More Facebook Page Layout Options: 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?
Marketers Get More Facebook Page Layout Options: Facebook Page admins now have “more control over the look and functionality” of their Pages.
“Now, admins can adjust the placement of sections in the top navigation menu and left-column menu.”
Facebook Announces Updated Design is Now Available Worldwide: “All existing Pages — including the 30 million active small business Pages — will have access to the refreshed design.”
“Admins that want to update their Pages before switching to the new design can wait up to two weeks before making the switch.”
LinkedIn Makes Your Profile More Visual: If you’re a new or existing premium member, you’ll now have “additional functionality to help you stand out from the crowd and drive the right and relevant opportunities to you.”
LinkedIn has incorporated several new visual updates to help premium members stand out, “including a larger photo and expanded profile header, early access to a new custom profile background, and an exclusive gallery of beautiful background images should you need a little inspiration.”
LinkedIn Helps You Optimize Your Profile: LinkedIn also makes it easier by prompting premium members “with top keyword suggestions to help with writer’s block.”
“These personalized suggestions are also optimized to help you get found in search.”
Pinterest Adds Do-It-Yourself Promoted Pins: “Businesses of any size can promote their Pins to reach more people and get visits back to their website.”
“These Promoted Pins will be available on a cost-per-click basis through ads.pinterest.com.”
Pinterest Rolls Out Refreshed Analytics: “In addition to seeing what people are Pinning from your website, you’ll also be able to see how Pins from your Pinterest profile are performing.”
You’ll also see “which of your Pins and boards are driving the most impressions, clicks and repins.”
Instagram Adds New Creative Tools: “A set of new creative tools on Instagram with the ability to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth and more.”
“When you go to select a filter, you’ll now see a new wrench icon. Tap it and you’ll find a tray of photo editing tools ready for you to explore.”
Google+ Brings Advanced Editing Tools to Mobile: “Easily perfect your photos with a powerful new editing suite in the Google+ app for iPhone and iPad.”
“With these Snapseed-inspired tools you can crop, rotate, add filters and 1-tap enhancements like Drama, Retrolux, and HDR Scape, and more.”
Google+ Brings Stories to App: Now “iPhone and iPad users can view, edit, and share their Stories with the Google+ app.”
Here’s a cool social media tool worth checking out:
Scoopr: Helps “you create the content you need.”
Scoopr “helps companies gain content that is specific to their brand.”
What do you think? Please share your comments below.
