This entire message from Tiffany Aliche (@thebudgetnista) is *chef’s kiss.*

INSTAGRAM: I’m excited about being able to add text to images natively in IG!

• Creative Text Tools On Instagram [Instagram]

INSTAGRAM: I’m still amazed by what the pandemic did for QR codes. And now YouTube and IG are randomly focused on them at the same time. I don’t get it.

• Instagram Tests New Profile Cards for Creators[SocialMediaToday]

INSTAGRAM: MySpace vibes.

• Music On Profile[Instagram]

LINKEDIN: If you were holding back, now is the time to lean into video on LinkedIn, specifically vertical video.

• LinkedIn Launches In-Feed Video Carousels[SocialMediaToday]

LINKEDIN: If the White House can be brand-new on a platform, so can you. It’s never too late.

• LinkedIn—yes, LinkedIn—is the latest platform the White House is using[Marketing Brew]

META: Some have had variations of this for a while.

• Meta lets you cross-post from Instagram and Facebook to Threads. Here’s how to do it.[TechCrunch]

SOCIAL MEDIA: “YouTube is now the most popular platform for podcast consumption in the United States.” What platform for podcast listening do you use the most?

• Apple Podcasts Losing Market Share to YouTube and Spotify [MacRumors]

THREADS: Threads is now leaning into catering to businesses/brands. Advertising capabilities are never far behind after that. 

• New Threads Features for Creators and Businesses[Meta]

TIKTOK: I only know what half of these artists look like but I definitely know their songs all because of TikTok.

• TikTok’s US and Global Songs of the Summer 2024 revealed [TikTok]

BUSINESS BONUS

MEDIA: A good refresher if you aren’t clear on what “off the record,” “embargoed,” and other terms used by journalists mean.

• Media parameters across the globe[Axios]

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