The report outlines what ‘content’ means in this context. It’s more than blog posts, white papers and newsletters. It encompasses the broadest definition of content including video, images, tweets, ads and more. And the convergence of owned, earned and paid media drives this trend.

Twitter has announced that its improving the process to report nasty tweets and tweeters. Reporting is now more mobile-friendly, requires less initial information, and overall it’s easier to flag Tweets and accounts.

Tweeting has become a chore. Hundreds of updates sail right by; all just white noise. It might be that Twitter now has more brands than cool people. Maybe it’s the spammy hashtags and sponsored tweets. Maybe it’s how Hollywood C-listers are hogging the oxygen.

Copy length continues to be a point of discussion among content marketers. The shorter the better, is one popular opinion, and this makes sense when you consider the fierce competition for readers. Tell a story in as few words as possible, and it has a better chance of being read and clicked.

TweetFacebook  users will have seen prompts to download the standalone Facebook Messenger app to their phones since April. Now, resistance is futile.
Messages have removed from the Facebook mobile app.  People who like to use Facebook to send messages from their phones are now required to download Facebook’s standalone messenger app. This applies to both Android and iOS.
The change underlines the social network’s strategy to monetize the service. On last week’s earnings call,  Mark Zuckerberg said the goal was to turn Messenger into ‘an important business’. Facebook says that shift will …