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Why empathy should be the key ingredient in products
In 2019, Bloom & Wild, a letterbox flower delivery company, informed its customers they could opt out of Mother’s Day marketing. This followed some customers asking for emails to be paused in the run-up to what can be a sensitive holiday for some. The response was overwhelmingly ...
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Snapchat is ripping off TikTok — the cycle is now complete
As surely as the student succeeds the master, the cannibalized social media service shall, in turn, cannibalize another. It's the axiom of social survival in the ongoing battle for the attention of the Youth. What did the Youth love before? Snapchat. What do they love now? TikTok. ...
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4 reasons why you should automate your social media marketing
Social media advertising can be daunting, especially as brands juggle multiple social media platforms. The average person uses around eight different social media accounts, which can make it tricky for brands to keep their branding and communication consistent and up-to-date. As ...
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Instagram Reels are now double the length and easier to edit
Instagram has added new features to Reels, doubling their length and making them less of a headache to edit -- and making ...
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Marketers: Change how you approach social media in the post-COVID-19 world
The pandemic has opened up opportunities for marketers to boost engagement on social media, but only if you pay attention ...
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Report: China may block the sale of TikTok to a US company
Parent company ByteDance only have days to close sale of TikTok's US operations -- and the Chinese government may not let ...
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The UK government is paying influencers to promote the NHS test and trace service
Social media influencers are often seen as lazy freelancers who make a living being paid to pretend they like products. But these “celebrities’” are more than just marketing vehicles. If used properly, they can be effective agents of positive social change. Yet the UK government ...
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This viral makeup TikTok raises fair questions about whether math is real
While filming herself getting ready for work recently, TikTok user @gracie.ham reached deep into the ancient foundations of mathematics and found an absolute gem of a question: How could someone come up with a concept like algebra? She also asked what the ancient Greek philosopher ...
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New algorithm can identify misogyny on Twitter
Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia have developed an algorithm that detects tweets ...
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Instagram rolls out proper QR codes to let you follow accounts quickly
It was just last month that WhatsApp officially introduced the ability to add contacts via a QR code, and now Instagram is ...
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Facebook algorithm 'actively promotes' Holocaust denial content, study finds
Researchers from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), a counter-extremist group, found Facebook’s algorithm recommends ...
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Employers are lurking on your social media ahead of interviews — raising ethical concerns
As businesses around the world slowly start to reopen after being forced to shut down operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ...