Daniel Hill, The Instagram Stories - Social Media News
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The ultimate destination for the latest in social media news, focusing on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Threads, and Edits. The show features exclusive audio clips from the voices behind the platforms, giving updates and insider insights. Whether you're a creator, marketer, or social media enthusiast, stay ahead of the curve and on top of social media news with 'The Instagram Stories - Social Media News'.
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The ultimate destination for the latest in social media news, focusing on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Threads, and Edits. The show features exclusive audio clips from the voices behind the platforms, giving updates and insider insights. Whether you're a creator, marketer, or social media enthusiast, stay ahead of the curve and on top of social media news with 'The Instagram Stories - Social Media News'.
Instagram and the Glyph are trademarks of Instagram, LLC in the U.S. and other countries. The publisher, author, and contributing photographers are independent and not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Instagram, LLC. Instagram and the Glyph are used with permission by Instagram, LLC.
The YouTube Chief Product Officer, Johanna, stops by to share what the team has been working on - the most exciting thing, in my opinion, is high resolution thumbnails! The Head of Instagram explains how to maximize reach, and walks through a new feature where you can select the content you're interested in for Reels. Then the Threads team shares some updates on how to better manage the replies you see through approvals.
Threads announces ghosts posts - like Stories but for Threads! I share some creative ideas on how to use them. The YouTube team has a new partnership with Adobe for video editing, and the YouTube team shares that viewers can now hide end screens. After the news, we get into some Q&A from the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri.
Instagram has announced the ability to find videos you have watched before - now available! The Head of Instagram explains. Additionally Amanda Marochko from the Buffer team stops by to talk about Buffer and social strategy, especially on Threads.
YouTube is rolling out a ton of new features, including AI Studio, Likeness Detection, plus new features for YouTube Live. Additionally Rene Ritchie from the YouTube Creator Insider Team explains how to sort YouTube comments by newest as the default, and the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri explains how turning off like counts, disabling comments, or using Close Friends are a few good things to try if you’re ever feeling anxious about how your posts are doing on Instagram.
Today the Head of Instagram explains the new navigation flow of the app, plus how to turn off notifications for comments and likes, how to turn off like counts, and how to turn off comments.
Have you ever uploaded a video to YouTube but then you realized it needed fixing? Now you can write corrections in the text box of the YouTube description. Additionally the YouTube Creator Insider team has some updates around voice memos and courses. Also the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, explains how Instagram will only show content that's PG-13 to teens, and Threads gets group chats.
The Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, announces Instagram is working on a TV app because they've seen the success YouTube has had. (That's a nice way to say Instagram is jealous that people can watch YouTube on their TVs.) Also Instagram has a blog post all about Notes, and we do a Q&A session from Adam Mosseri's weekly Ask Me Anything.
Today on the show, the YouTube Creator Insider team gets deep on some new features, including A/B thumbnails, media kits, and expand with AI. Additionally the Head of Instagram announces translations for Reels in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi, plus the Edits team has some new features including sound effects and a media kit (just like YouTube!)
Today on the show, Adam Mosseri, the Head of Instagram, explains that Stories are not going away, and neither is follower count. He also states that scheduling Stories is not a feature on their roadmap but I explain how to do it for free using Meta tools that are publicly available. Additionally we talk about why Instagram shows your carousel to someone more than once, and how to use that to your advantage.
Today on the show the Head of Instagram explains how they keep teens safe on the platform. However I think we all know that once you hit 3 billion monthly active users, you need to figure out how to get to 4 billion, and teens who don't have Instagram are the perfect potential audience. Also Sarah Wynn Williams, former Director of Policy at Facebook, explains how Meta targets ads to vulnerable teens and it's disgusting. Additionally Ashley Coffey and I get into this week's AI news, including social media apps with feeds that are 100% AI.
Do you ever feel like Instagram is listening to you through your microphone? Well, according to the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, Instagram is NOT listening to you. He explains what might be causing the specific ads you're seeing, and explains a new test they're doing on the Instagram app. Also the YouTube team shares what they're working on, including auto-dubbing and lip syncing for videos into other languages.
Today on the show, the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, explains how the Instagram algorithm works in under one minute, how to get captions on Stories, why they rolled out horizontal Reels, why the Instagram iPad app opens to Reels, and a lot more.
Today's episode features a clip from the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, about how they've hit 3 billion monthly active users, and explaining how they're rolling out controls to allow you to determine what topics you see content about. Additionally, the YouTube team has some updates, including the ability to turn a live-stream into a Short, and an explanation of what terms you can say on YouTube.
Today's episode features the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, answering questions about why there are links only in Stories and not in captions or Reels, plus he explains how Stories can impact Reach. Additionally we hear from the CEO of YouTube, Neal Mohan, on how the platform will treat AI generated content - and how creators should think about it.
This is episode 1500! This is a huge milestone for me, and in today's episode, I include some new theme music. Mark Zuckerburg recently did a keynote at Meta Connect. It's long and there were a lot of technical difficulties so instead, Andrew Bosworth, CTO at Meta, explains the new products and their features. Additionally Adam Mosseri explains his favorite features of Instagram DMs, plus both Edits and Threads have some updates. Lastly, if you have never left a review for the show, would you mind taking 2 minutes to do so?
Today we do a deep dive into the YouTube Made On event, sharing updates from the Creator Insider team. We learned that YouTube paid out over $100 Billion dollars to Creators in the past 4 years alone! We also get new features like collabs, A/B testing of titles, and more.
The Head of Instagram does a weekly Ask Me Anything and I share his answers on the show. Today we discuss if there's a way to find out which followers are most engaged (there isn't a way!) and how DM groups are different from Broadcast Channels (DM groups allow anyone to reply, Broadcast Channels only allow the person who owns it to post) and if reach goes down if lots of people mute you (reach doesn't go down in that scenario!)
Today on the show, the Head of Instagram explains how they've fixed Instagram Stories, and the YouTube team rolls multi-language audio. Additionally, Ashley Coffey and I talk AI news, including an AI Podcast company that's going to make podcasts for $1 and a California bill that would regulate AI chatbots.
Today, the Head of Instagram explains what metrics to focus on for analyzing Reels performance - it's average watch time, then likes. Additionally he explains why it took so long to make an iPad app, and gives some input on other feature requests, like the ability to send a message to everyone's followers.
The ultimate destination for the latest in social media news, focusing on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Threads, and Edits. The show features exclusive audio clips from the voices behind the platforms, giving updates and insider insights. Whether you're a creator, marketer, or social media enthusiast, stay ahead of the curve and on top of social media news with 'The Instagram Stories - Social Media News'.
Instagram and the Glyph are trademarks of Instagram, LLC in the U.S. and other countries. The publisher, author, and contributing photographers are independent and not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Instagram, LLC. Instagram and the Glyph are used with permission by Instagram, LLC.
