by 
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 Enables Users to Add SlideShare to LinkedIn Profile: It's now easier “for you to add your presentations directly from SlideShare to your LinkedIn profile, with just a click of a button.”
Pinterest Introduces New Follow Button: “The new Follow button will pop up a small dialog with a preview of your account's latest pins—and your visitors won't ever have to leave your website to follow you.”
LinkedIn Introduces New Connected App: “It helps you reach out to people in your network when it matters most, so you can keep your network active and warm.”
Getty Images Launches Redesigned iOS App:Â “Updated and easy-to-navigate iOS apps for both Getty Images and iStock by Getty Images feature an improved image search, curation and collaboration experience to help creative storytellers bring their ideas to life wherever they are.”
Discover Proven Marketing Strategies and Tips
Want to go even deeper with your marketing? Check out the Social Media Marketing Podcast! Publishing weekly since 2012, the Social Media Marketing Podcast helps you navigate the constantly changing marketing jungle, with expert interviews from marketing pros.
But don’t let the name fool you. This show is about a lot more than just social media marketing. With over 600 episodes and millions of downloads each year, this show has been a trusted source for marketers for well over a decade.
Here's a cool social media tool worth checking out:
StepUp.io: This new tool allows you to “watch YouTube videos in bite-sized steps.”
Social Media Success Summit 2014 is a special online conference designed to help you master social media marketing (brought to you by Social Media Examiner).
Instructors include Jay Baer (author, Youtility), Mari Smith (co-author, Facebook Marketing), Michael Stelzner (author, Launch), Amy Porterfield (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies), Mark Schaefer (author, Social Media Explained), Nichole Kelly (author, How to Measure Social Media), Bryan Kramer (author, Human to Human), Neal Schaffer (author, Maximize Your Social), Lee Odden (author, Optimize), Viveka von Rosen (author, LinkedIn Marketing), Lynette Young (author, Google+ for Small Businesses), Stanford Smith (co-author, Born to Blog), Andrea Vahl (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies), Melonie Dodaro (author, The LinkedIn Code), Joe Pulizzi (author, Epic Content Marketing), Todd Wheatland (author, The Marketer's Guide to SlideShare), John Lee Dumas (author, Podcast Launch), Jessica Gioglio (co-author, The Power of Visual Storytelling)—just to mention a few. Fully online. Click here to learn more.
What do you think? Will you benefit from SlideShare on LinkedIn? Have you found any cool new social media tools recently? Please share your comments below.
Curious About How to Use AI?
Our newest show, AI Explored, might be just what you're looking for. It's for marketers, creators, and entrepreneurs who want to understand how to use AI in their business.
It's hosted by Michael Stelzner and explores this exciting new frontier in easy-to-understand terms.
Pull up your favorite podcast app and search for AI Explored. Or click the button below for more information.
