The Vacation Rental Ninja’s discuss the big news from Meta - Meta Verified expanding its testing to US users. Both Anna and Diamond have requested access for their personal accounts to be blue-check verified. While Anna's account has been invited, Diamond is still waiting to be asked. Will Diamond ever get off all the wait lists she is on?
The Ninja’s share their thoughts on how and when Meta verified will soon come to business accounts giving their vacation rental manager listeners a heads up.

Lots of other Meta updates have popped up this Spring.
From Instagram-

• Two new ad options are coming for Instagram ad placements: Reminder Ads and Ads in Search Results.
• Tests are underway to watch a full 60 seconds of Reels in Stories.
• Shared Reel List - this update allows users to view a list of thumbnails with the most recent Reels that they shared. This is exciting news for marketing teams and clients to collaborate on trends and share inspiration. Anna & Diamond share how these Instagram updates can be utilized in the vacation rental industry.

From Facebook-

• Facebook Reels are regaining popularity, and Meta is extending the video length, adding trending templates, and ways to integrate Facebook memories into content.

Anna & Diamond lay out a few more updates across various social platforms like LinkedIn, YouTube, & Meta Business Suite explaining why & how they picked these ones to highlight and most importantly how VRM's can leverage them.

The duo tackles the controversial topic of hashtag reach and why it is down on Instagram. You’ll want to hear what they have to say about this one.

Diamond & Anna reflect on previous predictions they have made like the Notes Feature on Instagram.

They also make some new predictions for the future. Let’s see how many of these new predictions come to light. 🔮 Anna & Diamond are not mind readers but they have their thumbs on the pulse of the ever changing social media landscape and are happy to share their experiences with these updates both professionally & personally.

Finally, to wrap up this episode the hosts express their excitement about the potential rollout of Instagram's Birthday Effect, share their favorite emoji (see below) and answer listener questions.

Show Mentions:

The Emoji Keyboard - https://emojikeyboard.org/

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