Tuesday, January 16

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⚡️Today’s Headlines⚡️

🎨 LinkedIn is pivoting away from Creator programs

💬 Canva’s ChatGPT plugin feature is available in Beta

📊 WhatsApp’s latest beta includes polling feature in Channels

 🪦 Artifact, an AI news aggregator from IG’s founders, is shutting down

📦 FedEx is launching a new eCommerce platform to compete with Amazon

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Today’s Insight

📰 TL;DR - With about one month left until the holiday, TikTok shared their guide of trends for marketers to jump on this Valentine’s Day. The 9-page guide can be downloaded with an email sign-up, or you can read some top takeaways below.

💡 Insight - For Valentine’s Day 2023, TikTok reported 3.9B video views and 12.5% engagement rate on the holiday. But love-themed videos showed a steady climb in interest leading up to the holiday.

The most used hashtags on TikTok around last year’s Valentine’s Day included: #ValentinesChallenge #ValentinesDayIdeas #ValentinesOutfits #ValentinesHaul #SinglesAwarenessDay #GalentinesDay and #ValentinesMakeup, among others.

In terms of products, TikTok users were most interested in buying apparel for themselves and others. In second place, 45% of users were most interested in buying personal care for themselves, while 39% were most interested in buying event tickets for others.

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