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Social Media News Roundup: January ’18 Week 4

In social media news this week, Instagram follows in the footsteps of Messenger, Facebook furthers its use for desktops, Whatsapp means business and a new feature called ‘Type’ might change the way we use Instagram Stories for good. Active Four Hours Ago… Alike to Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger, Instagram has

Social Media and the Fitness Industry

Social media and the fitness industry have created a relationship with each other that seems to have taken over social sites such as Instagram. Before social media, fitness was a thing considered solely for the gym, that people could choose to ignore if they wanted to. However, the fitness industry
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Social Media News Roundup: January ’18 Week 3

In social media news this week, a new app changes the way we could read the news, Facebook opens its Messenger app to children and Sony/ATV Music makes a deal with Facebook. Hear all about it…well some of it! New app Zig, which launched this week, hopes to change the way

Social Media and the Festival Season

It’s the time of year when festival ticket releases flood the land, with more and more new events being announced each time. However, it wasn’t always this way and the number of attendees grows each year thanks to the relationship between social media and the festival season. 30.9 million people
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Content Marketing for Social Media

As social media evolves, so must your content marketing. It’s easy to get left behind in such a vast, expanding market, but creating your content marketing for social media platforms will help your brand be consistent and relevant. Create a Strategy for the New Age Draft a strategy for your
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Social Media Trends set for 2018

2017 was a year of great change in social media, and this year will be no different in terms of social media trends. The digital world is constantly improving and evolving, and every day an improvement is made to a social site to propel it above its competition and into
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Social Media News Roundup: January ’18 Week 1

In social media news this week, Germany begins the war on hate speech online, Instagram adds a new feature that recommends posts on a user’s news feed, Facebook expands its Live users on New Year’s Eve and WhatsApp gets an Instagram Stories makeover. Germany V Hate Speech Germany has enforced a
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2017: It’s Not All Doom and Gloom

This year was plagued with doom and gloom and many horrific events, most of which were viewed through social media. However, it’s important to remember how social media has helped people this year! Here’s a few stories about social media from 2017, that will brighten your day…and your year! Child

Twitter’s Battle with Hate Crime

Twitter has recently clamped down even further on hate crime and abuse as it removes posts with derogatory connotations and suspends people who promote negativity and abuse on individuals and groups in society. The one site that emphasised this idea of free speech seems to have taken a step back and changed its
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Social Media News Roundup: December ’17 Week 3

In social media news this week, Facebook changes its algorithm to downgrade certain posts and creates a feature to censor others, Apple buys out Shazam and an app makes it possible to turn your face into an emoji. Facebook Halts the Begging A new algorithm on Facebook means posts that ask