Facebook announced changes geared toward businesses at its 2019 F8 Conference. The social media company is beta-testing features for Facebook Messenger that are designed to help businesses generate leads and improve appointment booking. These changes illustrate Facebook’s enhanced focus on small businesses, as the company recently announced other features designed to help SMBs. Currently, Businesses on Messenger lets consumers […]
If you’ve heard of TikTok, chances are you’ve got a teenager somewhere in your life. The app, launched by Chinese company ByteDance in 2016, has been described as a mashup of Vine, Twitter and Instagram, allowing its 500 million monthly users to create short-form, music-focused videos and edit them with lenses, filters, and AR features. Originally known […]
When it comes to businesses and social media engagement, make sure your account is a dinner party, not a soapbox. Engagement has become the No. 1 goal across every social media platform, because honest engagement equals return customers and better rankings. And while it’s easy to create an account, the challenge lies in creating an active, engaged […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Two weeks ago, Facebook declined to remove a doctored video in which the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, seemed to drunkenly slur her speech. Over the weekend, two British artists released a doctored video of Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, as a sly comment on the spread of false information online. […]
Make this shift in your business writing for more effective copy. This is one of the foundational blocks of good writing. Active voice has multiple benefits: it’s easier to understand, it usually requires fewer words, and it makes a message stronger and more exciting. Compare “More than 10,000 customers have been helped by our service” to “We have […]
