Social News Desk Selected to Gator100
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Social News Desk (SND) was named to the University of Florida’s 2019 Gator100 during a ceremony on Feb. 22 at UF’s J. Wayne Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. Sponsored by the UF Alumni Association, in partnership with the UF Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center, the Gator100 recognizes the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or led … Continued
Get to Know Apryl: Head of Innovation at SND
Ever interview one of your co-workers? And I don’t mean like ‘let me interview you for the job,’ but more like let me really get to know them because you find them so interesting? I have! Since the day we hired Apryl Pilolli at SND, I think I’ve asked her a million questions. And I’ve … Continued
NEW: Instagram Analytics now LIVE in SND Dashboard
Instagram analytics are here! Thanks to an API update and hard work from our development team, you can now view analytics for your Instagram accounts in stream columns and the Post Manager. You can see the number of likes and comments accurately displayed on your posts in the “User Posts” stream for your connected accounts … Continued
Bug Update #FixItFriday
We’ve been hard at work here at #teamSND. Please see below for a list of recent fixes. You can report any bugs or issues you are experiencing at support@socialnewsdesk.com. Bug Fix: Fixed a bug related to like totals not updating in Reports Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that caused some Crossposted videos to not appear … Continued
Gain Competitive Insights about Branded Content with CrowdTangle
Branded content is currently one of the hottest topics since sliced bread. And ironically, branded content was first produced in the same decade as sliced bread. Given that the publisher-led branded content business makes up $7 billion in digital marketing globally according to Polar, it is no wonder its popular. That’s a lot of bread! … Continued
Why’d We Change the Post Scheduling Interface?
We know news people are creatures of habit – they thrive on rundowns, morning meetings, A blocks, B blocks, layouts, predictability. But we also know news people like to have control over everything, and they want to do it quickly – without anything getting in their way! You may be aware that we’ve done a … Continued
Register your News Page with Facebook
Have you registered your News Page with Facebook yet? Facebook is asking any Page that “primarily publishes journalism intended to inform people about current events or information” to register. As in, literally… that’s what they said. So you should probably do it if you haven’t already. What is News Page Registration? It’s an index of … Continued
Social News Desk Taps Social Revenue Expert as Head of Innovation
Atlanta, GA, February 5, 2019 – Social News Desk (www.SocialNewsDesk.com) today announced the hire of Cox Media Group alumna, Apryl Pilolli to help accelerate the company’s expanded social-revenue growth plan. As Head of Innovation, Pilolli will focus on building products and strategies that enable Social News Desk’s vast roster of local-news clients to increase the … Continued
It’s About Time: New Scheduling Options in SND
Hi! It’s been a minute since my last blog post. How the time flies. But now the gears have turned and the time has come to hand out another great announcement. Watch closely… Remember how you could schedule posts only in five minute increments? Well times…they are a-changin. Now you can schedule down to the … Continued