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How to create Instagram Reels

Axia PR

The step-by-step guide to creating Instagram Reels for your company. Instagram Reels are one of the platform’s newest surfaces for brands to create content, attract new customers, and go viral. Instagram Reels are short video clips that emulate the layout of TikTok, a very popular social media platform.

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Social media updates: Instagram caption polls, TikTok’s silent fallout & LinkedIn introduces Sponsored Articles

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Instagram’s engagement driving caption polls Instagram has rolled out an exciting change, introducing interactive polls within captions which were previously exclusive to Instagram Stories. TikTok-aligned music is the latest way for songs and artists to be found, through aiming to go ‘viral’ on the app.

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Challenging Ageism: Beyond Stereotypes and Labels with Ashton Applewhite

PR for Anyone

Her viral TED Talk titled “ Let’s End Ageism ” is currently on the cusp of hitting its two-millionth view. Ashton Applewhite is an author, advocate against ageism, and a recognized leader in the field of healthy aging.

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Capture viral behavior with strange projects

Marketwired

They think of their Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram as an extension of their very dry, very corporate website, or they view it like a magical chute they drop very boring, heavily branded things down, and consider the job done. What #ContentMarketers Can Learn from Hamburger Helper’s Viral Mix Tape #WatchTheStove Click To Tweet.

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The latest social media updates: LinkedIn changes it algorithm to tackle ‘engagement baiting’ and Instagram introduces a new story format

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Instagram introduces a new story format. Throughout May, Instagram have started testing a new format on the home feed to prioritise video for mobile phone users. This appears to be moving closer to TikTok’s full screen format, which Instagram reels have already adopted. How effective is video on social media? .

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Are Social Reels Relevant for Brands?

Contently - Strategy

Reels are full-screen, vertical videos of up to 90 seconds in length available on both Instagram and Facebook. While there are subtle differences between IG and FB Reels , we’ll focus on Instagram Reels in this post, given they have better engagement rates and have been in use longer than Facebook Reels.

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Social media updates: Instagram extends audio function; Twitter undergoes blue tick chaos & TikTok releases more text-to-speech options

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It’s been a turbulent few weeks for the world of social media, with Twitter taking the top spot for chaos… We’ve been awaiting the confirmation on Instagram’s native scheduling function (spoiler alert: it’s coming!). Instagram confirms native scheduling and expands audio function.