Third-party chats are coming to Messenger, which will soon enable you to conduct messaging conversations with users who send you messages from other apps not owned by Meta itself. Though the option may not be coming for everybody. I’ll explain. Over the past few months, Meta has been working on facilitating third-party messaging app connection […]
Google Business Profiles messaging feature may be rolling out the ability to set your status to respond to messages and the ability to configure your away mode. You can set up an automatic message response to let customers know you’re unavailable. This was spotted by Shameem Adhikarath on Twitter – and while I see both […]
Looking to make DMs more of a focus in your social media marketing approach? Over time, more interactions are switching to private channels, as our main feeds become discovery surfaces, filled with short-form video and AI recommendations. Indeed, according to Meta, far more interaction now occurs in DMswhich is a major shift in how people […]
Want to slide into your customer’s DMs? There’s an app for that. Social messaging apps are now essential communication tools. And not just for individual social media users — for brands, too. Social media is a great way to get your message out onto the sweet, sweet worldwide web, but if you’re looking for a […]
LinkedIn’s looking to help members better manage their LinkedIn inbox, by filtering out more of the junk, with a new one ‘Focused Inbox’ UIwhich will essentially re-route less valuable messages into an ‘Other’ tab in your LinkedIn message stream. As you can see in this example, LinkedIn’s Focused Inbox update will now provide you with […]
Google had plenty of bugs, some really big ones, this week including not indexing new content for a day in Google Search. Note, there were rumblings of a Google algorithm update shortly after the indexing bug, but it might be related. Google Ads, Analytics, AdSense, and so on all had not just one outage, but […]
I was recently speaking to top advisor Zachary Ashburn about improving brand awareness with his niche audience. Specifically, he wants to help established executives who leave their corporate jobs but aren’t ready to retire. He can help them set up a consulting business, work with a CPA, and bridge the gap to retirement on their […]
This is an unusual switch up in Meta’s business messaging rules. This week, at its first ever ‘Conversations’ messaging conferenceMeta announced ‘Recurring Notifications’ on its Messenger Platformwhich will enable businesses to send ‘proactive, automated messages, to people who have opted in to receiving them’. As you can see here, businesses will soon be able to […]
Meta has announced a new ‘Conversations’ messaging conferencewhere it will showcase its latest innovations and coming upgrades for its messaging platforms, which cumulatively have over 2 billion users. as per Meta: “The way people communicate with businesses is changing – and fast. Around the world, people are messaging with businesses of all sizes to ask […]
Achieving success in the inbox and across messaging channels is no small feat. With millions of messages sent every day, it’s hard to know if your marketing campaigns hit the mark. Deliverability Insights (now generally available!) and Messaging Insights help you get more from your email and messaging channels. We all know that data is […]