Drunk on Social The Symposium- What's New on Clubhouse and FB's Hotline?- EP 06

What's new on Clubhouse and FB's Hotline?

Clubhouse has adjusted its platform to give influencers the ability to make money. Hotline is Facebook’s attempt to copy Clubhouse. Tristan Ahumada and Jeff Pfitzer touch base on the recent changes that are being made on multiple platforms and  share what you need to know about what’s coming next. 

Episode Highlights:

• The reason that YouTube has the best content is because out of all the social media platforms, the content creators get paid the best.
• Other platforms that want to grow and remain relevant, need to take note of what YouTube is doing and pay content creators well.
• Tristan reviews how Clubhouse’s “first monetization feature” gives creators the opportunity to make money.
• Jeff wants to build a weekly or bi-weekly Drunk on Social Clubhouse room as an open forum to ask questions.
• Google is about to change how their algorithm works. There are five things to watch out for that will affect your SEO ranking.
• Check the ranking of your website page speed at developers.google.com.
• Yahoo is still among the top most visited websites.
• TikTok was the number #1 most downloaded app in the first quarter of 2021. 
• Tristan says TikTok’s video editor is so good that he goes there specifically to edit videos and just saves them as drafts.
• The new editing feature on TikTok will allow you to toggle an image or text over an area and you can see what it would look like.
• Facebook announced that they had 5 million emails hacked in 2019 which is why it is important to change your password frequently..
• Facebook recently announced the addition of an up and down arrow to sort comments so that you can prioritize the best comments on a specific post. 
• Facebook also launched their new Clubhouse-like app, Hotline. They are going to have users join in with their twitter accounts to beta-test it at hotline.co. 
• Social media companies that pick up steam, like Clubhouse and continue to grow, are going to take off if they open up a creator fund that is really strong.
• Pinterest also announced their creator fund to support creative talent. Howard Tager, one of the founders of Ylopo, has told Jeff to keep his eye on Pinterest, it will remain relevant. 
• Drunk on Social, The Symposium, is seeking feedback, join our FB group! 

Resources Mentioned:

• Lab Coat Agents | Website | Facebook |Facebook Group| Twitter | Instagram 
• Drunk on Social | Drunk On Social 
• Jeff Pfitzer | Instagram | TikTok
• Tristan Ahumada  | Facebook | YouTube
• LastPass Password Manager
• Hotline