Learn the latest news and trends on the most popular social networks and how to reach and engage your audience with social media marketing best practices.
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For the first time, more US adults are saying they regularly get news from social media compared to newspapers.
Here are 12 ways to make the most out of your social media channels and find the zen zone.
YouTube is warning users that they may see a noticeable decrease in subscriber count as the company purges spam accounts.
Facebook is now testing ads in search results, which are available to businesses in the automotive, retail, and e-commerce industries.
Google is shutting down Google+ four months earlier than originally planned following a second data breach.
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Publishers are seeing much lower Facebook traffic now compared to last year. SEJ is no exception.
Reddit released its 2018 Year in Review report which reveals the rapid growth of video content since introducing native uploads.
YouTube videos in the home tab will now be set to autoplay by default, without audio.
Here are three content marketing lessons that brands can learn from John Lewis’ 2018 Christmas ad.
Facebook has put together a short explainer video with details about how its search results work.
Instagram is launching a new feature that will allow users to share stories with close friends only.
YouTube is rolling out its Instagram-like stories to more users, a feature that has been in testing since last year.
Here are five ways to send more organic traffic with Facebook Messenger bots.
Instagram is introducing the ability to add alt text to photos in an effort to make the platform more accessible.
Facebook is connecting more people to local news and information with an expansion of its “Today In” section.
Google has revealed that viewing habits of YouTube users are changing in three key ways.
YouTube has disabled the creation of video credits, and existing credits will be removed from videos on January 31, 2019.
YouTube quietly announced that it will stop showing all existing annotations starting January 15, 2019.
YouTube will soon begin testing two ads shown back-to-back before a video starts.
Instagram announced it will be introducing redesigned user profiles, which are set to roll out over the next few weeks.
