26 Nov Social Chatter Episode 319: Holiday Shopping and Giving In 2021 From Twitter, YouTube and Facebook Christian Karasiewicz | #GivingTuesday, Christian Karasiewicz, giving season, holiday shopping, Sara Munro, Social media marketing talk show, Social media news, social media news 2021 | Facebook, Social Chatter, Social Media Marketing | 0 ShareTweetSharePinBufferWhatsAppEmail54 SharesShareTweetSharePinBufferWhatsAppEmail54 Shares Welcome to the 319th episode of Social Chatter, the longest running social media marketing talk show. In addition to covering the latest breaking social media news, this article will focus on social media news from this past week, including holiday shopping and giving. If you're new to Social Chatter, you can also read, watch or listen on our blog, YouTube channel or Alexa Flash Briefing. If you missed our last episode of our social media marketing talk show, we discussed Instagram Reels text-to-speech and voice effects. Let's see what's new in social media this week with, Christian Karasiewicz and Sara Munro. Social Chatter: Social Media Marketing Talk Show - Episode 319 Holiday Shopping and Giving In 2021 From Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Others This week, we're talking about holiday shopping and giving. Your business should make holiday shopping and giving a part of your annual strategy. It often does not take a lot in 2021, to make holiday shopping easier for your customers. Many social media platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube (among others) are adding holiday shopping and giving features. For example, Meta is offering matching for Giving Tuesday 2021. If you have a Facebook Group, they're even starting to offer shopping capabilities ahead of the holiday season. What this means is that you can start to sell through your Group. Not to be outdone, YouTube is making live shopping available to everyone as well. With more customers opting to shop online, holiday shopping should be something every business offers for their customers. In addition to holiday shopping, you also want to make sure you're giving back throughout the year. For example, many businesses will give a percentage of sales made during the holiday shopping season to a specific cause. They'll even tap into other important giving initiatives, such as #GivingTuesday, a charitable initiative that has been around for about ten years. If your business wants to leverage holiday shopping and giving, be sure to check out this collection holiday shopping guides from your favorite social media platforms. They are filled with helpful tips to sell more and give back more. Here's a look at all of the #holiday marketing/shopping guides from your favorite #socialmedia platforms.#SocialChatter #SocialMediaNews — Social Chefs (@socialchefs) November 24, 2021 Why Holiday Shopping and Giving Matters For Your Business You've probably heard the saying that you have to give more than you get. The same holds true during the holiday shopping season. It doesn't have to be much. In fact, it could just be 10% set aside for your favorite charity, or only sales made on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. By giving back during the holiday shopping season or even on #GivingTuesday, not only can you help others, but it also impacts how your business might be seen by other customers. If you need help figuring out how to make more sales and how to give back, contact us for a strategy session. Related Shopping Articles TikTok Shopping courtesy of Shopify. YouTube Live, sell more on your videos. Twitter has started testing shopping on their platform. Other Social Media News Mentioned Here are some additional social media news topics that we covered on our weekly live social media marketing talk show that are worth checking out. Longer Stories are coming to Instagram. Instagram is expanding Live badges to more users. Say goodbye to the Threads App. Instagram plans to shut it down by the end of the year. Clubhouse is adding live captions on iOS. Tool of the week: Give Lively. Wrap-up To sum it up this week, we discussed holiday shopping and giving on social media channels such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. If you have any additional questions, please share them with us in the comments below. To watch next week's episode of Social Chatter, your weekly social media marketing talk show, tune-in to our YouTube channel or watch on Facebook to learn about the latest breaking social media news from this week!About The Author Christian Karasiewicz Founder, Social Chefs Founder and CEO of Social Chefs, a digital marketing agency. I host two shows, #SocialChatter, the industries longest running social media marketing talk show and Social Snacks, 5 minute or less social media marketing tutorials. ShareTweetSharePinBufferWhatsAppEmail54 Shares