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4 trending social media tips to know

Independent Banker

The Social Bankers, a collective of community bank marketers, offers inspiration, information and professional development advice to community bankers focused on marketing and social media. We asked them for their need-to-know social tips. Social media can be a recruiting tool. By Julie Kendrick.

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Two Perficient Colleagues Quoted in Forrester Report on Emerging Insurance Technologies

Perficient

Insurers are constantly striving to improve their operations, provide better experiences for customers, and minimize risks. ” Brian Bell, Perficient’s Insurance Principal, who was also quoted in the report, highlights the significance of another emerging technology: critical event intelligence.

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2016 IB Social Media Leaders

Independent Banker

Congratulations to the Top 2016 IB Social Media Leaders. Independent Banker ® magazine recognizes three community banks who have conducted creative, engaging and impactful social media campaigns. 2016 IB Social Media Leaders is sponsored by SHAZAM. Seacoast Bank. Branch Location: Stuart, Fla.

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Snapchat To Release Facebook-Similar Events Feature

PYMNTS

Snapchat is reportedly preparing to release a new feature that supports events just like Facebook does, according to a report by The Verge. The as of yet unannounced feature was discovered by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who has a knack for spotting new social media features before they’re announced.

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Today In Payments: Proposal Would Allow SMBs To Get Another PPP Loan; Alibaba, JD.com Net $136B In Annual Shopping Event

PYMNTS

In today’s top news, Congress is considering passing another round of PPP loans for certain small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and Alibaba and JD.com recorded record sales figures in their annual 618 shopping event. Alibaba, JD.com Net $136B In China’s Biggest Annual Shopping Event. The 18-day event delivered $136.5

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AWS Outage Interrupts Web Service for Spotify, Square And Others

PYMNTS

An Amazon Web Services outage affected the digital presence and operations of dozens of companies Wednesday (Nov 25) as one of the subsystems of the massive web operations platform failed. Kinesis, as described on the AWS site is “a massively scalable and durable real-time data streaming service.

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Facebook Announces eCommerce Initiative To Support Black-Owned Businesses

PYMNTS

To support Black-owned businesses and their communities, Facebook has introduced its #BuyBlack Friday event in the United States. The event is part of the social media company’s Season of Support to offer complimentary resources, education and instruction to assist companies throughout the globe, according to a company blog post.