{"id":9346,"date":"2019-10-02T09:28:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T03:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/?p=9346"},"modified":"2019-10-02T09:28:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T03:58:34","slug":"top-news-updates-instagram-pinterest-and-twitter-social-media-marketing-and-networking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/2019\/10\/top-news-updates-instagram-pinterest-and-twitter-social-media-marketing-and-networking\/","title":{"rendered":"Top News updates, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter, social media marketing and networking"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Social media marketing and social networking top news updates: Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9353\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smm-updates-news.jpg\" alt=\"social media marketing social networking top news updates\" width=\"500\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smm-updates-news.jpg 932w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smm-updates-news-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smm-updates-news-768x890.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.techdivine.com\/tdblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smm-updates-news-884x1024.jpg 884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Instagram:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Product Launch Reminder Stickers \/ Tags<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Instagram Shopping: Testing Reminders for Product Launches<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Updates:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Instagram is testing a new way to set reminders about upcoming product launches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The focus is for people to buy your products the moment they\u2019re available, right then and there on Instagram itself<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">From checkout to shopping from creators, the clear focus being to make it a seamless online shopping experience for customers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"s1\">Testing Instagram Shopping posts as ads<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The concept of single click purchase has been the need of the hour. Brands like Amazon are making it more and more easier for users to purchase products either with just a single click or even set purchases on auto-reminder and auto-subscription modes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">No wonder, instagram shopping ads is the new focus feature today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"s1\">With an idea to empower users and enable them a seamless easy shopping experience,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">few selected businesses will be able to test this experience in their feeds. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">How it is supposed to work: Shoppers who tap on these ads will be taken to a product description page within Instagram and can proceed to purchase from the business&#8217; mobile site itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"s1\">About Instagram NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH: <\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">This is being planned with a new product launch sticker in Instagram Stories and also a product launch tag option in the main feed area of users browsing through.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s1\"> These two options will allow users to:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Set reminders for the item launch date <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Preview the product details in-stream and <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Make a subsequent purchase as soon as a product becomes available<br \/>\nAll of this, without them having to leave Instagram<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s1\">Create a mobile shopfront with Instagram:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Visit for more information:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/business\/instagram\/shopping\/\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/business\/instagram\/shopping\/<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">SET UP GUIDE: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/business\/instagram\/shopping\/guide\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/business\/instagram\/shopping\/guide<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\">To get complete details and to stay updated with the latest news in the industry for Instagram and Twitter: Here are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"s1\">Few Image, News Source, links and Sites to follow: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/business.instagram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">@instagramforbusiness<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/business.instagram.com\/blog\/testing-instagram-shopping-posts-as-ads\/\">https:\/\/business.instagram.com\/blog\/testing-instagram-shopping-posts-as-ads\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Social Media Today:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Pinterest:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The much awaited New &#8216;Dark Mode&#8217; Option on iOS and Android is here from Pinterest<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.pinterest.com\/en\/post\/introducing-dark-mode-on-pinterest\">Link: https:\/\/newsroom.pinterest.com\/en\/post\/introducing-dark-mode-on-pinterest<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"s1\">How to enable dark mode on Pinterest:<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"> On iOS:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Go to your phone\u2019s settings and select \u201cDisplay &amp; Brightness\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"> Then , go to the dark mode option. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">With respect to the theme, the Pinterest app will follow your device\u2019s theme by default. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">On Android:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"> Select dark mode via your Pinterest app settings or through your phone\u2019s settings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"s1\">As explained by\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.pinterest.com\/en\/post\/introducing-dark-mode-on-pinterest\">Pinterest<\/a>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;We hear from many Pinners that Pinterest is how they end their days &#8211;\u00a0by looking at inspirational plans and calming Pins before dozing off (relaxing videos are up 474% and searches for calming phone backgrounds are up 77%). We\u2019ve also heard though, that the white background can be too bright when they\u2019re winding down with recipes, dream travels and latest fashion finds.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Twitter:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Advanced direct message (DM) filtering process:\u00a0Keep you from having to look at those unwanted, unsolicited images and videos that strangers have sent through to your Twitter inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1162114957762150400\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1162114957762150400<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unwanted messages aren\u2019t fun. So we\u2019re testing a filter in your DM requests to keep those out of sight, out of mind. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sg5idjdeVv\">pic.twitter.com\/Sg5idjdeVv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSupport\/status\/1162114957762150400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\u201cutf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #000000;\">How this works is, that the new process will be applied to your &#8216;Additional Messages&#8217;. 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