Social media can be hard to keep up with, but we gathered four of the most interesting news pieces of the week to help keep you updated. This week is all about muting Facebook users, using Twitter lists, seeing if you make it as Beyonce’s assistant, and finding Instagram-worthy locations. Happy reading!
Social media never stops moving and we don’t either! The latest social media news includes: Twitter is removing the ability to tag precise locations, Facebook is launching a new digital currency, Instagram is helping users regain hacked accounts, and Facebook is changing ranking factors for comments.
Founded in 1933 by the Nocera family in Waltham, Massachusetts, the Chateau restaurant group now has 8 locations throughout Massachusetts. They pride themselves on their tradition of Italian family dining, friendly service, and quality food at reasonable prices, which has earned them a loyal customer base.
But, with their customers increasingly growing on Facebook, they wanted to best utilize social media to communicate all of their various weekly promotions. And as that customer base grows older, they wanted to figure out how to reach a younger, millennial audience and start a new generation of loyal diners (many of whom are now on Instagram). Metter Media was brought on to bring this 86-year-old Italian family restaurant’s online presence into the 21st century with a creative social media strategy.
Social media platforms evolve at a breathtaking pace, and we’re running right next to them for the latest news on all your favourite social channels. Fresh this week: Instagram adds more inclusive gender selection options, Snapchat tests a whole host of new features, and Twitter support puts down rumors of DM notifications.
Happy Pride Month! Interested in the latest news about all your favorite social media platforms? Tiktok is testing new ways to target ads, Facebook is taking a page from Snapchat’s Bitmoji, Netflix might become the new Instagram, and Pinterest could be the upcoming platform for influencers. Read on!
United Marble is a family-owned and run marble purveyor and fabricator based in Watertown, Mass. Since 1987, United Marble has been New England’s preeminent natural stone company, providing material and installment for homes, corporate offices and more. We’re lucky to work with United Marble, bringing their long-running history to the forefront while keeping their voice fresh and exciting on social media.
From out-of-the-box designs to clever twists on “boring” subject matter, here are a few accounts that are providing the MM team with some quality inspiration this month.
Our culture is producing content at an increasingly fast rate every year, which allows content creators to cater to more varied niches and interest groups. It’s likely that your friend has binged at least three or four TV shows you’ve never even heard of. Someone’s favorite movie may be something you’ve never seen a trailer for. However, in the summer of 1976 when Spielberg’s Jaws was released, everyone from your grandmother to your college roommate would have seen it, if not at the very least been aware of the film’s existence. As we create more and more content it seems like the big cultural ‘must sees’ are coming fewer and farther in between simply because there’s just so much to see.
That’s why this last season of Game of Thrones feels so special. It feels like the last remaining bastion from the era of “appointment television” coming to an end. Aside from Game of Thrones, an awards ceremony, or a sporting event, what was the last thing you remember saying “Did you see x last night” in reference to the following day to a co worker or classmate? Game of Thrones is seemingly the last scripted cultural phenomenon that fans tune in to watch on a weekly basis, live tweeting, sharing theories, and of course — since it’s 2019 — memes.
Memes have become such a ubiquitous part of the cultural conversation in the digital age we live in, so naturally, one of the largest pieces of pop culture coming to an end is an extremely memeable affair. In honor of Game of Thrones coming to an end I will be rounding up and discussing my favorite memes from the week that follows each new episode until the finale. After all, the night is dark and full of terrors, so here are some memes:
Tune in to this week’s roundup — and the last of this semester — to see what Twitter is doing to improve its platform safety, how Facebook may be mixing Stories and News Feed, why Twittr is performing better than Twitter, how Instagram is replacing word-of-mouth, and even more Game of Thrones content, because you haven’t seen enough of it already.
Tune in to this week’s roundup to see how Twitter is trying to save your phone battery, what new Snapchat features are coming out, how Facebook is ruining your stalking game, and who broke Instagram this week gaining one million followers in only five hours.