Social Mind: Social and AI Insights

It's Monday! Hello 👋

As this issue is delivered I'll be in a TV studio delivering training - a 6am start today due to the client being in a different time zone.

Today is the 13th anniversary of leaving employment for self-employment. If there's one thing I've learned is believe in yourself and keep at it 🙌

Have a great week!

JP
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Number of the day

Do you have plans to grow your LinkedIn Page followers in 2023?

28.7M - The number of followers that Amazon, the most popular Page on LinkedIn, has.

Comment: If you need advice on growing your audience on LinkedIn, get in touch.

Social news

The EU warns Elon Musk that Twitter could be banned if it doesn't comply with content moderation laws ⚠️

The European Union has warned Elon Musk Twitter could be banned from operating in the bloc unless the social media platform adheres to its content moderation regulations,

BeReal is a double winner 🥇

BeReal has won App Of The Year from both Apple and Android.

Comment: You can find out what all the fuss is about here: https://bere.al/en and follow me here: https://bere.al/pollingersocial

New features

Message yourself on WhatsApp

WhatsApp has introduced the ability to message yourself.

Comment:: Handy for reminders, notes and links and transferring photos/files from one device to another eg smartphone app to WhatsApp Web on laptop.

LinkedIn Pages: Our Latest and Greatest Features

LinkedIn has introduced some new features to help you generate more Newsletter subscribers by making them more discoverable plus it's improved its Competitor Analysis dashboard.

Comment: Last week I started publishing my this newsletter from my Profile on LinkedIn. Given these changes I'll now be publishing from my Company Page.

New RayBan Stories feature

Instagram has added a new sticker called RayBan Stories into the sticker tray on Instagram Stories. If you have the joint project 'smart glasses' you can now add your recorded video and photos onto Instagram Stories.

Thanks to @WGBrother on Twitter for this one.

New 'business' label in Insta DMs 🏷️

Instagram now shows you if you are chatting with a business account in Direct Messages.

Comment: WhatsApp already do this. Makes sense for transparency that Instagram does too.

Thanks to Ahmed Ghanem, @ahmedghanem on Twitter, for this one.

View counts to be public on Twitter

Twitter is going to make the view counts of tweets visible to everyone.

Thanks to Nima Owji, @nima_owji on Twitter, for this one.

Tools

Find Inspiration From the 10 Most Followed Pages on LinkedIn

The foundation of a successful LinkedIn Page is a robust and active community of followers. We hear frequently from organizations that growing this total is their top marketing aspiration on the platform.

In trying to understand what makes a LinkedIn Page appealing and follow-worthy for members, we thought it might be helpful to analyze those who are leading the way. As such, we’ve assembled a list of the 10 most followed LinkedIn Pages and the qualities that help them succeed.

Videos

No Context Brits @NoContextBrits

Drunk at 20: “I’m going to call my ex.”

Drunk at 30: “I’m going to tweet my MP.”