Hey, remember how MrBeast re-posted one of his old clips on X and made $260k from ad revenue share in a single week, and every single other X creator, who’s making about $1000 for similar numbers, was like “wtf”? Well, that’s because X cheated the system, by enrolling MrBeast, a.k.a Jimmy Donaldson, into its Amplify […]
Six months ago, we noticed an interesting phenomenon. Each week, we (the Content team) would receive overflowing inboxes filled with requests to post articles on the Buffer blog. This was everywhere, from our emails to our LinkedIn accounts. Usually, we’d pay these messages no mind – guest posts just weren’t a part of our content […]
With the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election looming, and various other pending polls around the world, Meta is expanding its fact-checking program to cover Threads content as well, as it continues to see more usage in its Twitter-clone app. As per Meta: “Early next year, our third-party fact-checking partners will be able to review and rate […]
There’s no question about it – sending emails during the launch of an online program, membership or course is essential to launch success. If you’ve ever tried to launch only with social media, you’ll know why. As soon as you start with those sales messages – all of a sudden your posts just aren’t even […]
For one week in July this year, the full Buffer team did something rather unconventional. All 80 of us paused our day-to-day work, cleared our calendars, and dedicated a whole week to projects outside of our usual tasks. It’s Buffer’s annual Build Week. Why did we do this? At Buffer, we believe that the most […]
The X team continues to expand the availability of its Community Notes feature, with users in 18 more regions now able to apply to be part of the volunteer moderation program. With yesterday’s admission of 18 new countries, we now have Community Notes contributors in 44 countries around the world. This includes the whole ???????? […]
Google sent merchants an email yesterday informing them that Buy on Google in the United States will be closing on September 26, 2023. Google is piloting a new feature to skip right to the checkout page for merchants, but the Buy on Google will be gone for Google Search, however, will remain on YouTube. This […]
Despite implementing some changes to its original plan for Meta Verifiedits subscription program that enables users to purchase a blue checkmark on Facebook and Instagram, Meta is expanding availability of the scheme to the UK, with UK users able to apply from this week. Meta launched the initial stage of Meta Verified with users in […]
This week, Amazon communicated to stakeholders that one of its social impact programs, the AmazonSmile programwhich supports nonprofit organizations by donating a percentage of shoppers’ purchase value, will be closing soon. The company justified the decision by stating that the program’s impact did not grow as expected after 10 years, and that, “with so many […]
Google AdSense is testing a new ad type for publishers named Rewarded Ad Gate beta program. This program is something Google has in AdMob and basically lets you serve some of your more “loyal” visitors with longer-form ads, even playable ads. This was posted by a publisher in the WebmasterWorld forums and I really cannot […]