Instagram Adds New Features: Plus More Tips and Social Media News

Social Mind: Social and AI Insights

It's Friday 🥳

There's a lot of interest in AI and ChatGPT at the moment. Have you used ChatGPT, Google's Bard or Bing AI? I'm thinking about putting a 90 minute course together on how to make the most of ChatGPT by providing illustrations of what it can do and how best to write prompts. Is this something you'd be interested in? Hit reply to let me know.

This morning I'm providing LinkedIn training then I'm running over lunchtime and in the afternoon I'll be watching the horse racing from Aintree on TV.

On Sunday I'm running the Newport 10k and will be going for a PB.

Enjoy today's update and whatever you're up to this weekend, have a good one!

JP
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Number of the day

How much time are you spending on social media? ⏲️

The average person spends 2 hours and 31 minutes on social media per day.

New features

LinkedIn Adds New ID Confirmation Elements to Provide More Assurance and Security ☑️

Verification has become a key focus for social platforms, amid rising concerns around identity theft, along with increasingly realistic looking AI bots and bot profiles, which can dupe unsuspecting users.

And now, LinkedIn is also looking to add more identity features, providing more ways for people to prove that they are who they claim, including ID verification, workplace confirmation, and more.

Instagram adds new features to its creator marketplace, expands access to brand agencies ✍️

Instagram announced today that it’s extending access to parts of its creator marketplace via API to make it easier for brands to discover and work with creators on the third-party creator marketing platform they already use. The company is also expanding creator marketplace access to brand agencies.

New order for Instagram Stories stickers 📌

Instagram is now testing a more useful ranking of Stories stickers. The most used stickers are now shifted to the top improving usability.

Thanks to Dijital Ağlar for this one.

Blogs

How smaller Instagram accounts secure brand deals and make money 💷

If you're worried your Instagram account is too small to even think about making money as a content creator — think again.

Instagram accounts with just a few thousand followers are finding ways to monetize their content and leverage their smaller, and often more niche, audiences.

Smaller creators, usually categorized as "nano" influencers with fewer than 10,000 followers, are making money as content creators like their larger counterparts with brand deals, user-generated content, and affiliate marketing.

Videos

Do you know anyone this applies to? 🤔

That moment when you realise that nothing can justify the amount of time you spend on social media.