Category Archives for "Social Media News"
March 9, 2021
2 New Social Features That Could Change The Way You Post
One of the things about social networks is that they keep on evolving, learning from mistakes and user feedback. In that spirit, there are a couple of new social features, one from Twitter and one from Instagram, that could make a difference in what and how you post in the future. Twitter Undo The first […]
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January 26, 2021
Instagram And TikTok Open New Creator Portals
One of the things that creators on social networks sometimes run into is the fact that it’s not always clear in how to do things. If you’re used to posting one way but want to make a change, finding the information that you need isn’t always easy. Both Instagram and TikTok have announced that they’ve […]
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January 21, 2021
TikTok’s New Q&A Option Can Help Creators Get More Engagement
In an effort to prompt more engagement between TikTok creators and their fans, the platform has rolled out a brand new Q&A option to a selected group of users. This option allows viewers to ask questions directly to the video creator’s profile, which he or she can then like, or use as an idea for […]
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January 13, 2021
- in Social Media News , Tips by Bobby Owsinski
The Best Times For Your Social Media Post In 2021
There’s no point posting on social media if there’s no one there to read it. That’s why timing is everything when it comes to your posting schedule – not only time of day, but the day of the week as well. Here are the latest “best times’ to post on various social platforms for 2021. […]
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December 29, 2020
Make Your Online Life Easier With Facebook Business Suite
If you’re a musician or artist selling merch, you know how powerful Facebook and Instagram can be. That said, it’s a pain to have to individually post to both as it takes twice the time. Facebook does have an app to make this job easier and it’s called the Facebook Business Suite. Business Suite incorporates […]
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November 12, 2020
- in Social Media News , Tips by Bobby Owsinski
How To Avoid The Page Optimization Tricks That Google Hates
We all want our pages to rank high in Google searches, but that’s led to a number of techniques that can actually be counter-productive when it comes to page optimization. The Google search algorithm is pretty quick to catch on to web creators when they try to game the system, but people still keep trying […]
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October 20, 2020
How TikTok Recommends Videos #ForYou
TikTok is probably the hottest social service in the world right now and much of its success is because of its excellent AI-based algorithm. While we’ve discussed how this algorithm works in the past, TikTok itself has provided information about how it comes up with videos for your #ForYou feed. The Recommendation System Just about […]
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July 18, 2019
The Best Times To Post On Social Media In 2019
When it comes to social media promotion, the time of day that you post can be just as critical as the content that you’re posting. There are some generally accepted post times that apply to the various networks, but some new research has tweaked those a little. I’ve posted before about the best times to post, but […]
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November 28, 2018
- in Social Media News , Tips by Bobby Owsinski
Google Isn’t The Only Large Search Engine That You Should Know About
When we think of search we automatically think of Google, but that’s not the only one available to us. In the West there’s also Microsoft’s Bing, Yahoo (which is still going strong), and a few smaller specialty ones like DuckDuckGo. In China, Google is eclipsed by Baidu, but the one big search engine that is […]
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November 7, 2018
Is The Power Of The Playlist Overblown?
It’s not uncommon to day to find an artist that will spend a great deal of time, energy and even money to get a placement on one of Spotify’s major playlists. The current consensus in the business is that a playlist appearance can make a career, but is that really the reality? An example that’s […]
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October 25, 2018
- in Social Media News , Tips by Bobby Owsinski
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How Keywords Affect Your Site Ranking
Search Engine Optimization or SEO isn’t as big as it once was in terms of one’s Internet presence, but it’s still important. Today social media has taken the spotlight off SEO, and some artists and musicians no longer even have a website (a big mistake in their strategy). That said, you still want your website […]
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September 7, 2018
Will This Company Be The Last CD Distributor?
The CD is fading away, not as quickly as was predicted, but the long slow decline is occurring nonetheless. Streaming is the root cause, of course, and the decline of the importance of the album too, but for the most part, our attention is now elsewhere instead of on a round piece of plastic. That […]
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July 16, 2018
A New Reality For Music Celebs Sets In As Twitter Followers Are Slashed
Last week Twitter took the drastic step of removing millions of inactive or fake accounts, resulting in follower counts dropping for nearly everyone on the platform. Until recently, it wasn’t in Twitter’s financial interests to delete those accounts even though it knew of their existence, but pressure from Congress and various State investigations thanks to Russian […]
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July 13, 2018
YouTube Launches The Copyright Match Tool
There are a lot of practices on YouTube that one might categorize as “unseemly,” and one of the biggest is re-uploading a video. That means that a viewer downloads your video then uploads it on their channel and classifies it as their own. YouTube has heard content creators cries for help though, and has launched […]
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June 25, 2018
Facebook Takes A Swipe At YouTube, And YouTube Swipes Back
Facebook has been aiming for YouTube ever since it introduced video a few years ago, and although it’s done an admirable job of becoming a viable video platform, it’s efforts seemed to have plateaued as serious content creators still prefer the Google subsidiary. That isn’t keeping Facebook from trying something new however, and it’s using […]
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