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Today on the show, I announce a new survey, where you give your input so I can improve the show. The first 10 people who fill out the survey get a $20 Amazon Gift Card! Also, I share Adam Mosseri's recent Ask Me Anything, including questions about how to get more reach, and some Instagram features you might not know existed.   Links: Survey! Help Improve the Show! ( Survey ) Sign Up for The Weekly...

In this episode, I chat with  @KristenBousquet  a creator monetization coach who helps content creators and influencers build profitable businesses. Kristen shares her journey from starting her business during the pandemic to creating a thriving membership community that combines the intimacy of one-on-one coaching with comprehensive educational resources. Kristen started her company after selling...

The Threads team rolls out support for direct podcast linking, the Edits team adds lip sync, reverse, and bulk caption editing, the Instagram team improves analytics in the Professional Dashboard with a monthly recap, the Head of Instagram talks about scheduling trial Reels, Diego from the Buffer team talks about the importance of replying to comments and announces a new tool in Buffer to help you...

The Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, answers questions like "what's a remix on Instagram", and "are hashtags still a thing?" Plus we get into content recommendations and how it works for meme and aggregator accounts.   Links: Sign Up for The Weekly Email Roundup: Newsletter Leave a Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@da...

The YouTube team has rolled out the ability to live-stream horizontally and vertically at the same time, plus Lauren from the YouTube team explains how organic reach will not be impacted by advertising. Also the Motion Picture Association writes Meta a "cease and desist" letter for using the term "PG-13", and the Head of Instagram gives 5 tips for how to increase reach.   Links: YouTube: Stream Ac...

Instagram's added the ability to let your compare your account's metrics to 10 other accounts, because mental health isn't really that important. Also the Head of Instagram answers some questions and I ask kindly if you could please leave a review of the show because having a podcast is sometimes like shouting into the void.   Links: Instagram: Instagram has added a Competitive Insights feature (...

The YouTube Chief Product Officer, Johanna, stops by to share what the team has been working on - the most exciting thing, in my opinion, is high resolution thumbnails! The Head of Instagram explains how to maximize reach, and walks through a new feature where you can select the content you're interested in for Reels. Then the Threads team shares some updates on how to better manage the replies yo...

Threads announces ghosts posts - like Stories but for Threads! I share some creative ideas on how to use them. The YouTube team has a new partnership with Adobe for video editing, and the YouTube team shares that viewers can now hide end screens. After the news, we get into some Q&A from the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri.   Links: Threads: Introducing Ghost Posts! ( Threads ) YouTube: Create You...

Instagram has announced the ability to find videos you have watched before - now available! The Head of Instagram explains. Additionally Amanda Marochko from the Buffer team stops by to talk about Buffer and social strategy, especially on Threads. Links: Instagram: Find Reels You Want to get back to ( Instagram ) Instagram: Restyle your Instagram Stories using Meta AI to Take Your Creativity Furth...

YouTube is rolling out a ton of new features, including AI Studio, Likeness Detection, plus new features for YouTube Live. Additionally Rene Ritchie from the YouTube Creator Insider Team explains how to sort YouTube comments by newest as the default, and the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri explains how turning off like counts, disabling comments, or using Close Friends are a few good things to try...

Today the Head of Instagram explains the new navigation flow of the app, plus how to turn off notifications for comments and likes, how to turn off like counts, and how to turn off comments.   Links: Instagram: New Tabs Flow! ( Instagram )   Sign Up for The Weekly Email Roundup: Newsletter Leave a Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Today on the show, I share some insights from what I learned spending the day with AnthPo, and some AI news about ChatGPT maker OpenAI.   Links: YouTube: The Banksy of Gen-Z ( YouTube ) Podcast: AI News You Should Know About ( YouTube ) ( Audio ) OpenAI makes five-year business plan to meet $1 Trillion spending pledges ( Financial Times ) Japanese Government Calls on Sora 2 Maker OpenAI to Refrain...

