Is Facebook Really Dead?

Is Facebook Really Dead? Things haven’t been going exactly that well for Facebook since it changed its name to Meta. Many saw the name change as nothing more than an attempt to distance itself from an increasingly negative image. The moniker change came not that long after former employee Frances Haugen’s testimony to a U.S.…

How to Develop a Voice for Each Social Media

How to Develop a Voice for Each Social Media Platform Social media has made the relationship between brands and consumers closer than ever before. Brands don’t just have the power to reach their audiences. They now have access to a two-way street of communication that lets them speak directly withtheir customers. Audiences remember how something…

WhatsApp Now Streamlines the E-commerce Experience

WhatsApp Now Streamlines the E-commerce Experience Three years ago, instant messaging service WhatsApp launched its own e-commerce platform called WhatsApp Business, which targeted small business owners to make it easy for them to communicate with their clients. The application, which is independent of the WhatsApp Messenger, has started to roll out more and more shopping…

Instagram Announces New Video Features and Changes

Instagram Announces New Video Features and Changes The social media landscape is changing, and existing platforms are scrambling to reach audiences as their consumption habits evolve. TikTok is driving audiences specifically toward short-form video, but audiences now prefer video in general as their primary source of entertainment. Instagram is one such company that has had…

Behold Google’s New Page Experience Update

Behold Google’s New Page Experience Update If you missed the latest technology news, earlier this year Google gradually rolled out their first major page experience update in a decade and fully implemented the changes by the end of August. According to Statcounter, Google currently holds 92% of the worldwide search engine market share on all…

The Value of Performance Branding

The Value of Performance Branding Sparked by the rise of mobile, the worlds of performance and brand are converging. Consumer attention on mobile doesn’t differentiate between brand and direct response (DR) ads: Everything is a brand experience, and everything is about performance. Many advertisers today struggle to balance short-term sales activation with long-term brand growth. And while…

Intro to Instagram Reels

Intro to Instagram Reels If you’ve scrolled through your Instagram feed lately, you might have noticed an influx of dancing, lip-syncing and short-form videos.  This new content is part of Instagram’s latest feature, Instagram Reels. Designed as a competitor to the ultra-popular TikTok platform, Instagram Reels brings the addictive qualities of TikTok to Instagram’s primarily…