Gen x social media marketing

Prince Andrew is deleting his social media accounts - just days after the Queen stripped him of his military affiliations and royal patronages. Twitter users hoping to visit his page are now greeted with a message telling them that "this account doesn't exist - try searching for another". Similarly, his Instagram page, which has a blue verified tick and is followed by the official Royal Family account, has been made private, while the profile picture and some information has also disappeared from his Facebook page. A source told MailOnline that Andrew's social media channels were in the process of being removed "but some were taking longer to filter through". Prince Andrew's Twitter page has been deleted The source added: "The changes have been made to reflect the recent statement from Buckingham Palace regarding The Duke of York." The bombshell statement from Buckingham Palace came last Thursday, announcing that Andrew would be stripped of his military … [Read more...] about Prince Andrew deletes all of his social media accounts after being stripped of titles

Let's be honest — every business wants to have a good relationship with customers to strengthen partnership and sales. But building these relationships can take forever if you stick with the usual marketing strategy. Marketing automation is one way to make things easier and faster. Marketing automation entails using software to simplify your work. Many digital marketers have repetitive jobs that require effort and time. Common tasks include sending emails, posting to social platforms and even building campaign advertisements. Most of them say they do it to have a personal encounter with their customers, but that doesn't mean it can't be made more efficient and accessible. Why Do Marketers Prefer Automation? Marketers use automation for various reasons: • It can reduce labor: One of the common reasons marketers choose automation is to do less work overall. Why go for manual labor when automation is convenient and involves less hassle? You can contact your clients with just a … [Read more...] about What You Need To Know About Marketing Automation

Six months after opening, a Salt Lake City-based barbecue joint has closed its first location in the Denver area. R&R BBQ opened at 5495 W. 20th Ave. in one of the outer buildings at Edgewater Public Market in July 2021. Its signage was removed in recent weeks. The brand is part-owned by Savory, a new division of Salt Lake City-based growth fund Mercato Partners that is focused on growing upscale fast-casual brands. Savory, which did not respond to a request for comment, also owns San Diego-based fried chicken chain The Crack Shack, which has a stall in Chef Troy Guard’s Grange Hall in DTC, and Via 313 Pizzeria, an Austin-based Detroit-style pizza brand that will open alongside The Crack Shack’s second Denver location in RiNo this year. R&R BBQ was founded by brothers Rod and Roger Livingston in 2013 and has 12 locations in Utah and Idaho. It gave its own Rocky Mountain stamp on the flavor by smoking meats using white oak instead of hickory or mesquite, according to … [Read more...] about Barbecue joint closes after six months in Edgewater Public Market

At 3:30 p.m. on a recent Tuesday, hundreds of Instagram influencers descended on Gladstones Malibu, an old-timey seafood restaurant perched high above a pristine California beach. * Their entrances followed a script: One by one, they entered the restaurant’s outdoor terrace, immediately whipped out a phone, and began taking photos and videos. One young woman retraced her steps through the entrance four times as a friend filmed her from different angles. Another held her phone aloft for a selfie while twirling a cloud of cotton candy. Others rushed to the porch’s edge to take yet more selfies. Two boys posed in similar-looking tracksuits before one stripped off his hoodie to soak in the 85-degree weather. The DJ, Lela B —also an Instagram influencer, according to one of the company’s press representatives—was playing clean, radio-friendly versions of top 40 hits. The crowd wore crop tops, layers of mesh, lots of neon, and, for roughly 40 percent of the men, some form of Gucci … [Read more...] about Where Everyone’s an Influencer

One secret to longevity as a pundit is to issue predictions that can’t be easily checked. So here’s one for the time capsule: Two hundred years from now, give or take, the robot-people of Earth will look back on the early years of the 21st century as the beginning of a remarkable renaissance in art and culture. That may sound unlikely to many of us in the present. In the past few decades, we’ve seen how technology has threatened the old order in cultural businesses, including the decimation of the music industry, the death of the cable subscription, the annihilation of newspapers and the laying to waste of independent bookstores. But things are turning around; for people of the future, our time may be remembered as a period not of death, but of rejuvenation and rebirth. Part of the story is in the art itself. In just about every cultural medium, whether movies or music or books or the visual arts, digital technology is letting in new voices, creating new formats for exploration, … [Read more...] about How the Internet Is Saving Culture, Not Killing It

