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.
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.”
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 Helps You Optimize Your Profile: LinkedIn also makes it easier by prompting premium members “with top keyword suggestions to help with writer’s block.”
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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.”
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.”
Instagram Adds New Creative Tools: “AÂ set of new creative tools on Instagram with the ability to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth and more.”
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.”
Google+ Brings Stories to App: Now “iPhone and iPad users can view, edit, and share their Stories with the Google+ app.”
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