start your Shopify store

How To Start Your Shopify Store For Free: Create an online Shopify store 2021 Updated Version

Many have issues with how to go about a Shopify store, and one of your challenges is learning how to start your Shopify store. Looking back, the mistakes I made are not uncommon for first-timers. That’s why I wanted to create the kind of resource I wish I had when I started—a walkthrough of all…

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9 Proven Password-cracking Techniques you should know

For the longest time, password was seen as an acceptable form of protecting one’s digital privacy. However, as biometrics and cryptography began to be increasingly available to the public, the flaws of this simple method of authentication had become increasingly noticeable. After all, a leaked password became the centerpiece of the biggest cyber security story of the…

Expert

Facebook has some New Additions for Groups, Including ‘Expert’ Badges and Automatic Invites for Page Fans

Facebook has announced some new additions for groups, including recognized community experts, new ways to attract members based on their expertise, and auto-invites for engaged followers of associated Pages. The main new addition is a new ‘Group Expert’ designation, which provides another way to highlight top contributors in your groups. As explained by Facebook: “There are more…

Re-Share

Instagram is Testing a New ‘Re-Share’ Sticker for Stories to Encourage More Thoughtful Feed Post Sharing

This will no doubt ruffle some feathers within the Instagram community. Today, Instagram is launching a new test of a ‘Re-Share’ sticker for Instagram Stories, which will enable people to re-share feed posts that they’ve recently viewed in the app via a new, dedicated sharing format, as opposed to simply re-pasting the entire feed post into a…

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Facebook added a New Checkbox: You Can Embed Facebook Videos at a Chosen Time in the Playback

Here’s a small, but helpful update. This week, Facebook has added a new checkbox into its video embed process which enables you to choose a specific time within the video playback at which you want your embed to play from. As you can see here, there’s now a new checkbox option in the embed process which enables…

Clubhouse

Clubhouse Announces New Hires, Creator First Funding Recipients, as it Refines its Focus on Content

With alternative audio social tools rising fast, Clubhouse has found itself in an increasingly uphill battle to maintain audience attention, pitted against far better-resourced opponents who are looking to tap into the trend that it originated, and essentially stunt the app’s growth in order to keep their own users from drifting. Which, of course, makes…

Twitter verification

Twitter Puts Public Requests for Profile Twitter Verification on Hold, Just a Week After Re-Launch

Last week, Twitter announced that it was re-opening public requests for profile Twitter verification, which have been on pause since 2017 due to confusion around the process, and what, exactly, its coveted blue checkmark on profiles represents. I mean, what did they think was going to happen? But now, due to a massive influx of…

creator loyalty

New Report Looks at Creator Loyalty on YouTube, and how it Impacts Video Marketing Strategy

How important is creator loyalty on YouTube, and how can that impact your video marketing strategy? There are two key considerations within this – for one, if you’re creating your own YouTube channel, and you’re mapping our your video content strategy, then understanding what makes viewers come back time and time again is obviously key…

TikTok Radio

TikTok Launches New ‘TikTok Radio’ Station for Trending Tracks in Partnership with SiriusXM and Pandora

TikTok is looking to reinforce its connection with music trends via a new partnership with SiriusXM and Pandora that will see the creation of ‘TikTok Radio’, a new digital radio station that will showcase trending tracks based on platform engagement, and feature playlists from, and collaborations with, TikTok influencers throughout the summer in the US. As explained…