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Tier One Partners Sixty for Social Newsletter

March 19, 2018

 Where’d the GIFs go?

After users uncovered some severely offensive content in the GIF bank, Snapchat and Instagram have put a pause on their partnerships with Giphy and pulled the GIFs from the platforms. There’s been no word on if or when they’ll return, so we’ll have to stick with still, 2D Story stickers for now.

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 LinkedInsights

LinkedIn just dropped its annual Content Insights that dove deep into what content drove the most engagement on LinkedIn in 2017 to help marketers guide their content strategy. With more than 530 million professionals on the platform, there are a lot of users to talk to. But what do they want to hear? “Start-ups” and “Entrepreneurship” were two big topics last year, with “Leadership” and “Management” taking home the top engagement spot. Working these topics into your LinkedIn content might be the key to social success, so don’t let them slip your mind.

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 @ me next time

Following the success of Instagram Stories’ tagging feature, the latest Snapchat update lets users tag other users in snaps. When people swipe up on tagged Snaps, they see the mentioned user’s name, handle, Bitmoji, and an Add button for easy follows. Adding this feature could be a way for Snapchat to revive the fatigue that influencers on the platform were feeling after the redesign caused Story viewership to dramatically drop. In the meantime, try tagging your followers or other brands in your snaps to encourage some added interaction.

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 Let’s get vertical

With the rise of the Story format, vertical video has become king. Partnering with designers their Creative Shop, Instagram shared some helpful tips for brands creating video in this style from its top video designers. Having fun with type and design and using motion to direct your audience’s eyes are just some of the awesome ways that your brand can boost your vertical content to the next level, so take these (and the rest of the great tips) in stride next time you’re tackling the vertical format.

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Doing good done right

In a tribute to female empowerment just before International Women’s Day, Twitter launched its new #HereWeAre campaign using its first Oscar commercial slot that featured a poem from Denice Frohman. The campaign’s capstone hashtag was originally created by CMO Leslie Berland to protest the lack of women speakers at this year’s CES. The platform premiered the content with a traditional TV ad, but the main feature includes photos, videos, and celebrity endorsements seeded through social channels.

Sometimes, brands can make platforms or social causes a little too brand focused, but Twitter did an awesome job of letting the message speak for itself. If the viewer doesn’t notice the subtle Twitter logo at the beginning, there’s no way to know what the PSA-stye ad is for until same logo appears again at the end. If your brand is stepping up for a social cause, follow Twitter’s example to make it more about the message and less about your brand.
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