The Top 5 Social Media News Of This Week

10shares

No matter what else can happen today, this week will be remembered as the one where your Facebook NewsFeed changed forever. Yes, Facebook Pages can now post animated GIFs too. And they have started to do so already.

Your NewsFeed has changed forever. Yes, #Facebook Pages can now post #GIFs too.

Click To Tweet

If you like our stories, there is an easy way to stay updated:
Follow @wersm

And that is not all. In a move to please big online retailers just in time for Xmas, Facebook has also released a bunch of amazing tools for social shopping.

Instagram is the other star this week. Not because the platform has released anything new – it rarely does to be honest – but because, week after week, it becomes clear how much users and brands love the platform. And to make this even better, we shared with you a list of 15 easy, yet impactful, tips to boost your engagement on Instagram.

So are you ready for this week’s Top 5 trending news on We are Social Media?

	Facebook Adds A New Shopping Discovery Tool – With only a couple of months to go before Xmas, Facebook is gearing up to please major e-commerce websites. Today, the social network is adding a bunch of new shopping tools that promise to boost e-commerce on the platform.
	Introducing The World’s First Instagram Novel – Instagram is a network were creatives champion their ideas and find new ways to implement campaigns that will grab an audience’s attention. We have already seen Gap releasing its own soap-opera campaign to great success, but it is now time to see the world’s first novel appear on the social platform.
	Facebook Pages Can Now Post GIFs Too! – Stop everything! GIFs are now working on Facebook pages too! Yes, soon every Facebook page out there will be able to post animated GIFs. And believe me, they will.
	Why Brands Should Care So Much About Instagram – Many brands think of Facebook or Twitter first, when it comes to the percentage of users that follow brands on social media. Yet, according to a recent GWI Chart of the Day, Instagram beats all other social networks when it comes to fans following brands or researching them.
	15 Quick And Easy Tips To Boost Engagement On Instagram – Instagram is definitely the platform where brands need to be right now. It is one of the platforms generating the most user engagement and as its offering and membership grow, it becomes clear that it has certainly become a platform that brands cannot ignore.