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    New Pinterest Messages: This Week in Social Media

    by Cindy King / August 9, 2014

    social media researchWelcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

    What's New This Week?

    New Pinterest Messages Encourage Conversations: “When someone shoots you a pin, you'll be able to reply with a message or send a pin back!”

    pinterest conversation
    “You can also send pins and messages to multiple people.”

    SlideShare Introduces New Upload Experience: This new Upload page “will make sharing on SlideShare even easier for you.”

    slideshare upload experience
    A new upload experience.

    Facebook for Windows Phone Gets a Big Update: This new facelift “brings an updated design and new features that were previously available in beta.”

    facebook messenger windows update
    “Along with the overhauled user experience and improved app performance, Facebook for Windows Phone now supports more languages and has the ability for you to upload videos taken with your Windows Phone device directly to the app.”

    Vine Updates iOS App: The new updates “make it easier for you to keep up with your new activity, explore different parts of Vine and more.”

    vine ios update
    “You can now choose to share a Vine publicly or as a message right from the share screen.”

    Slingshot Releases New Version: This includes many updates for the first time since its initial release.

    slingshot update
    You can now “shoot crisp, clear videos even faster than before.”

    Foursquare Introduces the All-New Foursquare: It “learns what you like, and leads you to places you'll love.”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvMVFGOJ2Z0

    A cool social media tool worth checking out:

    Hashtagio: This tool allows you to “leverage fan experiences to increase brand loyalty, engagement and sales.”

    hashtagio
    “Build custom social media storyboards from the best fan content and display them everywhere.”

    Social Media Success Summit 2014 is a special online conference designed to help you master social media marketing (brought to you by Social Media Examiner).

    social media success summitInstructors include Jay Baer (author, Youtility), Mari Smith (co-author, Facebook Marketing), Michael Stelzner (author, Launch), Amy Porterfield (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies), Mark Schaefer (author, Social Media Explained), Nichole Kelly (author, How to Measure Social Media), Bryan Kramer (author, Human to Human), Neal Schaffer (author, Maximize Your Social), Lee Odden (author, Optimize), Viveka von Rosen (author, LinkedIn Marketing), Lynette Young (author, Google+ for Small Businesses), Stanford Smith (co-author, Born to Blog), Andrea Vahl (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies), Melonie Dodaro (author, The LinkedIn Code), Joe Pulizzi (author, Epic Content Marketing), Todd Wheatland (author, The Marketer's Guide to SlideShare), John Lee Dumas (author, Podcast Launch), Jessica Gioglio (co-author, The Power of Visual Storytelling)—just to mention a few. Fully online. Click here to learn more.

    What do you think? Please share your comments below.

    Tags: News

    About the authorCindy King

    Cindy King is the director of editorial for Social Media Examiner. She spent 25 years abroad in international business development and then built her own international business using social business networking.
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