Political Social Grab Bag- July 2026

Political Social Grab Bag What am I reading? Repeat partnerships are the most effective creator campaigns, and YouTube leads the way: The TLDR: Long term partnerships with creators have significantly better ROI than one off sponsored content Voters are using AI to fact-check. The tools are wrong 90% of the time.: If you're not seriously thinking about AEO for your website and content, it's time to do so. (disclosure note: The author is my concert BFF Katie, but she didn't know I was putting this in my newsletter until she reads the newsletter) Social media's next evolution: user-controlled algorithms- Your must read of the month New Tools of Interest Forum- new app from Meta specifically for FB Groups (I've been using it for a few weeks...much better experience than the Groups Feed in main FB App imho so far) This is a great article listing 5 of the up and comes in the new social network world Platform Updates Meta Platforms Meta has now added event creation to the things you can do in Business Suite Meta: In addition to the Verified Paid Program, Meta is now rolling out Plus programs for each app...some features seem worth it, some not so much...ymmv Instagram: Now rolling out...at long last story editing! Instagram: You can now remove reposts of your posts that were shared by others (I'm not sold on loving this yet...) Instagam: From the it's about time files... Carousels can now be set up so each slide has it's own caption Instagram: Teleprompter is now available in Instagram! (also preach Gabi preach!) Fediverse Bluesky now allows you to include up to 10 images in a post Other Platforms LinkedIn: New Reach metric rolling out now including in network and out of network reach Twitter: Unless you pay for verified, you are now limited to 50 posts and 200 replies per day YouTube: Will now automatically label AI videos- using AI to id AI videos- what could possibly go wrong? 😏 Winning the Internet Yessss Sign up for our Rethinking Strategy Monthly Newsletter Now You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the Political Social Grab Bag from Becker Digital Strategies

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