Cardi B says she needs "a chat with" Meghan Markle after winning damages of $2.5 million in a lawsuit against a YouTuber. The Grammy award-winning rapper sued blogger Tasha K for defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress. After her victory on Monday, she was awarded $1.5 million in punitive damages, $1 million for general damages and more than $1.3 million in legal costs. Following the emphatic win, she made a comment appearing to reference Meghan's own experiences with online critics. Cardi B tweeted on Wednesday: "I need a chat with Megan [sic] Markle." In a statement quoted by CNN after the case, the rapper said: "These past couple of years have been difficult for me and constantly reliving it. Very hard for me." She added: "Thank you to the jurors, you know. The jurors took time off they regular lives ... and made a very fair and right decision." Cardi B's tweet comes after data analysis company Bot Sentinel conducted an … [Read more...] about Cardi B says “I need a chat” with Meghan Markle after YouTuber lawsuit win

O n a February day last year in Kansas City, Missouri, Officer Aaron McKie sat at his desk in the back corner of the Metro Patrol Division, composing a letter to a landlord. “I have been notified by my Metro Patrol District Officers of ongoing issues at your rental property,” he typed on police-department letterhead. The property—a modest house a few doors down from a highway overpass—was home to a 31-year-old woman and her two small children. About a week earlier, according to a police report, officers had visited the house on a welfare check. But when the woman met them, one officer thought she smelled of PCP. Another spotted her boyfriend in a car nearby. In the car, the officers found a large bottle “filled with what appears to be PCP” (the report doesn’t elaborate) and arrested the woman and her boyfriend. “I need your help solving this problem,” McKie wrote to the woman’s landlord, inviting a follow-up phone call. McKie works in crime-free multi-housing, a department program … [Read more...] about When the Police Call Your Landlord

Like a lot of singers, Piper Rockelle has a link at the top of her TikTok profile page where her over 8 million followers can check out her music. But instead of sending them to YouTube or Spotify, the link opens up an external landing page crammed with a little bit of everything. Splashed across a looping clip of Rockelle is a stack of hyperlinked blocks that direct fans to her merch store, her tour schedule, and her latest music video. You’ll also find a “love jar” that lets her accept tips, an “Ask Me Anything” form, an app where you can pay to pitch a dare for Rockelle to complete, and a private social feed that fans can unlock by either sending money or correctly answering a trivia question. All of that is contained within Rockelle’s “link-in-bio”—one of the most coveted pieces of real estate on Instagram and TikTok. Both of the platforms are hyperlink deserts: Users can post only one or two external links anywhere on the sites, and the most important appears, yes, in the … [Read more...] about The New Personal Website Isn’t Really a Website at All

After seven months of government blackout, Nigeria officially lifted its ban on Twitter on January 12. The government claimed the change was based on Twitter's agreement to meet all of its demands, which include opening a local office, addressing concerns over its tax payments, and "managing prohibited publication in line with Nigerian law." But experts say there is likely more to it than that. "With elections coming up next year, politicians and government officials will likely want to use Twitter, and other social media networks, as a way to engage with the population and garner public support," Lanre Arogundade, executive director of the International Press Centre, told Newsweek . Narendra Modi in India to Donald Trump in the United States, have condemned social media policies while simultaneously using the platform to engage with constituents. As more politicians and official government departments utilize social media than ever before, Arogundade said that increased … [Read more...] about Nigeria lifts 7-month Twitter ban as governments seek control, advantage

For months, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson has been questioning why the United States is trying to protect Ukraine from a possible Russian invasion. And now, Carlson’s pro-Russia talking points have made their way from a New York TV studio to the homes of millions of his viewers, and to at least one congressional office whose staffers are picking up the phone and hearing constituents express support for a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) told The Daily Beast that his office phones have been ringing off the hook in recent days with constituents calling and asking why the U.S. isn’t supporting Russia’s plans, citing Carlson’s prime time show. “I, of course, know what Tucker Carlson’s been saying on Fox News for several weeks,” Malinowski said. “But this was the first time I got calls from constituents parroting his propaganda about Russia and Ukraine. And people were basically saying, ‘We shouldn’t be going to war for Ukraine, we should be giving Russia … [Read more...] about Tucker Carlson’s Pro-Russia Talking Points Slam Dem Rep’s Phones