We Are Social’s Tuesday Tune-Up #165

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Facebook creates a donate button to encourage users to contribute to the Ebola cause
Facebook has added a ‘Donate Now’ button that appears to users in their news feeds in an attempt to encourage them to contribute and raise money to fight Ebola. As of last Thursday, Facebook users now have a button at the top of their news feed that enables them to choose one of three nonprofit organisations to donate to. The organisations include The International Medical Corps, The American Red Cross and Save The Children. Facebook has additionally partnered with UNICEF to deliver messages in affected regions, ensuring that lines of communication remain open and that current information is shared.

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Instagram users can now edit captions
Have you ever posted something to Instagram only to realise shortly after that you have spelt that hashtag or comment incorrectly? Instagram has changed its settings so that users can now go back and fix typos without having to delete and then rewrite the entire post. Users can edit captions by tapping the menu button under the post and selecting ‘edit’. Posts with edited captions will include a note showing that a change has been made. Instagram has also added new recommendations to the app’s ‘Explore’ menu.

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Lynx launches Social Club in partnership with Vice
Sydneysiders love a good pop-up and that is exactly why Lynx, in partnership with Vice, will be holding one for two weeks in November. The ‘Social Club’, to be held in Sydney’s Darlinghurst, will attempt to boost the brand’s credibility and shed its long standing association with teenage boys, encouraging men to express their individuality in the process.

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This pop-up space will be open for two weeks from the 12th of November and is being hailed as a new meeting point – a mix between a local bar, barber shop and gentlemen’s lounge. There will be special guests, including experts on music, gin, design, hair, scent and styling, on hand to help out even the most clueless of Sydney’s male population!

Together with the Pop-Up, a content series called “coolest guy ever’ will run on Vice, featuring a range of musicians talking about their take on ‘the coolest guy ever’.

Brands go social for Movember
It’s November and the world has been preparing its razor and getting Movember started. Naturally, so have brands. Fancy an example? Good, because you’re getting one.

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Digital to overtake TV ad spending
US Digital ad spending will overtake TV in 2016, according to new research by Forrester. By 2019, digital will account for 36% ($103bn) of all ad spending and, as if that wasn’t enough, next year we’ll have hoverboards and automatic dog walkers. Fine, that last bit’s from Back to the Future.

The graph below breaks down the progress within digital itself. Social media’s growth is set to be the strongest, followed by display advertising and search.

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Facebook users can set limits on content from brands
Bad news, oversharers – Facebook is clamping down on you lot. The network will now allow users to access a list of how many posts they’ve seen from friends and pages in the last week, and set a limit on anyone that’s posting too much. Brands will have to be careful to ensure high content quality, or else find view quantity slips, too. Facebook produced the below video to explain the changes.

Snapchat planning new ad types and partners
Snapchat is planning to up its ad game. It is reportedly planning to introduce TV-style ads in ‘Our Stories’, allowing brands to either sponsor a whole ‘Our Stories’ or include branded snaps within a collection. That’s not all, either. It’s going to launch a ‘Discover’ tab, where users can find articles, music and video from some pretty big name partners. Now, time for a game of ‘name that logo’:

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Subway falls in love with National Sandwich Day
There’s no need to fear loneliness on Valentine’s Day when National Sandwich Day comes just nine months later. At least that’s what @Subway seems to think, as the restaurant chain used #NationalSandwichDay to reply to fans with some romantic, personalised content, in the form of images, gifs and Vines.