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It's Thursday and I'm back with another edition of GrowthMarketer Weekly for you to explore the best growth marketing news, tools, and insights!
It has been a busy week for marketers everywhere, so let's get to the important stuff that you need to know...
— Nicholas
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NEWS Here's What Facebook's New AR Glasses Look Like
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After years of teasing that they're working on an eyewear product, Facebook finally has a prototype to share.
The glasses are designed in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, the
maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, and the research program behind the technology is called Project Aria.
Right now, everything is "for research purposes only" and will be tested in-house by a limited group of Facebook employees and contractors.
Read more about this big leap forward for both Facebook and smart glasses in this article from AdAge.
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🔥 YouTube offers new ad tools to help marketers tap into the rise in YouTube viewership.
🔥 Instagram warns of major impacts to ad targeting as a result of Apple's iOS 14 update.
🔥 Google is boosting the visibility of "nearby" product inventory with new shopping features.
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TOOLS The Easiest Way to Create Professional Live Streams
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StreamYard is a live streaming studio in your browser. Interview guests, share your screen, and much more. Stream directly to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other platforms.
If you're doing any kind of live streaming event on one of those social channels, why not stream to multiple platforms simultaneously and get more views?
That's the main draw of a tool like StreamYard.
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🧰 Outgrow — Start creating interactive content using Outgrow's simple, no-code tools to build and launch calculators, quizzes, and more.
🧰 Splitbee — A friendly approach to analytics and conversion insights. I tested this tool out over the weekend, and while the features are still limited, it looks promising and has a great user experience.
🧰 SEO Site Checkup — Instantly create competitor analysis, white-label reports, or get a breakdown of your SEO issues.
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INSIGHTS Inside TikTok's Killer Algorithm
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TikTok recently revealed some of the elusive workings of the prized algorithm that keeps hundreds of millions of users worldwide hooked on the viral video app.
Here's the short version, according to Axios: TikTok's algorithm uses machine learning to determine what content a user is most likely to engage with and serve them more of it, by finding videos that are similar or that are liked by people with similar user
preferences.
Check out the full article from Axios and learn what makes the TikTok universe go 'round.
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More insights to explore...
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🚀 Jim Huffman from GrowthHit shares the top 11 slides from the 2020 GrowthHackers Conference. PS: Jim will be joining me on an episode of Growth Marketing Toolbox soon!
🚀 Drift releases their updated 2020 State of Conversational Marketing report. Grab the PDF for free, and see how their chatbots work all at the same time.
🚀 While not exactly a marketing resource, The Land of Random is a must-read newsletter that helps me stay updated on the latest apps, tech news, and trends. Check 'em out and subscribe!
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