Political Social Grab Bag - September 2021

Political Social Grab Bag

Ed note: I am going on vacation at the end of September for 3 weeks and thus there will be no Political Social Grab Bag on October 1

Trainings & Webinar Alerts

Some seats are still available for our Sept 13 & 14 Digital Analytics training with Emily Patterson of Bee Measure (via Zoom)

NEW Training! Oct. 12 & 13 in partnership with Fireside Campaigns we will be holding the first ever 2 day Email Deep Dive training via zoom.

We are starting to work on our 2022 Training Schedule- live or via zoom? That is the question- let me know how you’d feel about attending an in person training next year, vaxed and masks required (and if you’d like to partner on a training drop us a line!)

What am I reading?

Facebook is rebuilding its ads to know a lot less about you – Your must read of the month

TikTok is the new Facebook and it is shaping the future of tech in its image – Interest take on the continuing rise of TikTok and what it means for the world in general

All the most popular posts on Facebook are plagarized – This shouldn’t come as a surprise but this piece offers some interesting food for thought on thisac

All Social Networks Look the Same Now – In other words it’s not just your eyes playing tricks on you

Text Memes are Taking Over Instagram – In light of the recent announced shift to more video this was an interesting read

“Being too aspirational is repellent now”- the rise of the ‘genuinfluencers’– Repeat after me: AUTHENTICITY

‘Likes’ and ‘shares’ teach people to express more outrage online – This shouldn’t come as any surprise

The little-known human stories behind emoji designs – Your fun read of the month

Who Runs Twitter’s @Twitter? – Short but fun to know (and i’ll say it again Authenticity)

Platform Updates

Facebook

Oh look…Facebook Reels

Instagram

At long last…..here come link stickers

New audio tab for Reels