The Digital Updates: August Issue
Hey squad,
Happy Friday to you! It's the first day of a new month so you know what that means; it's time to round up all the biggest updates of the past month! As usual, Instagram didn't take a night off with the updates and tests, not to mention TikTok joining the party with a feature people have been begging for, so there's plenty waiting for you below!
Here on LinkedIn Newsletters Got a Glow-up!
LinkedIn newsletter creation got a fresh update, making it even easier for you to share your insights and knowledge. Now, you can manage multiple newsletters all in one place! So if you’ve got different audiences or topics, this is really going to help you segment those out and get hyper-targeted with your audience. They’ve also given the article editor a glow-up, making it a smoother editing and publishing experience.
Some of the other updates include:
We used the new article editor to write this and so far so good!
Threads Hit Desktops Around the World
Meta announced that Threads has come to the web and is slowly rolling out now. It looks like we’ll be able to view, post and engage with Threads from your Desktop PC. But is it a little too late? We’ve got access to it and so far it’s looking a little basic, but if it saves us some time we’re here for it!
TikTok is Bringing the Christmas Cheer Early with Their 2023 Holiday Marketing Guide
TikTok released the guide full of goodies including how people are using the app, a calendar of key dates and a fantastic guide to help you plan out your marketing funnel over the busy period. You can download your copy here.
TikTok is Finally Letting Users Save Drafts
TikTok drafts can finally be downloaded which gives anyone creating on the platform more flexibility to download their own content without the watermark, share with others and publish across platforms without third-party platforms.
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Adam Mosseri Shared Some Amazing Deets During His FAQ Session
We gotta applaud Mosseri for his transparency, he really shared some super valuable info that we didn't expect to hear like:
All the Latest Instagram Updates
In a surprise to no one, Instagram is still going hard with the updates and has released a bunch this past month. There are HEAPS so we've collected a bunch below:
Have you noticed Instagram's New DM Update?
Instagram has brought in a new messaging feature which means that DMs from users not connected within the app will now be limited to text-only invites. Meaning no more unwanted spammy images or videos without consent. The recipient will have to accept the message before any further contact can be made and users will only be able to send a single invite/message request to each user.
All the Latest Tests
There's always something being tested on our fave platforms, so we've grabbed some of the most exciting to share with you:
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