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TikTok’s new app TikTok Now, brilliant or blatant rip off?

TikTok Now wants you to share a daily photo or video experience of your most “authentic” moments with those close to you, via their new stand-alone app TikTok Now, which coincidently sounds a lot like another app BeReal. Funny, someone once did say that imitation is the best form of flattery!

• Latest News
• Social Media
• TikTok

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• September 26, 2022

Top 3 Social Video Editing Apps

We have pulled together a list our favourite 3 video editing apps to make your social media content creation easy as. These tools will have you creating social media video content that will make you look like a pro in no time!

• Instagram Reels
• Social Media
• TikTok

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• September 23, 2022

News in 9 seconds! Say hello to the new app designed for Millennials and Gen Z

It can be read in 9 seconds and takes up only a single screenshot; this new news app is changing how we take in the latest information. Much like Tiktok, the new app Volv is personalised, quick and easy. Swipe, and you're on to the next hot topic!

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• September 8, 2022

Pinterest changes the game with their brand-new app Shuffles?

For an app that hasn't "technically" been launched, social photo giant Pinterest's new baby 'Shuffles' is blowing up TikTok and the iOS charts. But what is Shuffles really all about? And can this aesthetically pleasing, collage-making, GenZ app change the game for businesses and brands? 

• Influencers
• Latest News
• Photography
• Pinterest
• Social Media
• Trends

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• September 7, 2022

What is BeReal?

A new player has entered the game! With BeReal picking up in the past months after being well accepted and loved for its authenticity, this primarily GenZ platform has Millenials joining in. What do you do on it, and why is it so popular? We're discussing it all here.

• BeReal
• Social Media

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• August 24, 2022

How to get on Instagram’s Explore page

The Instagram Explore Page is bussin', and we all want to be there! But how does one do it? Although there is no golden ticket to that tab, there are a few things you can do to get your posts ready, so you can give off that 'main character energy' - enough for you to land a spot.

• Instagram
• Social Media
• Tips

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• August 17, 2022

The future of TikTok ad spend

The numbers are in, and TikTok is the master of social. That's right, the app that was so hot last year has gone viral again. What do these numbers mean? Well, it looks like TikTok is going to be bigger than Facebook this year especially when you look at the number of ads on each platform.

• Social Media
• TikTok

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• August 12, 2022

Say Goodbye to Stills and Hello to Instagram Reels

Are photos a thing of the past? As video takes control of the world of social media, Instagram is taking big steps to keep up. We're going to see big changes on the platform as they make Instagram Reels their shining star!

• Instagram
• Instagram Reels
• Latest News
• Social Media

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• August 5, 2022

Top 3 tips for Instagram Reels

There’s TikTok, there’s YouTube Shorts and there’s Instagram Reels - short form social video has quickly become the staple of organic social strategies and getting your content up to scratch is more important than ever.

• Social Media
• TikTok
• Tips

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• July 28, 2022