New Facebook Column Ads: This Week in Social Media
Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
What’s New This Week?
New Facebook Column Ads Roll Out: “Designed to give advertisers a more engaging creative canvas, while also offering a better experience for people on Facebook, the new right-hand column ads” started to roll out this week.
This is how these new ads will look.
Facebook Launches New Versions of Facebook Pages Manager for Mobile: The new versions for iOS and Android are “designed to make it easier for people to manage their pages on the go.”
“Pages Manager now features: Easier access to admin tools, quicker navigation to Page Activity and Insights [and] more direct access to an ‘action bar’ that lets you quickly write a post, add a photo, edit your page and more.”
Facebook Provides More Actionable Data on Stories From Apps: Now “only interactions that drive people to your app are reported in App Insights.”
“These interactions include clicks to open your app, to download it from an app store or to your app’s website.”
Facebook Improves Video Visibility: The “goal is to better understand what videos people are interested in watching, so that relevant videos appear more prominently in news feed.”
Pinterest Introduces New Notifications for Android Users: Pinterest will now “notify you when you’re near a place you’ve pinned.”
“If you’re on the go with a brand-new Android wearable, you’ll get a notification there, too!”
Here are a few cool social media tools worth checking out:
Buffer’s New Daily App: This new app “offers an endless amount of amazing stories, each just a swipe away.”
Buffer will “share your picks with your followers on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn through Buffer and keep refreshing your content opportunities.”
Talk: Path messaging has expanded into its own app, so “it’s easier for you to use.”
Some of the great features will “make it easier for you to communicate with your friends, family, classmates and co-workers.”
BeamIt: “Private messaging meets stunning photo sharing.”
“Photo Drawers let you swipe and view hundreds of photos without visually interrupting the flow of the conversation.”
Fuse: “Share photos and messages with your private group of friends for a fleeting moment.”
“Fuse combines group messaging with disappearing content, letting you create conversations around funny and opportune moments with set groups of friends via photos and messaging, with the option to post anonymously.”
Tipcast: “A new and fast way to show and tell the things you find and collect on your iPhone.”
“Talk through your photos to show and tell privately with just your friends, or Tipcast with the world.”
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