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Mobile Update Brings Top Tweets to Twitter Search
Twitter released another update for its iOS and Android apps that makes it easier and faster to find what you’re looking for. The update also ties in nicely with the recently released ability to view older tweets in search results.While finding...
Older Tweets Are Now Searchable on Twitter
While real-time is Twitter’s bread and butter, the company this week announced the ability to search for older tweets.Previously limited to tweets that had been made over the past week, Twitter has started rolling out an update that allows you to...
Twitter Urges Members to Change Passwords Following Security Breach
You might have received an email over the weekend prompting you to change your Twitter password. If you’re confused, the company had good reason to alert you.On Friday, Twitter detected “unusual access patterns,” which meant the service was being...
Super Bowl Social Media Marketing: A Detailed History
Every marketing professional knows that the Super Bowl is the time to play your trump card. The size and diversity of the audience have made the football game just as important for the brands jockeying for air time as it is for the players jockeying...
Facebook Reveals New Data About Promoted Posts and Offers
On its fourth quarter earnings call, Facebook shared new data about some of its products for Pages, including Promoted Posts and Facebook Offers.Promoted Posts make it easy for you to buy ads directly from your Page instead of using the complicated...
Facebook’s Conversion Tool Is Now Live for All Advertisers
Originally slated for a 2012 release, Facebook has just announced the global launch of its conversion tracking tool.Conversion measurement allows you to measure the ROI of your Facebook Ads by counting relevant user actions — such as registrations...
4 Habits of Successful People Using Social Media for Customer Service
Customer service is a major focus for brands using social media in their operations. After all, these networks offer fast, new ways of connecting with current and potential clients. In order to get the most out of social media based customer service...
Upload Pictures Automatically Using Facebook Photo Sync
Facebook quietly began testing photo sync in August, which allows you to automatically upload photos to the social network after taking them. Today, the site announced that this feature is rolling out to the public.Photo sync lets you save the...
Facebook Rolls Out a Pages-Only Feed
Discovered earlier this month in testing, Facebook has confirmed that it’s rolling out a feed that enables people to see only content from the Pages they follow.The new Pages Feed will not affect the way the main News Feed works. Instead, it...
Instagram Rolls Out Web Profiles
While most businesses are focused on going mobile, popular photo-sharing app Instagram is making its web debut. Two years after arriving on the iPhone, the company has finally started to roll out web profiles.“People have been asking for this for a...
6 Habits of Highly Successful People Using Social Media for Sales
Social media has revolutionized how companies handle sales responsibilities. The traditional approaches to reaching out to new customers have been upended in many ways as business communication becomes increasingly social, with sales teams and...
Google+ Hangouts Receives New Interface and Notifications
Google is piling on the updates this week and its latest one alters Google+ Hangouts. Today, the company rolled out several improvements for its video chat app, including a new sidebar and notifications.If you haven’t used Hangouts already, it’s...
