How do YOU think about brands?

I'm working on a future blog post, how to think about brand. I thought it would be interesting to have a discussion and get your viewpoint.

How do you think about a brand?

#Discuss

My favourite Twitter fail and reply

This is from a while back when new people, who clearly had no clue how to use Twitter, were routinely put in charge of the FordUK account.

Great image response. 😂

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If you don't get the reply this should provide any missing context.

#Twitter #Fail

Do you embed social content?

I've shared some views and compared embeds from Instagram, Twitter and Telegram.

Share your thoughts in the comments 👍

#Instagram #Twitter #Telegram

Social Media Account Security

This has been a topic I have returned to often in the past few years and people still don't get it. So I wrote this up on my blog.

Please read the article, then feel free to add your comments.

Thanks 🙏
#Discuss

Starting today WhatsApp is super excited to have ... carts! 🤑

Carts are aimed at businesses that typically sell multiple items at once.

👍 ... or ... 👎

Are you a WhatsApp user? Are you excited about carts?

More details on the Facebook blog here.

#WhatsApp #Feature

Act as XXXXXXXX on ... YouTube.

That's a pretty short list!

I remember when Google Photos and Google+ where included 🤓

Obviously G+ has been dead for a while now, but the omission of Google Photos is quite recent and probably related to the announcement of the end of free high quality storage.

Anyone else notice the removal of Google Photos?

#Google

YouTube has changed how hashtags work

Full details here.

#YouTube #Feature

🤫 Silent Broadcast 🤫

An excellent and underexplored feature in this notification heavy digital world.

#Telegram #Feature

This YouTube embed hack no longer works 😐

Not sure who else might have been using this, but YouTube have now closed the loophole.

Essentially when embedding third-party videos I would craft the embed URL adding a related playlist which would play after the third party video finished.

Google now seems to check whether the video is in the playlist and where not prioritises the playlist, no longer showing the embed.

Ah well ...

#YouTube

Facebook - Add a WhatsApp button

Are you getting prompted more and more to connect your Facebook pages to WhatsApp?

#Facebook #WhatsApp

Signal introduces group calls

Details here on the Signal blog.

Are you a Signal user.
Have you tried it out?

#Signal #Feature

Twitter stops prompting users to quote tweet first.

More details in this Twitter thread.

#Twitter #News

A, B, & C - Same Thing - Different Views

I've written a blog post for the @TeamFordzilla community to try to help explain how I've set up their community space, but they are struggling to understand.

Any suggestions about how to speed up understanding, especially for new Telegram users?

#Telegram #Discussion

What can Telegram be used for?

Lots of things!
The limiting factor is your imagination.

Example:
A "Practice Room" for @SingAtSix

Clunky? Neat? ... What are your thoughts?

#Telegram #Discussion

The future of Telegram

As Telegram approaches 500 million active users, how will they pay? 🤔

Some points from the announcement today.

👉 Telegram will Not sell.

👉 Telegram will begin to generate revenue in 2021. Most users will hardly notice any change.

👉 All the features that are currently free will stay free.

👉 Messaging will remain ad-free.

👉 Introduction of a native Ad Platform for public one-to-many channels – one that is user-friendly, respects privacy and allows Telegram to cover the costs of servers and traffic.

👉 If Telegram starts earning money, the community should also benefit.


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Nice sentiments, but short on details.

#Telegram #Discussion

Voice chats for Telegram groups

Just launched.

Share your thoughts in the comments 👍

#Telegram #Feature #Discussion

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