Vine Vanity URLs: This Week in Social Media

Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.

What’s New This Week?

Twitter Launches Vanity URLs for Vine Users: “A profile URL is a unique Vine profile address accessible from the web. Once you select an available URL, you will be able to access your profile by visiting vine.co/[yourURL].”

“Selecting a custom URL allows you to share your profile easily and makes it easier for others to find and watch the videos you’ve created.”

Twitter Adds New Features to Twitter Alerts: Twitter has “added some new features to make Twitter alerts even more accessible to you. Now, on your iOS or Android app, you can go to a participating organization’s profile and easily subscribe to their alerts as push notifications by tapping on the bell icon.”

Twitter has “also added in-app notifications for iOS: when you’re browsing on Twitter, you’ll now receive a notification at the bottom of your screen when an alert is sent by an organization whose alerts you subscribe to.”

Windows Phone Releases Update to Facebook App: “The team behind the official Facebook app for Windows Phone” has released an update ”that significantly evolves the app’s notification capabilities, making it easier than ever to stay plugged in.”

“Now you can see what your friends have posted on your wall right from your Start screen. “

Here’s a cool social media tool worth noting:

Storytellit: a tool to make it easy to get customized suggestions for highly engaging posts; automate and schedule your posts; connect Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Tumblr; and reach your audience on multiple networks at once.

Check out Storytellit to grow your business or personal brand via social media.

Other Mentions

Introducing Social Media Marketing World: 60+ pros help you master social media marketing! Join Chris Brogan (co-author of The Impact Equation), Mari Smith (co-author of Facebook Marketing: An Hour a Day), Michael Hyatt (author ofPlatform), Jay Baer (author of Youtility), John Jantsch (author of Duct Tape Marketing), Amy Porterfield (co-author of Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies), Mark Schaefer (author of Tao of Twitter), Michael Stelzner (author ofLaunch) and experts from more than a dozen brands as they reveal proven social media marketing tactics at Social Media Marketing World 2014—Social Media Examiner’s mega-conference in beautiful San Diego, California.

Check out this overview of the conference or click here for more details.

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