{"id":8812,"date":"2018-09-08T16:19:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T16:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/?p=8812"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:29:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:29:59","slug":"how-to-influence-your-facebook-news-feed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/tips-of-the-week\/how-to-influence-your-facebook-news-feed\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Influence Your Facebook News Feed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue #1256 Sept. 8,\u00a02018
\nPublisher: Joan Stewart<\/p>\n

“Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity”<\/h2>\n

In This Issue<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. How to Influence Your Facebook News Feed<\/li>\n
  2. September’s Hot Media Interview Ideas<\/li>\n
  3. Journalists Share Best Pitching Tips<\/li>\n
  4. Hound\u00a0Video\u00a0of the Week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This Weekend in the Hound House:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Two movies are on the “must see” list. The thriller “Searching” tells the story of a dad whose 16-year-old daughter goes missing. He searches his daughter’s laptop to trace her digital footprints before she disappears forever. Even though I loath “A Star is Born” with Barbra Streisand<\/strong>, I’m game to see Bradley Cooper’s<\/strong> remake in which he co-stars with Lady Gaga<\/strong>. Gaga insisted that there would be no pre-recorded vocals or lip-synching in the film which means Cooper does, indeed, sing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    1. How to Influence Your Facebook News Feed<\/h3>\n

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    New survey results from the Pew Research Center show that almost 1 in 4 Facebook users think they have no control over what appears in their news feed.<\/p>\n

    “Facebook users ages 18 and older lack a clear understanding of how the site’s news feed operates, feel ordinary users have little control over what appears there and have not actively tried to influence the content the feed delivers to them,” the results explain.<\/p>\n

    The older the user, the more likely they haven’t taken steps to try to influence the feed by using several tools Facebooks makes available.<\/p>\n

    Those include prioritizing who to see first to make posts from people or Pages appear at the top of your news feed, Unfollowing people or Pages, reconnecting with people you unfollowed, Discover Pages that match your interests, and more.<\/p>\n

    Another interesting tidbit from the survey results: One in four people have deleted the Facebook app from their phones. That statistic jumps to almost half of those age 18 to 29 who were surveyed.<\/p>\n

    To do:<\/strong> Learn how to adjust your news feed preferences. You’ll start by clicking the down arrow in the upper right side of the menu bar on your profile. The rest of the instructions are here.<\/a>\u00a0 You can also read the entire Pew research report here.<\/a><\/p>\n

    #Facebook #FacebookPrivacy<\/p>\n

    2. September’s Hot Media Interview Ideas<\/h3>\n

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    Publicity expert Wayne Kelly<\/strong> is back, this time with a list of ideas you should be pitching in September, especially for radio and TV. They include:<\/p>\n