Happy Friday! We’ve rounded up some of our favorite stories from the week including the new Facebook dislike button, tips on social media from Taylor Swift, how to make your content go viral, how to build great relationships with the media and Google’s addition of the ‘block’ button.
23 Annoying Facebook Statuses You can Finally ‘Dislike’ (Mashable): Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday the long awaited introduction of the ‘dislike’ button. While the Facebook creator hopes the feature will be used to show empathy for others in those not-so-great moments of life, something tells us it may be used in a less friendly way as well.
The Taylor Swift Social Media Strategy Guide (Meltwater): Though she’s known around the world as the queen of breakup songs, Taylor Swift can also teach us a thing or two about social media. As the most followed Instagram account, Miss Swift offers some great examples of how to use social media to build your brand.
10 Proven Ways to Make Content Go Viral (Ragan): Anyone’s post, video or tweet can go viral, it’s not a title designated to only those at the very top. Ragan designed an infographic that lays out a sure fire way to make your content go viral, no matter the size of your brand.
Gmail Adds New ‘Block’ Button to Eliminate Annoying Senders (Digiday): Chances are, since you signed up for your first email account, you’ve registered your email address to a number of websites that have now become an everyday, irritating notification in your inbox. Thankfully, Google has now added a ‘block’ button to help us clear out of inboxes of those annoying spammers.
5 Ways to Build Relationships With the Media (PR News): Having a friend in the newsroom is a great resource to anyone in the public relations field. PR Newser offered up five tips on not only how to create a relationship with the media, but also maintain and build upon it.