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Why Twitter’s New Inline Visuals Are a Boon for Marketers

Why Twitter's New Inline Visuals Are a Boon for Marketers
Twitter’s recent update to its interface, which now lets users view images and Vines directly in their timelines rather than having to click on links, has already made the social media network more visually engaging and is quickly transforming how marketers use the platform.

The changes allow for Vines and images uploaded using Twitter’s service to be displayed inline in timelines when seen on the company’s website and via its mobile apps. Twitter, of course, created a Vine to showcase how it works:

As Digiday points out, the changes essentially open up the platform to display advertising, and brands are already rushing to turn unpaid and promoted tweets into visual promotions. Some examples include:

CBS Films

Samsung

  FedEx

As marketers experiment with these exciting new features, they should make sure to tailor their visuals to the Twitter platform. AdAge has already rounded up some tweets from companies that failed to properly crop images to fit Twitter’s inline display dimensions, and more are sure to come. Still, if used correctly and judiciously, the new visual elements should turn tweets into an even more powerful social media marketing tool.

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