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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?
LinkedIn’s Next Generation of Profiles:  LinkedIn Profiles have a new look. These new LinkedIn Profiles make it easier for you to tell your professional story, discover people and opportunities and engage with your network. You’ll see a new “Improve Your Profile” button to help you. “Over the next few months, all LinkedIn members will start to see their profiles in the new look and feel.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqfefJ6SYTk
Facebook Announces New Pages Structure for Global Brands: Facebook’s new Global Pages offer “a new structure that provides the best, localized experiences for a brand’s customers, available to all brands working with Facebook. With this new structure, Facebook users will be directed to the best version of a Page based on the country those users are in, enabling them to see localized cover photos, profile photos, Page apps, milestones, ‘about’ information, and news feed stories from Pagesâall while remaining part of the global brand community.”
Discussion From Our Networking Clubs: Thousands of social media marketers and small business owners are asking questions and helping others in our free Networking Clubs. Here are a few interesting discussions worth highlighting:
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- How are “Unique Visits to Page” calculated on Facebook Insights?
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- What’s your favorite video marketing tip?
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- Review of the Musket Sword Paint blog.
Pinterest Adds Blocking and Reporting Features: These new Pinterest features “give you more control, including the ability to block and report a user and more granular email settings.”
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Klout Takes Perks to the Next Level: You’ll find Klout Perks easier to claim, as you’re now “able to discover and claim Perks directly from your phone.” Klout’s updated iPhone app will “notify you when you are eligible for pre-qualified Perks, and then allow you to claim that Perk immediately, wherever you are.” You can add a “Klout Card” to Apple’s new Passbook, which will display your name, photo and Klout score all in one place.
Google Gives Power Bloggers an Advanced Tool to Disavow Links: This new tool “enables you to disavow links to your site. If you’ve been notified of a manual spam action based on ‘unnatural links’ pointing to your site, this tool can help you address the issue.”
Here are a few interesting tools worth noting:
Puzl:Â Â A free website-building tool aimed at entrepreneurs, advanced web users and beginners alike.
Keeeb: A new bookmarking tool to save, organize and share anything from any webpage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhrfoJGCQ10
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