numbers, you can check out Hootsuite’s full overview of YouTube here.

Read the whole article at SocialMediaToday.com

Marketing/ Social Media

Will These Be the Biggest Social Media Trends of 2020? | Small Business Trends

admincw 2020, marketing, Small Business Trends, social media, trends 0 Comment Jan 20, 2020

With ever-increasing popularity, a new survey and report from Adobe Spark looks to find out the social media trends that will shape how people work in 2020.

The researchers spoke to business owners, freelancers, marketers, designers, side-hustlers, students and influencers regarding their social media and content creation habits. The goal is to identify the trends around the content they are creating in video, how-to content, remixing and more. Not only that, but Adobe Spark also says these trends will shape what is created on social along with how and why it is created.

By identifying these trends, you can better communicate with your audience on your social media channels. For many small business owners who now use social media as part of their digital marketing mix, the report offers some valuable insights.

202 Social Media Trends Include:

Social Media is the New Branded Homepage
Engaging Video Content (Video has 48% more views than images)
Conversation not Broadcasting (how to convert your viewer)
Social Media and Marketing (3.1 billion people using social media next year)

Read the whole article at smallbiztrends.com

Music News

$10,000 Scholarships to be Awarded to Students Pursuing Music Industry Careers – NBC Los Angeles

admincw 0 Comment Jan 19, 2020

By City News Service • Published at 3:04 pm on January 13, 2020

The nomination period opened Monday for college students pursuing music industry careers to apply for $10,000 scholarships to be awarded by the House of Blues Music Forward Foundation, in partnership with Live Nation Entertainment and the Living Legacy Foundation.

A total of four scholarships will be awarded to college students who are in their junior or senior year, majoring in music business and/or related fields at an accredited college or university in the U.S.

The New Facebook update: How the all-new design looks and works | Pocket-lint

admincw facebook, Pocket-lint, updates 0 Comment Jan 18, 2020

In the history of Facebook, there have been four major redesigns. The latest one, FB5, otherwise known as The New Facebook, might be the most dramatic of them all. It’s a total shift in how Facebook looks and works on desktop and mobile.

INFO

What is the New Facebook?
When will The New Facebook arrive?
How does The New Facebook look and work?
Dark Mode
News Feed and Groups
Other features

Read the whole article at Pocket-lint.com

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