Have you ever uploaded a video to YouTube but then you realized it needed fixing? Now you can write corrections in the text box of the YouTube description. Additionally the YouTube Creator Insider team has some updates around voice memos and courses. Also the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, explains how Instagram will only show content that's PG-13 to teens, and Threads gets group chats.   Links:...

The Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, announces Instagram is working on a TV app because they've seen the success YouTube has had. (That's a nice way to say Instagram is jealous that people can watch YouTube on their TVs.) Also Instagram has a blog post all about Notes, and we do a Q&A session from Adam Mosseri's weekly Ask Me Anything.   Links: Bloomberg Talks: Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri ( You...

Today on the show, the YouTube Creator Insider team gets deep on some new features, including A/B thumbnails, media kits, and expand with AI. Additionally the Head of Instagram announces translations for Reels in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi, plus the Edits team has some new features including sound effects and a media kit (just like YouTube!) Links: YouTube: Test A/B Thumbnails in YouT...

Today on the show, Adam Mosseri, the Head of Instagram, explains that Stories are not going away, and neither is follower count. He also states that scheduling Stories is not a feature on their roadmap but I explain how to do it for free using Meta tools that are publicly available. Additionally we talk about why Instagram shows your carousel to someone more than once, and how to use that to your...

Today on the show the Head of Instagram explains how they keep teens safe on the platform. However I think we all know that once you hit 3 billion monthly active users, you need to figure out how to get to 4 billion, and teens who don't have Instagram are the perfect potential audience. Also Sarah Wynn Williams, former Director of Policy at Facebook, explains how Meta targets ads to vulnerable tee...

Do you ever feel like Instagram is listening to you through your microphone? Well, according to the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, Instagram is NOT listening to you. He explains what might be causing the specific ads you're seeing, and explains a new test they're doing on the Instagram app. Also the YouTube team shares what they're working on, including auto-dubbing and lip syncing for videos in...

Today on the show, the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, explains how the Instagram algorithm works in under one minute, how to get captions on Stories, why they rolled out horizontal Reels, why the Instagram iPad app opens to Reels, and a lot more.   Links:   Sign Up for The Weekly Email Roundup: Newsletter Leave a Review: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Me on In...

Today's episode features a clip from the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, about how they've hit 3 billion monthly active users, and explaining how they're rolling out controls to allow you to determine what topics you see content about. Additionally, the YouTube team has some updates, including the ability to turn a live-stream into a Short, and an explanation of what terms you can say on YouTube....

Today's episode features the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, answering questions about why there are links only in Stories and not in captions or Reels, plus he explains how Stories can impact Reach. Additionally we hear from the CEO of YouTube, Neal Mohan, on how the platform will treat AI generated content - and how creators should think about it.    Links: YouTube: I Asked YouTube's CEO Your H...

This is episode 1500! This is a huge milestone for me, and in today's episode, I include some new theme music. Mark Zuckerburg recently did a keynote at Meta Connect. It's long and there were a lot of technical difficulties so instead, Andrew Bosworth, CTO at Meta, explains the new products and their features. Additionally Adam Mosseri explains his favorite features of Instagram DMs, plus both Edi...

Today we do a deep dive into the YouTube Made On event, sharing updates from the Creator Insider team. We learned that YouTube paid out over $100 Billion dollars to Creators in the past 4 years alone! We also get new features like collabs, A/B testing of titles, and more.   Links: YouTube: Creator Insider: Title A/B Testing, Collaborations, AI and Image Stickers, Live Sticker Polls, and New Gifts!...

The Head of Instagram does a weekly Ask Me Anything and I share his answers on the show. Today we discuss if there's a way to find out which followers are most engaged (there isn't a way!) and how DM groups are different from Broadcast Channels (DM groups allow anyone to reply, Broadcast Channels only allow the person who owns it to post) and if reach goes down if lots of people mute you (reach do...

Today on the show, the Head of Instagram explains how they've fixed Instagram Stories, and the YouTube team rolls multi-language audio. Additionally, Ashley Coffey and I talk AI news, including an AI Podcast company that's going to make podcasts for $1 and a California bill that would regulate AI chatbots. Links: Today on the show, the Head of Instagram explains how they've fixed Instagram Stories...