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TikTok has entered the battlefield for your social media text life.
It is launching a text-only feature to get a piece of the land grab kicked off by Elon Musk's poor stewardship of Twitter (or X if you prefer since yesterday)
Who will win this textual battle royale?
The video sharing platform will allow posts of up to 1,000 words, in a move it characterised as ‘expanding the boundaries of content creation’
TikTok is now the most popular single news source for 12 to 15 year olds according to Ofcom.
See also travel tips, music, fashion, entertainment, books, shopping....
Instagram and YouTube close behind TikTok, with the BBC top, but only when all of its various outlets are combined.
If you have a youth-orientated brand, are you on TikTok already?
If not, what is holding you back?
Algorithm-driven viral video app overtakes YouTube and Instagram as most used single source of news for young teenagers
Search on Google for "Barbie" for a very pink surprise.
You hum it, TikTok will play it...
TikTok is releasing Ripple an AI-powered music app that you can hum into and it will then make that sound into a song.
ByteDance's free-to-use music production app features: a 'Melody to Song' generator and a virtual recording studio…
Paid "Blue Tick" verification system launched for Facebook and Instagram accounts in the UK.
Notable users will keep their existing blue ticks, unlike Twitter system.
Subscribers must be at least 18 years old and submit a government ID and a selfie video to qualify.
A look inside Google's frantic scramble to integrate AI into its leading search engine - how that will work and what role monetisation will play on updated search and chat results.
https://nytimes.com/2023/04/16/technology/google-search-engine-ai.html
The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and plans for an all-new one.
Google Trends has been refreshed with a new look, fresher data and easier access to see what's happening on Google Search.
If you have never used Google Trends, head over to find what's happening in your sector, which trends are rising in search, plus how your competitors or core search terms are performing.
It's an essential tool to check the pulse of people's interests and attitudes and keep on top of the news and product cycle.
The Google Trends site has a fresh new look, so it’s easier than ever to find the trend data you’re looking for.
An oral history of your favourite business social media platform (that is definitely not Facebook) - LinkedIn at 20 Years Old.
As LinkedIn turns 20, Reid Hoffman, Mark PIncus, Keith Rabois, Richard Branson, and dozens of other founders and early influencers reflect on how it grew and thrived
Three local business owners have been selected as ambassadors for Digital Futures West Sussex - a new programme launched to improve access to digital careers in the county.
The three ambassadors are Luke Mead, chief executive of LMS Group in Chichester, Mark Bullen, managing director of GB Electronics UK Ltd in Worthing, and Barney Durrant, director of Bluebell Digital in East Grinstead.
They will play a key role in supporting businesses in their local area to attract talented jobseekers, as well as supporting jobseekers with guidance on suitable entry routes to digital jobs and showcasing the benefits of a digital career in the county.
Digital Futures West Sussex is jointly funded by West Sussex County Council and all the West Sussex Districts and Boroughs and is led by local strategic consultancy Always Possible
To find out more and to get involved, please visit: www.digitalfuturesws.co.uk
Discover the important work of YMCA DownsLink Group for homeless young people in Sussex and Surrey and how we supported the Downslink Challenge walk in July.
https://www.bluebelldigital.co.uk/insights/bluebell-digital-supporting-ymca-downslink
The YMCA Downslink Challenge to raise money for homeless young people across Sussex and Surrey.
We are excited to be sponsoring YMCA Downslink, who help vulnerable and homeless young people in Sussex.
Their next event is the YMCA Downslink Challenge Walk in July.
Sign up below, if you want to participate.
https://ymcadlg.org
Watch the keynote from Google Marketing Live to find out the future of Google Ads.
Topics include machine learning improvements, multi-search, messaging in ads, GA4 and new ad formats across connected TVs and YouTube Shorts.
Join us as we announce a new suite of ads and commerce products. Google Marketing Live is our annual event showcasing the latest innovations to help your bus...
Build a Star this Christmas, share a photo on social media with the hashtag and LEGO will send a set to a needy child.
Here's our effort and Merry Christmas 🎄🎅⭐️
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/build-to-give
Call out to West Sussex-based companies and individuals...
Want to get your business online, but don't know where to start?
West Sussex are funding Free Online Workshops to help local businesses go digital.
Take the modules and then get in touch for Expert Marketing help to form an action plan and get moving.
https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/news/digital-experts-help-west-sussex-businesses-press-the-accelerator-for-growth/
"The aim is to help Small and Medium-sized Enterprises utilise digital tools and gain expert knowledge and advice"
Mark Zuckerberg interview on building the Metaverse.
An interview with the CEO about his most sci-fi speculation.
Everything you need to know about the history and evolution of Instagram
Instagram’s shift away from being a photo-sharing app is very much inline with the service’s continuous evolution.
Pinterest becomes the first social network to ban weight loss ads.
Advertisements promoting diets or slimming products and that idealise certain body types will be removed from the platform
Spotify launches its audience network in the UK allowing advertisers to place their ads in podcasts on and off Spotify.
Spotify brings more scale and precision to podcast advertising to Australia, United Kingdom, and Canada
Fascinating study showing how certain music artists can make substantially more streaming on Twitch to their hardcore fanbase, than from streaming their recorded on platforms such as Spotify
https://www.twitchrockonomics.com/
Live streaming won’t go away when live music returns. This inquiry into Twitch helps us understand how they may co-exist.
Awesome to see Alan Turing's groundbreaking work on cryptography and computer science recognised by the Government on the new £50 note.
starts tomorrow.
Go here to choose your team(s) and add their fixtures to your online calendar. Includes TV channels.
https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/fixtures-results/ #/md/33673
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YouTube Shorts is launching in the UK.
YouTube's short form rival to TikTok and Instagram Reels is rolling out on your mobile phone in June.
One of Google’s strong advantages in the world of online video has been the sheer size of YouTube: currently, the site has more than 2.3 billion monthly active users and over 500 hours of content uploaded every minute. Now, Google and YouTube are hoping to leverage some of that heft as it goe…
Twitter Blue - Twitter's new paid service has started to roll out in Australia and Canada.
Offers undoing of new tweets, tweet reader options and tweet bookmarks, plus exclusive colour schemes.
But only in Australia and Canada, at first
Our Director Barney Durrant will be leading a bite-sized learning session for Brighton Chamber in July for businesses interested in getting better at marketing themselves online.
Sign up below, before all the spots are gone.
https://www.brightonchamber.co.uk/event/bite-sized-learning-how-to-generate-more-sales-with-digital-marketing
Are you struggling to get enough leads and sales? You want to use digital marketing to grow your business, but you...
Instagram and Facebook give users the option to hide like counts on posts.
https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/giving-people-more-control
We ran a webinar yesterday for Gatwick Diamond Business on 'How to Grow your Business with Online Marketing'
Watch the video below for simple strategies on Google Maps, Google Ads, SEO, Social Media, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhH9AefHemQ
On Thursday 20th May we held a Zoom Session with Barney Durrant, Director of Bluebell Digital.
Facebook is trying to encourage us Brits to try live shopping, an online ecommerce phenomenon that has already swept through China and the far east.
We're bringing some of the biggest brands together for a showcase of products, tips, demos and more in Live Shopping streams.
Google is opening its first physical store on the ground floor of their New York City office in Chelsea.
The new Google Store will be Google’s first-ever physical retail store selling hardware and services.
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Search for Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles or Megan Rapinoe on your phone and you too could have a sports star showing off their moves in your office courtesy of Google
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