social media summer

September 16, 2015: Summer can be a slow time for many marketers, as consumers focus on their vacations and unplug from the social media world (except to share some vacation photos).

But social media hasn’t been quiet this past summer: quite the opposite. All the major platforms are racing ahead with new features, policies, tools, and updates. Here are a bunch of updates you might have missed (if for some reason you haven’t followed our Monday updates on tumblr):

Instagram

  • Instagram has been a busy bee this summer. First, a new “Explore” tab introduced users to trending tags and a cleaner, easier way to discover new pages. A game changing update in August expanded Instagram posts beyond the square, allowing full-bleed landscape and portrait photographs (without messing up your grid layout). Finally — and most recently — Instagram has announced the expansion and availability of its Ads program. Now, businesses of every size in 30 new countries can take advantage of the combined ad power of Instagram and its mother network, Facebook.

Facebook

Twitter

  • Twitter cleaned up some of its old school features that were irrelevant in order to streamline. 140-character direct message limits are no longer in place, and the background image is a thing of the past. Twitter (along with Facebook and Instagram) also received a lot of complaints about content theft, which came to a head when influencer @FatJewish came under fire.

Tumblr

Youtube

LinkedIn

Snapchat

  • While Snapchat’s “Discover” has yet to show it’s potential among many marketers, the network continues to experiment with updates and new features that may come to fruition soon. Yesterday, Snapchat announced new cool/terrifying filters as well as a paid option for replaying snaps. The new filters and paywall are a sign of things to come, as well as Snapchat’s capabilities in both technology and captivating it’s young demographic.

Periscope

Did you catch any additional social media news this summer? Tweet us suggestions @diditmarketing!




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Did You Miss These Summer 2015 Social Media Updates?
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Did You Miss These Summer 2015 Social Media Updates?
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While summer is sometimes slow for marketers, your favorite social media networks have been busy adding new features. Catch up on what you may have missed.
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