What have the big techs been up to this week?
It seems as if the social media giants have been racing to constantly update their features lately! For us consumers, it’s exciting and keeps the thrill going as to what’s going to be the next best feature. Here at Mint Stalk, a leading Digital Marketing Agency operating in the United Arab Emirates, new features are always great news as it gives more options to play around with for our accounts. Here are some exciting new features this week from your favourite platforms:
TikTok:
For those who use TikTok, you’ll be able to do your dancing and lip synching for up to 3 minutes instead of just 60 seconds! Talks around this new feature apparently have been going on since last year and trials with video length have been going on behind closed doors but it’s also true that TikTok has been expanding its products dramatically this year. They stated: “[...] we often hear from creators that they'd love just a little more time to bring their cooking demos, elaborate beauty tutorials, educational lesson plans, and comedic sketches to life with TikTok’s creative tools. With longer videos, creators will have the canvas to create new or expanded types of content on TikTok, with the flexibility of a bit more space.”
Facebook:
Facebook was late to join this newsletter trend but has finally come to its senses. The popularity of newsletter platforms have been rising amongst journalists and freelance writers and today, Facebook has announced its new “Bulletin” feature - its own proprietary newsletter platform. Some of the key features include: Robust Publishing tools, Sustainable Business Models, Discovery Distribution and Community Building. An exciting new step for writers who wish to find and build their confidence on this platform. Facebook stated: “Through Bulletin, we want to support these creators, and unify our existing tools with something that could more directly support great writing and audio content — from podcasts to Live Audio Rooms — all in one place. We respect the work of writers and want to be clear that anyone who partners with us will have complete editorial independence.”
Twitter:
Twitter is introducing “Close Friends” (copying Instagram again, not surprised) and something else called “Facets”. They’ve been exploring new ways of making the tweets more relevant as well as allowing the people who tweet to pick the audience they want to share it with, because yes, sometimes, you don’t want everyone to see your thoughts, particularly when some of them are controversial. These new features will obviously be private and restricted to the chosen “friends”/followers of those people to see. And that’s it for this week folks!
About Mint Stalk:
Mint Stalk is a Digital Marketing & Creative Agency in the UAE, supporting businesses with high quality Social Media Management, Branding, Creative Designs, Arabic Content, Campaigns, PR & more. Mint Stalk Marketing Agency offers both offline and online marketing support, as we understand that both your audience targeting and creative content must be on par, in order to convert customers and build brand loyalty.
Our company is split into different departments: as Mint Stalk Social Media Management Agency in the UAE, we handle all social media platforms, offering Instagram Management, Facebook Management, Twitter Management, LinkedIn Management, TikTok Management and Snapchat Management. We design creative posts, write quality Arabic and English captions, cover Instagram stories, on-site events, full community management, (responding to questions and comments from the public), run competitions, increase organic followers and increase page engagement to strengthen your brand. We always include short video content and moving GIFs as part of your social media content, to keep the page engaging and interactive. We work with a number of Social Media Influencers as part of our Influencer Management Services, through collaborations, barter deals and paid posts.
Mint Stalk Creative Agency has in-house Videographers for video production, professional Photographers, Graphic Designers, Creative Directors, Arabic content writers and English content writers. The Digital Marketing arm consists of UI/UX Website Developers, Social Media Managers, Google Ads Managers and SEO Specialists, who build targeted campaigns and focus on performance marketing.
Mint Stalk also supports a number of well-known multinational brands with Press Releases. As a PR Agency, we write both English and Arabic press releases, prepare the Press Kits and also distribute them for publishing. We work with Timeout Dubai, Forbes Magazine, Khaleej Times, Gulf News, Hotelier Middle East, Lovin Dubai and many other Media Outlets both locally and internationally.
Mint Stalk has built numerous brand guidelines and brand strategies for both corporate and lifestyle sectors, including banks and government entities. From storytelling to brand positioning, Mint Stalk can support with all branding and creative requirements.
Mint Stalk Marketing Agency caters to a wide range of industries. Some of our corporate clients and government entities include The Ministry of Artificial Intelligence, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority and Messefrankfurt. Some of our consumer and lifestyle brands include Anantara Hotels, St Regis, Americana Group and Jashanmal Retail. We love to support local businesses, so please feel free to reach out to our passionate team !
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