SOCIAL SNAPSHOTS – 12.04.2023

April 12, 2023

Get ready to be the life of the virtual party with our weekly social snapshot, filled with all the latest and greatest social media updates to keep you in the loop and on top of your game!

Get started with Instagram Direct tips.

Instagram shares tips for businesses on using direct chats to stay in touch with their audience.

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Raising questions about ‘Free Speech’ in the app.

Twitter disables likes, replies, and retweets if a tweet has Substack links, users have been seeing warnings pop-up, up in both apps, when trying to link to the other.

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Bye bye blue checkmarks 👋🏻

Elon Musk announces the actual date for the removal of all legacy checkmarks will be April 20th.

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TikTok launches new push on In-Stream purchasing 🚀

Following the success of its shopping initiatives in China, TikTok’s currently inviting selected retailers to join its in-app shopping push.

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D2C has a channel problem Why platform roles and better creative are replacing the old channel plan Direct to consumer brands don’t need more social channels in the plan. What’s needed is a clearer ‘platform stack’ (sorry not being nerdy, but this is the best term I can think of!).
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Snapchat for B2B. No, we’re not joking – and no, we won’t apologise for the poor joke attempt in the title. The US platform says that it is the ‘new destination for B2B marketing’. A bold statement. But is it backed up by data? Well – sort of. But also…
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AI promised time back. It lied If you’ve switched AI on and somehow feel busier, you’re not imagining it. You’re now managing a tool, training it, checking it, and explaining it to everyone else. The day job still exists. That’s why we ran our “Thank fck, practical AI for marketers”…
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