Social Media Industry Round-Up #32: Downloading Reels, Creator Collaborations Guide for TikTok, More AI & New Ad Options on YouTube
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Manual Control on Instagram Reels: Instagram has released a new feature that allows users to use their hands to start and stop recording.?
TESTING - Downloadable Reels: Instagram is testing the ability to allow all users to download Reels. This means that users would be able to download clips from any account.?
Barcelona on the Works: Meta is currently working on a new social media platform which they describe as ‘Instagram for your thoughts’, and it will be a text-based social network (which souls like their version of Twitter).?
Key Creator Collaboration Guide on TikTok: TikTok has released a new guide on how to create better-performing influencer marketing campaigns on the platform, based on over 300 top-performing videos on Creator Marketplace.?
TESTING - Generative AI Profile Pictures on TikTok: TikTok is the latest social media platform to jump into the AI trend by testing a new AI generator for profile images. Users will be able to choose a design style, and then upload a picture of their choice.?
New Ad Options on YouTube: In order for brands to reach Gen Z on YouTube, the platform has launched two new ad options:?
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Scheduled Product Drops on TikTok: YouTube will improve its live-stream product listings with a new process for uploading product details that can be scheduled to appear at a set time.
With this new process, creators will be able to schedule a time, within YouTube Studio, for the product to appear, which will help to feed into this element.
Free Blue Twitter Checkmarks for Over 1M Follower Accounts: After removing all legacy checkmarks in the app, Elon Musk asked all previously verified accounts to pay for a checkmark.
However, not all high-profile users were willing to pay, and some lost their verified checkmarks (i.e. The Pope, Beyonce & Oprah, amongst many others).
Surprisingly, some accounts started to get their checkmarks back, despite not signing up for Twitter Blue.
BeReal Adds New Features: BeReal is a social media platform that reached 7.3 million monthly active users in August 2022.
Due to this success, other platforms like TikTok and Instagram have launched similar features, TikTok Now & Candids, which have caused BeReal’s monthly active users to decline, as the platform has one single feature available: sharing one picture a day.
This is why BeReal is currently testing out new functionalities, like Spotify integration (sharing music & podcasts) and Bonus BeResl (sharing 2 more pictures per day when a user posts on time), to expand its offering and retain active users.