This week we see Facebook release a brand new social network aimed at white-collar enterprise workers, proof that Messenger bots are going to be the latest rage (whether we need them or not), and data showing us how many users are viewing Instagram Stories. All...

A week after the news broke that Facebook over-reported video view lengths, they release an updated metric in which average view length can actually be longer than the video itself. Confused? You should be. Read on for more information in this week’s Social You Should...

The first presidential election makes real-time history, while Facebook tries to make up for inaccurate reports, all in this week’s Social You Should Know. Twitter Continues to Evolve Advertising Twitter is allowing advertisers to "have it their way" when it comes to clicks and conversions. This new...

One of the major benefits to social media marketing is the ability to capitalize on relevant trends to get in front of more people. However, it is important to keep in mind your overall social strategy before jumping on every trending conversation. There are 3...

Facebook, Twitter and Instagram all made moves last week in the ad space that social media marketers will want to be up to speed on, in this week’s Social You Should Know. Facebook Announces New Data Analysis Options for Advertisers Facebook last week announced five new ad measurement products,...

Today, it’s tough for brand social media managers to keep track of where and how they should be engaging customers on social media. Trends change with the drop of a hat. I won’t tell you what the next big thing is, but I will tell...

Snapchat is reportedly on its way to its first billion-dollar year. Meanwhile, the last couple of earnings reports for Twitter can best be described as flat. Flat user growth and flat revenue growth. This week, Twitter made two (more) changes to try to increase revenue....

Facebook this week introduced Lifestage, a new app only available to people in the “high school” life stage. I’ll discuss that, plus improvements that make Facebook video ads much easier and Twitter notifications much cleaner, in this week’s Social You Should Know. Lifestage is Facebook’s New...

New social networks pop up every now and then, leading the marketing and tech blogging world to collectively proclaim it as the next big thing. Some transcend fad and end up in our hearts like Pinterest, while others caused a freak-out for a few weeks...

Does everyone on your Twitter timeline seem to be obsessed with a new movie, television show, or mobile app? Are all your Facebook friends talking about the next big sporting event, upcoming holiday, or election? Trends can be found everywhere but social media is the...

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