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As Meta deprioritizes news on Facebook and Instagram, traffic from there to news websites is likely to continue its downward trend. But let’s face it – getting traffic from Instagram to your website has never exactly been straightforward. Nonetheless, SND’s Newsin.bio feature makes it as simple as possible to get clicks from your Instagram audience….
If you’re like most newsrooms, the realization that clicks from the Facebook (News) Feed to your website are in a steady decline has you feeling on edge. But this new-normal doesn’t have to spell disaster for your social media referrals. In this Social News Desk blog series, we’re exploring the MANY different ways you can…
As Meta deprioritizes news on Facebook, newsrooms around the globe are getting creative about how to get as many clicks from social as possible. And that includes finding ways to maximize your very best content. We’re exploring this and MANY other great ideas in our Social News Desk blog series: Traffic Drivers. Traffic Driver #4:…
Vertical videos are having a moment on social. In fact, according to Facebook, 79% of ‘novice video consumers’ prefer the vertical format and consider it more engaging. The team at Meta is so sure vertical video is the future, it recently added a whole host of new features to Reels for Instagram and Facebook. So…
Having trouble picking just one picture to share with your Instagram followers? No need to choose! SND Dashboard now supports Instagram Carousels, allowing users to publish up to 10 photos, videos, or a combination of media types. Instagram Carousels offer users a more interactive experience, and generally get more engagement than other post types. When…
As diversifying your newsroom’s social strategy becomes more and more important, Social News Desk now supports LinkedIn publishing in SND Dashboard. And that means publishing to your newsroom’s LinkedIn page couldn’t be easier! LinkedIn has historically been thought of as a recruiting tool – or maybe something you only log in to when you’re looking…
If you syndicate content across multiple websites or news markets, you know the challenge of making sure each social post contains a link back to that publication’s own website. We’ve heard from people who have had to schedule each market separately – and that time adds up! Great news – SND’s White Label Link Tumbling…
There’s a lot that can go into creating that one, attention-grabbing social media post – and sometimes, we need a quick check behind us. Or maybe you’re the one calling the shots on stories before they publish. In either case … we’ve got your back! Enter post drafts– an easy way to save a social…
Have we seen your Newsin.bio yet? More importantly, is it available for your Instagram audience to access your content? Providing a clickable link in your IG profile isn’t new, but the way SND is streamlining the workflow is. You know, we’re just over here trying to make our clients’ lives easier. Here’s a round-up to…
SND partnered with Twitter this week to launch a new product concept for organic Tweets called “Carousels.” And we’ve watched it absolutely take off since making the feature live in SND Dashboard. We’re humbly bragging that ‘we knew it would’ for this reason alone – our clients are the best storytellers in the biz. Now,…