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Meme accounts, beware. Instagram has set its sights on memers who have reportedly violated Instagram’s terms and services. Over 30 accounts, some with followerships as high as 40 million, have been taken down by Instagram in the last week. These accounts were bringing in five-digit figures to their creators.

Ever wonder how makeup artists can get that perfect brow or contour? We worked with our client Beautycounter, and their Chief Artistic Officer, Christy Coleman to bring the art of the perfect brow to life. Tune into Christy's IGTV here to watch the first episode in our tutorial series and stay tuned for more!

It’s a plotline you’ve heard a million times: a new generation comes of age and the previous generations look at their lifestyle choices with confusion and thinly-veiled disapproval – often accompanied by eye-rolls and scoffing (OH the scoffing). These transitions invoke the primal fear of change but are these changes that drastic or do people overreact because, on the surface, what they’re seeing is unfamiliar? Although it has continually attracted a younger audience since it’s inception, Instagram isn’t immune to this pattern – the social platform with more than 1 billion monthly users is coming of age and witnessing its own generational shift.

Snapchat hopes to gain more advertisers by simplifying the ad creation process into 3 easy steps. This will simplify the process and make it easier for brands to post to the platform as well as target the correct audiences. They will also provide templates based on the top Snap ad formats.

Facebook just announced new changes for those using the platform for advertising. Starting August 19 “mobile News Feed ads will be compressed in order to ‘match the look and feel’ of the new Facebook design launched earlier this year”.

Tips on how to drive engagement without Facebook Paid Ads/ while using other Platforms to help: 1. Facebook insight tool allows you to learn more about users/ and pinpoints what content may be appealing to the audience. 2. Ask and Answer – Asking users to discuss, debate and get opinions.

In an effort to make Instagram less competitive, less pressurized and more personal, the social media app has decided to test a new feature – publicly hiding likes and views.

We couldn't be more excited to announce our newest client, Green Dot. Green Dot helps provide millions of people reliable, affordable debit accounts that make everyday banking hassle-free. What drew us to them was their commitment to and for the empowerment of their community. We plan to take their socials to new heights and help introduce their products to communities all over the country. Stay tuned for more...

Twitter just announced that it will be implementing new warning labels on controversial tweets.

LinkedIn is quickly becoming a social network competitor, especially with their latest features announced last week. Going more toward conversations, LinkedIn is hoping people will utilize its platform to do more than job search. Here’s a full rundown of all the latest features announced!

If you don’t know, June is Pride Month – a month commemorating the Stonewall riots and the impact LGBTQ people have had in the world.

Snapchat recently published a study on the habits of Gen Z and their social media usage habits. Where millennials have been at the forefront of marketers minds recently, this 70-page report proves that Gen Z is quickly becoming the generation to market to, especially on social.

BizBash launched their ’10 Trade Show Booth Designs from Beauty Brands’ article and we are so honored to have been included for our work with CND at the 2018 Premiere Orlando beauty show.

New Feature Alert!Over the weekend, Instagram launched a new sticker for stories, on-screen lyrics.With this sticker, the user can choose a song to accompany their story and lyrics will play on screen. Being able to add lyrics to a story adds an extra level of creativity and fun to the music sticker. Instagram Karaoke? Well kind of.

Instagram has been busy this week launching new features to help make advertising with influencers easier. The platform is now allowing Influencer posts to be natively turned into ads. This is BIG news for brands. Why you may ask?

Exciting news for Twitter fans as the platform officially announced its new live streaming option ‘Live Guests’ that will allow users to add guests (audio-only) into their conversations.