Facebook Messenger Now Requires a Facebook Account To Join (inputmag.com) Posted by msmash on Friday December 27, 2019 @02:21PM from the for-what-it-is-worth dept. If you want to sign up for Facebook Messenger, you can no longer escape Big Blue — you’ll need an account from now on. From a report: The company has stopped allowing…
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Facebook bans deceptive deepfakes and some misleadingly modified media In a policy update announced late yesterday, Facebook’s Monika Bickert wrote that…
Real estate is a big business in the sprawling city of Los Angeles and new technology tools to target the industry continue to attract investor attention. The latest of these is Luxury Presence, which pitches digital marketing services to real estate agents and has raked in $5.4 million in financing to support the buildout of…
Because marketers make change happen.That’s the work. Not to run ads, not to sell crap, not to invent hoopla.Marketing makes change. If you’re not proud of the change you’re making, do something else.It turns out that smart marketing is significantly more effective than the other kind. It turns out that showing up with the right…
Ashlee Latimer fostered a young online community through the musical’s social media. Fans know her better as Mx. Thief.Ashlee Latimer was hired away by the production to run its Twitter account during the show’s Broadway run.Credit…George Etheredge for The New York TimesThe Twitter account for “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” has more than…
Nowadays most companies are doing SEO, PPC, and Content Marketing. Yet sometimes the company’s are not getting the leads they need. Some businesses get leads — but not quality leads, or they don’t get the leads that fit their expectations. The main reason a company doesn’t get the leads they need is that they are…
China’s TikTok, which has taken the world by storm, is working its magic in its home nation, too. The Chinese version of TikTok, called Douyin, has amassed 400 million daily active users, parent company ByteDance revealed in its annual report this week (in Chinese). This is an impressive growth for the addictive video app, which had…
Six tips to gain visibility and create sales. Image credit: NurPhoto | Getty Images Aimee Tariq Guest Writer Founder and CEO of A Life With Health January 6, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you haven’t started using LinkedIn to share content yet, it’s high time you get…
View photosREUTERS/Candace ElliottDespite a Santa Claus rally to close 2019, Canadian energy stocks remain undervalued as the sector strengthens into the new year, according to analysts at Laurentian Bank. The iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index ETF (XEG.TO), a basket of large Canadian energy companies, has climbed 15 per cent since early December as oil prices pushed…
Marketing tactics change constantly. Each year new tactics become more impactful, and old ones fade into obscurity. Sticking to the same tactics is stale for your current customers and potential customers, too. Instead of just running the same growth tactics for years on end, it’s time to make a switch in 2020. Here are four unique growth tactics…
Amazon is no longer content trying to dominate the home. The ecommerce giant made several announcements Monday ahead of CES 2020 that target the car, including partnerships with Lamborghini and Rivian, new auto-specific skills for its Alexa voice assistant, a market expansion for its Echo Auto device and a plan to bring its latest Fire…
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Unsplash has built up a library of 1 million stock photographs, all available to use for free. Now it’s ready to start making money — and to help its photographers earn additional income in the process. Don’t worry: The company isn’t about to start charging for its photos, which CEO Mikael Cho said risks “stalling…
China-based electric car startup Byton might be best known for its massive 48-inch wraparound digital dashboard screen in its upcoming M-Byte SUV as well as a host of other screens sprinkled throughout the vehicle. Those screens might get all the attention, but they are merely the delivery mechanism or “stage” for what Byton hopes will…
Competitive intelligence and market intelligence can predict the future that your organization or product will have to play inI am very excited to craft this article, as I have always been excited by how clearly competitive intelligence and market intelligence can predict the future that your organization or product will have to play in. These…
f you’re anything like us, you’ve stared blankly at your email screen, mentally debating which sign-off is best for your message. Is ‘sincerely’ too much? Does ‘best regards’ seem dismissive and cold? Is there ever a time-and-a-place for an ‘Xoxo’? Many otherwise confident professionals struggle with how to close an email, by stressing over words…
photo: Getty Once you launch your business online, the first step is to have a predictable way to attract customers 24/7. Regardless if you are an online coach, creator or services provider, the client acquisition process is the most important asset you can focus on building. In this article, I’ll give you a step-by-step guide … Read more
B2B Sellers: Marketplaces Are Here — Are You Ready? B2B buying and selling has changed alongside similar shifts that are being seen in consumer areas, and research firm Forrester takes a look at the new center of commerce that B2B marketplaces represent. Forrester Facebook quietly acquired a startup to build a live-shopping feature Facebook recently…
