Category: Facebook
Facebook’s new Manifesto Highlights Privacy but is Ephemeral Content Really Good for Us?

Mark Zuckerberg’s Manifesto talks about Facebook’s goals changing, that it’s going more ephemeral (content disappearing like stories), among other things in new Manifesto. What do you think of all the changes?
Facebook Ratings Functionality Retired from Facebook Pages

Facebook says they’ve made it easier for people to recommend your Page and that ratings and reviews have changed, but what it really means is: Ratings are now recommendations. They’ve retired the star rating system. Now when your customers want to write a review, they can choose to recommend or not recommend your Page. When … Continue reading “Facebook Ratings Functionality Retired from Facebook Pages”
*NEW* Messenger Unsend Button

Anna Iskikian, Product Manager, Messenger announced today that New Messenger Feature Gives You Ability to Remove Messages for Everyone How does it work? Simply tap on the message you want to remove and select the option to “Remove for Everyone”. The removed message will be replaced by text alerting everyone in the conversation the message was … Continue reading “*NEW* Messenger Unsend Button”
What is Facebook Premiers

Matt Labunka, Product Manager for Facebook announced yesterday global launch of Facebook Premieres. a new interactive video format that lets publishers and creators upload and schedule pre-recorded videos to broadcast live on your Facebook page, taking advantage of all of the benefits you get with a Facebook Live video. On January 30, 2019, Fatmir Hyseni … Continue reading “What is Facebook Premiers”
Facebook launched a new Privacy and Data User Business Hub

Facebook launched a new Privacy and Data User Business Hub — a one-stop shop for resources that businesses can use to ensure that they are protecting people’s information while on the Facebook platform… https://www.facebook.com/business/m/privacy-and-data
How do I create a Facebook Group?

Watch over my shoulder as I show you how to create a facebook group step-by-step in this video
Facebook Watch: What We’ve Built & What’s Ahead

Giving People New Ways to Commemorate Moments on Facebook

Facebook announced they are “Giving People New Ways to Commemorate Moments” on their blog yesterday. What’ does this announcement mean to you? Life Events will be featured more prominently and include the option to add animated photos and videos — either your own, photos from the people or Pages you’ve tagged in the post, or … Continue reading “Giving People New Ways to Commemorate Moments on Facebook”
A New Way to Share Gift Ideas on Facebook

Facebook announced today it’s introducing the ability for people to share a collection of content saved on Facebook with specific friends and family.
FACEBOOK WATCH PARTIES — Now available to people, pages and groups with new features!

Facebook Watch Parties enables people, creators, and publishers to watch, discuss and react to playlists of videos together in real time, in a shared space. There have been more than 12 million watch parties in groups since Facebook launched Watch Party to all groups in July, and they are getting engagement — eight times as … Continue reading “FACEBOOK WATCH PARTIES — Now available to people, pages and groups with new features!”
Facebook Messenger will soon allow Canadians to unsend message

TechCrunch reports that Canadian marketing professionals can expect to have the ability to unsend message for the first 10 minutes after you hit the send button soon, and notes that a “tombstone” will be left indicating a message was retracted but Facebook will retain unsent messages for a short period of time so if they’re … Continue reading “Facebook Messenger will soon allow Canadians to unsend message”
October Highlights in Facebook Business News

Facebook launching Music on Facebook Stories, expanding Lip Sync Live, and soon will be making it possible to add songs to your Profile.

*New* Messenger 4 Rolling Out in Stages

Michael Stelzner explains why long play videos on Facebook is bad!

Facebook Tip: Don’t Stab Yourself In The Back with Facebook!

What makes you unfriend, hide or block someone? I’d love to hear about your facebook pet peeves in the comments below. Click here to visit the Facebook Group Business Networking Events in Durham Region
Was your Facebook account one of 30 million affected by Facebook’s recent security breach?

Facebook issued a Security Update on September 28th about a security breach that we’ve since learned affected 30 million Facebook users. Click and scroll to find out if your Facebook account affected
Facebook releasing Portal and Portal+ for pre-order in the US and will begin shipping in November.

Portal and Portal+ are AI smart, hands-free video calling devices with Alexa built-in that retail from US $199 to $349. You can call Facebook friends and connections on Messenger Portal supports group calls of up to seven people at the same time. Enables shared activities e.g. listening to music or watching shows together Smart Camera … Continue reading “Facebook releasing Portal and Portal+ for pre-order in the US and will begin shipping in November. “
And the winner of the #SocialMediaDayGTA draw is…

And the winner of the #socialmediadaygta draw is… Posted by Sue Sutcliffe on Thursday, October 4, 2018
Facebook introducing new ways to buy and deliver video ad campaigns — In-Stream Reserve and ThruPlay

Facebook writes… With Advertising Week kicking off in New York next week, video is top of mind for many marketers. We have been working closely with video advertisers to understand how we can deliver the reach and predictability they expect with the planning and buying process they’re accustomed to on other mediums such as TV. … Continue reading “Facebook introducing new ways to buy and deliver video ad campaigns — In-Stream Reserve and ThruPlay”
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