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How Chat Marketing Can Maximise Your Black Friday Sales
There’s no denying that 2020 has been a tough year for most people because of COVID-19. But, one silver lining that is comforting business owners

Get ready… Messenger 2020 vision!
Another Upbeat Agency blog, another set of Messenger changes! That’s right folks, we can’t quite believe it ourselves. It seems as though every time we

Even more Chatbot changes – get Messenger marketing ready!
You might remember a blog we wrote a few months ago, detailing changes coming to Messenger and Chatbot broadcasting this year. Well, that deadline has

How to use Facebook ads to master the marketing funnel
First introduced 121 years ago by E. St. Elmo Lewis, the original marketing funnel shapes everything we do as marketers. It provides an outline to

Libra: Facebook enters the cryptocurrency game
In the days of the Roman Empire ‘Libra’ was a unit of measurement of coins. Today, Libra is the name of Facebook’s cryptocurrency that will

Taking Part – Facebook and the Women’s World Cup
It seems like only yesterday the screams of “It’s coming home” were ringing throughout the nation at the height of last year’s World Cup in

Key factors for Facebook post engagement in 2019
Long gone are those early days of Social Media, when you were able to get your post instantly in front of your fans on Facebook.

Day of reckoning for Messenger Broadcasts?
Earlier in the year, we brought you Facebook’s Messenger news from F8, of which a large portion was focused on reintroducing Messenger as a secondary

8 pieces of equipment you need for eye-catching creative
The creative you use for your Facebook and Instagram ads is a key determining factor in the success of those ads. It’s not just enough

Leveraging Instagram Stories for Business
Introduced in 2013, Instagram stories have become an essential feature to the platform offering users and businesses the ability to share a vertical, full-screen post that disappears after 24 hours. In January 2019 Instagram reported that 500 million Instagram accounts use stories every day. It’s clear that Instagram stories opportunities are for the taking!

Messenger News at Facebook F8
For the past few days here at Upbeat we’ve been glued to Facebook’s F8 conference in San Jose. Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote speech declared the “future

Messenger marketing – the untapped gold mine
Just last month our CEO and founder, Jordan, travelled to Sweden to deliver a talk on the power of Messenger marketing. As it stands, Messenger

Facebook and Instagram Easter hacks
Easter is just around the corner and whilst most people will be thinking colourful eggs, fluffy rabbits and bank holidays, we bring you our top

Expanded analytics for Instagram and Facebook
Facebook’s analytics suite will be gaining two new features over the coming months, both of which are currently in the beta site. Both of these

Why every business needs to be using custom audiences
Do you ever wish that you could target your Facebook followers? Or maybe you’re seeing a lot of abandoned carts and want to serve those

Optimising video content for your mobile audience
With over 75% of worldwide videos currently being viewed on mobile (and this percentage expected to keep rapidly increasing) it is important that your videos

Marketing for the holiday season
Autumn has arrived and the clocks have gone back, a time of year synonymous with finalising your Christmas marketing strategy. This year, it’s expected that

Facebook is introducing 3D photos
A new immersive format has been introduced to Facebook in the form of 3D photographs, and before long we will be able to add these

New Facebook Marketplace features are coming your way
Since its introduction in 2016, Facebook Marketplace has become a place not only for people to buy and sell within their local communities, but also

Victoria Beckham, Queen of the bots?
Messenger has become one of the most powerful communication apps of all time. Boasting over one billion monthly active users, there is a good chance

How to Use Instagram Hashtags
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, Instagram is a platform to watch! There have been a number of exciting new updates this

Shopping on Instagram just got easier
Shopping has been growing on Instagram and this week the platform has introduced two new ways for it’s billion active account owners to make purchases.

How to produce high-quality creative for Facebook Ads
We’ve recently had another creative shoot at Upbeat Agency, which makes it a great time to share our top tips on producing content. Content production

A beginner’s guide to setting up a carousel ad to reach your Facebook objective
Carousel ads allow you to make the most of your Facebook advertising space by providing you with the ability to showcase up to ten images,