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Twitter announced this week that it has indexed all public tweets and will be giving users the ability to search through the full body of Twitter’s roughly half trillion posts.

Have you ever wondered how other companies are leveraging social media to generate leads? Or have you searched for a quick and concise guide that will teach you the basics of social media prospecting? Our free social prospecting workbook can help.

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I get dozens of phone calls, emails and requests each week from people who are absolutely overwhelmed with the thought of writing content for their social media channels and other marketing campaigns. Most modern-day marketers know that social media is important and they know that they should be posting content regularly, but the thought of cranking out content on a consistent basis is terrifying.

Continuing its National Cyber Security Awareness Month campaign, the Facebook security team released an infographic with tips about managing roles and securing logins and mobile devices.

A strong social media presence requires relevant content for users to react to, engage with, and share. However, making this a reality is easier said than done, especially if your content strategy and social media teams aren’t working together to develop strategically calendared content and in-the-moment posts.

Join the American Marketing Association on October 23rd for the webcast: How to Integrate Social Media and Content Strategy 

How'd you like a reminder to update your business' Facebook page? Facebook recently launched a new "Your Pages" module at the top of many page administrators’ feeds.

The new module is located in the upper-right hand corner of admins’ timelines. It shows a snapshot of how well a page is doing, showing rolling weekly figures for new page likes and average post reach. 

Twitter recently announcing a test of a Buy button that will enable users to make purchases from within tweets on their iOS and Android devices.

Pinterest recently launched an updated version of Pinterest Analytics, making it available globally in all 31 of the languages Pinterest supports. The service is free and available to anyone who has a Pinterest for Business account.

Twitter has unveiled new changes! In a two-part tweet posted September 3rd, 2014, Twitter announced an updated web font intended to improve speed and readability, new color options on user profiles, and new buttons on profile pages to send tweets or direct messages to another user.

Twitter rolled out early access to its new analytics dashboard to select advertisers and verified users in July, but the company recently announced that this new feature is now available to all users.

What is the tweet activity dashboard?
The tweet activity dashboard is a tool you can use to learn more about your tweets.

The dashboard will allow you to:

• See how people engage with your tweets in real time
• Compare your tweet activity month over month and see how your tweets trend over time
• Click on any tweet to get a detailed view of the number of retweets, replies, favorites, follows or clicks it receives
• Download your tweet metrics