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Alt Marketing School is a modern marketing school that is 100% vibes, zero gatekeeping. We believe in marketing to hearts, and that marketers need marketers to make their craft better every day (and feel less lonely in the process).
So Mark did it, Reader. He just went and changed Facebook's name to - well - META. And yes, we called it.
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The new name is set to reflect the all-encompassing focus on adapting for the metaverse concept. According to Zuckerberg:
Are you wondering whether we have opinions around this new name change? Well, guess what, we have plenty of those (and a few Marvel references) in this week's episode.
Let's get into this thing.
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Twitter banks on newsletters π
Last week Twitter has unveiled a new Revue newsletter subscription card that will enable newsletter sign-up direct from tweets in-stream showing a heavier push towards newsletter integrations.
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Links on stories for everyone π₯²
Instagram Stories link stickers are being made available to every single Instagram user β even those with under 10K followers. Yes, we can see you shedding a tear right there.
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Pinterest goes after TikTok π¨
Pinterest has officially announced its new, TikTok-like βWatchβ feed for Pin content, as well as a new βTakesβ response option for Idea Pins, among other updates for the app.
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LinkedIn goes to market πΌ
LinkedIn launches its Service Marketplace, a new feature that will let people advertise themselves for short-term engagements to those looking to hire people for such roles, competing against the likes of Fiverr and Upwork opening for a whole new set of opportunities for freelancers.
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PODCAST EPISODE SPOTLIGHT π
Goodbye Facebook, hello...Meta?
So Facebook is going meta - with a new name (allegedly the name will be, ahem, meta). We have mixed feelings about it (and a lot to say). Plus, we are seeing Twitter's focus on newsletters and we are truly here for it.
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Alt Marketing School
Alt Marketing School is a modern marketing school that is 100% vibes, zero gatekeeping. We believe in marketing to hearts, and that marketers need marketers to make their craft better every day (and feel less lonely in the process).