Welcome to the Social Media Roundup, our weekly roundup of the latest social media news, controversies, and new features. Stay tuned each week to find out what’s hot in the social world.
New This Week!
January 6-10, 2014
- Facebook Set to Eliminate Sponsored Stories in April: Looking to purchase a Sponsored Story on Facebook, well you’d better act fast!
- Facebook Page Templates & Tips for 2014: With constant changes to the interface, keeping up with Facebook is a full-time job. Take a look at ShortStack’s simple guide to the current Facebook template.
- Twitter Co-Founder Unwraps Jelly a Visual Social Query App: Introducing Jelly, a visual social query App that allows users to pose visual questions via Twitter and Facebook and get answers from friends and followers.
- Pinterest is Going to Change the Social Commerce Rules: As Pinterest grows and begins to focus its efforts, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Pinterest is lining up as the next big social commerce game changer.
- Do Not Begin 2014 By Making This Huge Pinterest Mistake: If you weren’t happy with your Pinterest results in 2013, then take a look at these insightful tips to ensure improvement for 2014. New year, new beginnings!
- Pinterest Acquires Image Recognition Startup VisualGraph: Pinterest works with VisualGraph to introduce a new feature that uses image recognition and visual search technology. It’s a beautiful thing!
- Among U.S. Adults In Thirties Or Older, LinkedIn Is More Popular Than Twitter Or Pinterest: It turns out that LinkedIn beats three of its rivals in its penetration of older adults. Take a peak at the study for an in-depth look at the results!
Google+
- Now Anyone Can Email You Using Google+: Google is on a mission to force-feed users Google+, and to this end it announced a new email feature on its product blog that integrates Google+ and Gmail further.
- Why You Need to Google+ in 2014: For 2014, strongly consider what Google+ could mean for you and your company’s social engagement and reach within the monster search engine.
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