Instagram is no longer just a photo-sharing app 📺

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Last week, Instagram’s Adam Mosseri said that video is the future of Instagram. The message that Instagram is sending is clear: it no longer wants to be thought of as the “square photo-sharing app,” as Mosseri puts it. Find out what four key areas Instagram will be focused on!

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In today’s newsletter:

• The future of video on Instagram
• The 5 best Instagram link in bio tools

• How to succeed with video on each social network

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 🗞 What We’re Reading

Instagram

• Facebook runs video tests to make Instagram more like TikTok

Facebook

• Facebook's Business and Ad Chief outlines key areas of focus for the platform moving forward

Twitter

• Twitter is testing new audience controls on tweets, making it easier to engage around various topics
• Twitter shares new insights into rising conversation trends

Audio apps

• Twitter Spaces: how to get started
• Why audio is marketing’s next frontier

TikTok

• TikTok increases maximum video length to three minutes

YouTube

• YouTube provides key tips on how to build your channel audience

Others

• How to succeed with video on each social network

• 3 guiding principles for CEOs who post on Twitter
• The essential guide to social media comments

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