Digital Marketing Updates from the Week of July 6, 2020

In 14 minutes, get up to speed on the latest updates from Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok during the week of July 6, 2020. Check out the podcast for full details.
TikTok for business launches new solutions to help small businesses connect and grow with the TikTok community
The TikTok For Business Ads Manager features Creative tools, Flexible budgeting, Performance targeting, and business accounts that will provide additional tools customized to businesses' needs.
TikTok is also introducing its Back-to-Business ad credit program, including $100 million in ad credits for small businesses.

TiKtok business: www.tiktok.com/business
TikTok releases latest transparency report amid more questions about data-sharing
TikTok has published its latest transparency report including details on content removals due to violations of the platform's Community Guidelines and/or Terms of Service.
If you want to see the report personally, check out this link: https://www.tiktok.com/safety/resources/transparency-report


Facebook adds new free courses in effective community management
Facebook’s Blueprint created free e-learning courses that focus on the different aspects of community management. If you are a social media manager, the new courses could be helpful for you.


Google Images now displays Knowledge Graph information in search results
A new Google feature makes it easy to find quick facts about what you see on Google Images.
Google adds new predictive metrics into Google Analytics
Google’s new metrics will now suggest new predictive audiences that you can create in the Audience Builder. This will help businesses connect with website visitors and app users and help guide your marketing activities based on those predictions. It also determines people who are likely to make a purchase using advanced prediction capacity.

Read on the specific details if you’re interested to know more about this. 


YouTube explains some common algorithm and video distribution queries
YouTube released a video with YouTube product managers Patricia and Rachel to answer some common questions about how its algorithm works when highlighting certain content to users and why your video metrics may not always reflect performance.
YouTube is adding more ads with mid-roll breaks available in shorter videos
In the past, only videos longer than 10 minutes were eligible for mid-roll ads. Starting in late July, videos that are longer than eight minutes will now also be eligible for mid-roll ads. 


Twitter provides a listing of major events for marketers to note in July 2020
Twitter regularly publishes a summary of key dates for the coming month to help marketers plan their campaigns. If you want to download Twitter’s marketing calendar, check out this link. 


Instagram gives all users the option to pin post comments
You can now select comments to pin on top of your feed! 

Instagram provides new options to manage how IGTV Previews appear in the Main Feed and Discover
Instagram is giving creators a feature that allows them to edit the preview image and cover displayed for their IGTV clips.


WhatsApp adds QR Codes for businesses, and catalog links to simplify sharing
Whatsapp introduced new features to start a chat with a business on WhatsApp and see what goods and services they offer.
Read more here: https://blog.whatsapp.com/new-ways-to-reach-a-business-on-whatsapp


Pinterest updates its algorithm to boost specific content types
Pinterest published a new overview of how their recent algorithm update enables a better balance when it comes to the types of content it shows in user home feeds. This means that Pinterest will be able to display a wider range of content. With this update, Pinterest will no longer be dependent on engagement data to drive its Pin recommendations. If you want to read the update yourself, check out our show notes for the link.