Discussing Social Media

Facebook Improves Conversations with Replies

Facebook has announced an improvement to the commenting system on the Pages, allowing a better interaction among the users and better management and visibility for the admins.

According to Vadim Lavrusik, Journalism Program Manager of Facebook:

Post Planner Pro has just become free for everyone, trying to keep up with Facebook's own competition. If you haven't tried it yet, have a look. It's not complete on its free version, but it's not that bad.

Here's their reasons why they decided it:

Post Planner Pro is now FREE for everyone!

Yes, any page manager on Facebook can now use Post Planner to schedule and manage posts on ALL the pages they admin… for FREE.

Yes, you heard that correctly:

Source: Daily Trojan

Nowadays, working from home has become a worlwide trend. Many employees have left their office for the warmth of their home, with the workforce adapting to a new situation. For the employers it was a matter of saving space. For the employee it was a matter of saving time (avoiding the routine of going and leaving work). However, Yahoo! seems to have a differet view on the benefits of working from home.

Do you have an account on Evernote? You must have received this mail:

Dear Evernote user,

Evernote's Operations & Security team has discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the Evernote network that appears to have been a coordinated attempt to access secure areas of the Evernote Service.

As a precaution to protect your data, we have decided to implement a password reset. Please read below for details and instructions.

Tumblr has decided to expand into the music industry, by creating an exclusive tag for music searching. With the use of #music and also the url http://music.tumblr.com/, they are creating a whole new world for them, which might be the key to their expanding success.

Here's their announcement:

"After hearing much demand from the bloggers and fans on Tumblr, we have finally launched a #music tag page.

Track the new tag to stay up on the best new music, videos, artwork and photos on Tumblr, hand-picked by members of the community. The tag editors come from different areas of the music world, and all share a common passion for the sport.

In addition, we are announcing this new blog, music.tumblr.com, where you can find out about everything that is going on with music on Tumblr—product announcements, new bands and blogs to follow, tips for artists and music bloggers, and shout outs to unique posts we find on Tumblr. When a band does something awesome, we’ll point it out. Also, we’re planning some shows and events for you. Follow the music hub so you don’t miss out on the fun.

To track the #music tag:

1. Type “music” in the search box on your dashboard.

2. You’ve landed on the page. Now click “track.” Come back and visit anytime. "

The competition in digital music is increasing once again. There are so many platforms to discover new music and artists. The thing is, which one do you prefer and how willing are you to try a new one?

What's the best day to post on Facebook?

If you have managed a Facebook page either for personal or professional use, there must have been a time that you were wondering about the best time and day for your content.

Unfortunately, there is no secret formula that makes a post viral on a specific day. However, after some research on Facebook pages, there are some days and times that work better, depending on the industry and the content.

Hopefully this infographic will be helpful for your business!

Share the news and help more Facebook pages!

Infographic: PandemicLabs

Twitter improves the viewing of media

Twitter has decided to focus even more on its own media, by enhancing the viewing of its own pictures and videos.

From now on, when you click on a tweet with an image, it does not lead you to a new page, but in a new pop-up window, which makes it easier to enjoy the media that your followers are uploading.

What's more, Twitter has expanded its cooperation with its partners, including Youtube, Vimeo, etc, by adding their videos in your media gallery.

What do you think of this change?

Facebook adds "More pages you might like" feature

Facebook keeps testing features that will motivate their users to like more pages and thus, entice business owners to use the network even more as part of their campaign.

Thus, from now on, when you like a Page, a box appears above the tabs and it suggests similar pages you might like. Don't forget, "Recommended Pages" are already on the sidebar of your newsfeed, in case you haven't noticed it yet.

It seems that the data that Facebook is collecting from us are enough to create interesting suggestions, according to our needs. It depends on our tendency to like new pages whether we are becoming fans of them or not.

How often do you like a similar page that is suggested to you and fits your interests?

Triberr helps bloggers with "Tribeup NYC"

Tribber decided to show its full support on bloggers and their power with the announcement of an event in New York.

"Tribeup NYC" will take place on September 22nd and it will be a great chance for every blogger that attends to meet other bloggers, network, listen to interesting speakers and gain valuable experienecs.

Tribber wrote in a blog post:

For bloggers to succeed, there needs to be an industry capable of supporting them. To have an industry you need a market, and to have a market you need a product or service people will pay for.

The problem is that bloggers, as a whole, haven't figured out how to convert content, knowledge and influence into a product and service people will pay for.

And they add:

A jam-packed day of seminars, discussions, and networking, focused on how bloggers can convert their content, knowledge, and influence, into a product people will pay for.

We have invited world renowned thought leaders to share how they have risen to the top, and what needs to be done to make that path available to others.

(More info here)

Since I am quite far to attend, I decided to promote it. To anyone that attends, enjoy and let us know of everything!

Tereza

How to schedule posts on Facebook

You have probably heard that Facebook has finally allowed us to schedule posts, enabling us to post whenever we want. It was a feature that was anticipated by many users, especially those that use Facebook as a marketing tool. Hootsuite and Sendible might not be happy with this addition, but in general, it was high time it was added.

If you haven't tried this new feature yet, since it was introduced yesterday, let me tell you how it works.

First, you go to the posting box, as if you would post a new status.
Then, you see a clock that appears on the bottom left of the box.

When you click that clock, you set year, month, day, hour that you want to post the status.
After that, you click "Schedule". *The time you are scheduling is in your time zone