4 ideas to help you get creative with Reels 🎬

Hello there! 👋

Have you been following the "did it hurt?" trend on Twitter. I have to admit, some of them really did hurt. 😅 Here are a few of my favorites: 

• "Did it hurt? When you saw that Memories notification from 2004?" — @Facebookapp
• "Did it hurt? when you got that notification reminder to publish your Instagram carousel post on a saturday at 7:19 am?" – @buffer
• "did it hurt? when you lost your streak at 12:01 AM?" — @Duolingo
• "Did it hurt? When you slept through the beverage cart service? — @Delta
• "did it hurt? when you sneezed after applying fresh mascara?" – @elfcosmetics
• "did it hurt? when no one reacted to your meme in the group chat" — @messenger

Which ones are your favorites? Feel free to reply to this email with yours!

In today’s newsletter:

• 4 ideas to help you get creative with Reels
• Holiday tips for Facebook Shops
• Instagram Live shopping events

Let’s get started! 👇

 🗞 What We’re Reading

Instagram

• Why Instagram is asking people for their birthday
• Instagram launched Live shopping events
• Instagram introduces ads within its Shop Tab
• How to analyze your Instagram Reels’ performance

Facebook

• Facebook provides holiday tips for Shops and flags coming 'Preferred Shop' labels

TikTok

• TikTok shares new insights into usage trends and its impact on audience behaviors

Pinterest

• Pinterest launches new insights series to help guide your pin marketing approach

Twitter

• Twitter rolls out paid subscription ‘Super Follows’ to let you cash in on your tweets

LinkedIn

• LinkedIn is shutting down LinkedIn Stories from the end of next month

Audio apps

• Clubhouse is adding spatial audio effects to make users feel like they’re really in the room
• Clubhouse launches 'Creator Commons' resource hub to help guide your platform strategy

Others

• 3 key steps towards maximizing your social media marketing approach

 🔥 Hot Tip of the Week

Here are 4 ideas to help you get creative on Instagram Reels:

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