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How to Create Better Facebook Live Videos

Cision

Facebook Live Video is an unanticipated content juggernaut. In a recent Facebook post , Facebook VP of Product, Fidji Simo revealed that 20% of all videos posted to Facebook are Live Videos and that Facebook Live Video watch times have increased 400% year-over-year. But first….

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Instagram introduces pinned posts, Facebook moves towards video and Twitter introduces long-form content

Prohibition

Initial reaction to this has been varied, with many users calling out the “TikTok copying”, although Instagram has been adamant that a video-only platform is not in the plans for Instagram and static content will remain. Definitely one to watch as video continues to be a key content type… Facebook moves towards video.

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How (and Why) to Use the Silent Treatment in Facebook Video Ads

Polaris

Last month, Facebook announced a new feature—automated video captions. The company’s employees have been hard at work transcribing 50,000 video ads to train the new captioning tool to be as accurate as possible. It’s not difficult to guess why Facebook considers captions important. Video Transcription.

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How Stone Temple Kills it with B2B Marketing Videos

Flack's Revenge

Through this collaboration I learned of Stone Temple’s very creative use of video. On the face of it, the idea of using video for B2B marketing in 2017 might not seem that groundbreaking. It would not seem to have “next YouTube video stars” written all over. How do you make the topic fun and interesting?

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How to Create Better Facebook Live Videos

Beyond PR

Facebook Live Video is an unanticipated content juggernaut. In a recent Facebook post , Facebook VP of Product, Fidji Simo revealed that 20% of all videos posted to Facebook are Live Videos and that Facebook Live Video watch times have increased 400% year-over-year. But first….

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After The Russia Scandal, Is Facebook Growing Up?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Is the Russia scandal an ultimate comeuppance for Facebook? voters, I was initially skeptical about any real impact on Facebook’s reputation or its business. Facebook has weathered many storms in its 13-year history. Facebook has weathered many storms in its 13-year history. Today that idea isn’t so crazy.

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Why Gen Zers Prefer Fortnite as a Social Platform to Facebook and Instagram

PRSay

Fortnite may be known best as a multiplayer video game, but for many of its younger users, it functions as something else, too: a social media platform. Earlier this year, Pew Research Center reported that roughly 75 percent of Facebook users and nearly 60 percent of Instagram users visit those sites at least once a day.

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