What’s new in social media this week? Instagram Insights, LinkedIn Boosts and lots more…

In the world of social media there's a never ending flow of news and updates that it can seem impossible to keep on top off. To provide a helping hand, we've collated some of the recent top headlines.

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Instagram introduces insights for Reels and Live

Instagram is rolling out new and improved insights with Instagram Reels and Live analytics.

Instagram stated that this major upgrade would ensure “creators and businesses can understand how their content is performing.”

Find out all the must-know details, as well as how to access the new analytics, in this blog post.

Read more from Later.

LinkedIn adds new 'Boost' option for organic posts, new event promotion and management tools

LinkedIn is looking to make it easier for brands to maximize the reach of their posts, with a new Facebook-like 'Boost' option. The feature seeks to turn organic page updates into paid ads, while also adding new tools to help maximise virtual events and track their performance in the app.

Read more from Social Media Today.

Facebook ad strategy: How to simplify your campaigns

Need a better strategy for your Facebook ads? Looking for a proven method to improve your Facebook ad results?

In this article, you’ll find a simple strategy that will help you plan your Facebook ads.

Read more here from Social Media Examiner.

You can now hide 'Like' counts on Instagram and Facebook

You can now hide like counts on Instagram and Facebook. After years of testing on both platforms, Facebook and Instagram have settled on an opt-in experience for hiding like counts to allow people to disable seeing them across all posts and an option to hide their own public like counts from others.

Read more from The Verge.

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