[#TWIMshow/Ep38] - Instagram, SnapChat, Twitter, YouTube & Other Updates from Week of Jan 4, 2021

#TWIMshow - This Week in Marketing

1. Instagram Testing New Design For Stories On Desktop. Browsing Instagram Stories from desktop may soon become more easier: Instagram is testing a new UI design for Stories that gives the feature a much-needed facelift. With the new style, Stories appear in a carousel rather than a single tile that takes up the entire page.

2. Snapchat Relaunches Partner Solutions Program for Advertisers. This program was originally launched in 2016 and split the providers into two categories. Now, in 2021, more specific assistance to advertisers is broken into partner categorization tiers.

3. Apple Waging War Against Facebook and Snapchat? Or is it just that Apple’s a nice guy and doesn’t want its users’ privacy being violated? Either way, Facebook and Snapchat are furious with Apple’s new IDFA changes.

4. Podcast Company Breaker Joins Twitter to Improve #twitterSpaces. Twitter seems to be very dedicated to perfecting their Spaces audio messaging feature which allows users to join in a discussion, give insights on a topic, send emojis to the meeting, or simply just listen in on the “Space”.

5. YouTube Changes CopyRight Policy- Three Strikes and You're Out! If you’re caught violating YouTube’s copyright policy three times in 90 days, your channel will now be banned for eternity.

6. 5 Tips for Writing Successful SEO Content. Do proper keyword searches, implement your keywords effectively, choose good topics, acquire some basic SEO knowledge, and make your content long enough.