Facebook has jumped the shark.

  Prediction: Facebook's engagement metrics slipped in Q4 2017 In little more than 24 hours my bold (foolish?!) prediction is either going to be proved right, or I'm going to look a right cock. Let me explain why this is a watershed moment for Facebook and digital marketers either way... Facebook is under the cosh. Big time. It cannot be disputed that poor Facebook is on a bit of a downer at the moment. In the past 12 months or so it's been through the mill... Fake news s...
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Taking the Pulse Show – episode 8.

360 photos, the new content hack...Facebook's 20% ad text rule...Microsoft's plans for LinkedIn....the magically disappearing (and reappearing) Like trick that teaches us a valuable lesson...PLUS Carlton has a word with Gary Vaynerchuk. The 10 most important things you need to know this week from the world of digital and social marketing. Taking the Pulse is your weekly live show examining the breaking digital and social media marketing news of the week along with our own unique insight and ad...
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Taking the Pulse Show – episode 7.

Do we hold the key to Facebook success?...now Snapchat is bigger than Twitter...the Instagram algorithm arrives....plus emojis for everyone. The 11 most important things you need to know this week from the world of digital and social marketing. Taking the Pulse is your weekly live show examining the breaking digital and social media marketing news of the week along with our own unique insight and advice. We condense hours of research into a 20 minute show, companion blog post (and soon podc...
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Facebook videos under 30 seconds loop continuously.

All Facebook videos that are shorter than 30 seconds long now loop continuously, according to a pre-announcement emailed to Facebook Marketing Partners on 23rd May, tweeted by Nic Sharma: ???? .@facebook is going to start looping all videos under 30 seconds and allow advertisers to place CTA buttons alongside the video ???? — Nik Sharma (@mrsharma) May 23, 2016 @MosheIsaacian @facebook Facebook Marketing Partner email update — Nik Sharma (@mrsharma) May 24, 2016 I can ...
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Taking the Pulse – episode 6.

2016 Internet trends...major Instagram business updates...why you MUST use Facebook ads....plus Periscope begins 'trial by jury'. The 13 most important things you need to know this week from the world of digital and social marketing. Taking the Pulse is our fast weekly summary of latest news on key digital marketing and social media platforms, plus essential need-to-know information for marketers and business owners. Keeping you updated on the stuff that matters to your business. Presented liv...
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Taking the Pulse – episode 5.

Google’s latest updates...major Facebook Live changes...Twitter confirms tweet tweaks...plus THAT Chewbacca video. 15 things you need to know this week from the world of digital and social marketing. Taking the Pulse is our fast summary of latest news on key digital marketing and social media platforms, plus essential need-to-know information for marketers and business owners. Keeping you updated on the stuff that matters to your business. Presented by Carlton Jefferis.   Taki...
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Taking the Pulse – episode 4.

Our summary of latest news on the key digital marketing platforms plus our diagnosis on essential need-to-know information for marketers and business owners - presented this week by Carlton. Taking the Pulse - Episode 412 things you need to know in digital and social this week Taking The Pulse, episode 4 https://thedigiterati.com/taking-the-pulse-episode-4 Taking the Pulse is our fast summary of latest news on key digital marketing and social media platforms, keeping you updated ...
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Ask the Digital Doc: What’s hot and what’s not in social media marketing right now?.

Dr Digital on what's hot in social media
One of our Digiterati colleagues, Sarah Alder, is delivering some social media training this week and as part of her research she decided to ask the Digital Doc (in this instance Marie and Carlton are sharing doctorley duties) on our opinions on the latest state of play on social. Here's the Q&A: Which social platforms do you see as the ones to watch and which are the ones to stop stressing about? Facebook may be a behemoth but it continues to innovate and with the latest changes to Messen...
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