Tips on the different channels
Here you will find links to news sites, tips and guides for some of the largest channels in social media.
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Image sizes
Many social media channels frequently change their recommended sizes for e.g. profile pictures, cover photos and feed images. Here you will find a guide that updated in 2021:
New features
Stay on top of the latest new features, algorithm changes and similar through Facebook’s newsroom and blog:
- See new features and changes in Facebook’s newsroom
- Read more about the latest new features on the Facebook blog
General tips and guides
Through Facebook’s general help centre, you can find answers to the most common questions:
Free online courses for advertising on Facebook:
Useful information on how the news feed works can be found in the publishing guidelines:
Images
Facebook’s measurements for profile, cover and event pictures:
- Read about sizes of profile and cover pictures here
- Read about sizes of cover photos for events here
Security
Here you can report hacked or fake accounts:
Protect your account – read about two-step authentication etc:
Facebook business and advertising
Facebook business – a platform for advertisers:
Advertising guide and help centre:
Using the Facebook brand and logotype
If you want to produce material containing Facebook’s logotype, it is important that you first read through the applicable guidelines:
New features
Stay on top of the latest new features, updates and method tips through the blog and the information centre:
General tips and guides
Through Instagram’s general help centre, you can find answers to the most common questions:
Security
Through the Instagram Privacy and Safety Center, you can read about how to report an account, block persons, handle unlawful use and keep your account safe:
Instagram for business and advertising
Instagram business – a platform for advertisers:
Using the Instagram brand and logotype
If you want to produce material containing Instagram’s logotype, it is important that you first read through the applicable guidelines:
New features
Stay on top of the latest new features, algorithm changes and similar through LinkedIn’s newsroom and blog:
- Stay up to date on the latest new features and changes through the LinkedIn newsroom
- Read more about the latest new features on the blog
- Choose among a number of topics on the blog
General tips and guides
Through the LinkedIn help centre, you can find answers to the most common questions regarding both private accounts and business accounts:
Security
Tips and advice concerning account security and privacy, including two-step authentication:
How to report a hacked LinkedIn account:
LinkedIn for universities
Read more about LinkedIn’s specific tips to those of us working in higher education:
Images
Image specifications for business and career pages:
LinkedIn business, business pages, groups and advertising
Groups on LinkedIn give people within the same line of work, or with similar interests, a forum to share material, receive answers to questions, post and view available jobs, create contacts, and more. A group is often preferable to creating an additional business page within Lund University:
Create a business page:
Sponsored content:
Using the LinkedIn brand and logotype
If you want to produce material containing LinkedIn’s logotype, it is important that you first read through the applicable guidelines:
New features
Stay on top of the latest new features, tips and advice through the Twitter news blog and support:
General tips and guides
Through the Twitter help centre, you can find answers to the most common questions:
For information about how to manage your account – password, login, account settings, deactivation, etc:
A good way to get started on Twitter is to use the channel for social media intelligence. You can also search to find which tags are currently trending:
Security
How to report spam, fake or hacked accounts:
Two-step authentication:
Images
Measurements for profile and cover pictures:
Twitter for business and advertising
Twitter for business – a platform for advertisers:
- Go to the Twitter for business homepage
- Read about how to start advertising on the Twitter Ads Help Center
Using the Twitter brand and logotype
If you want to produce material containing Twitter’s logotype, it is important that you first read through the applicable guidelines:
Snapchat
New features
Stay on top of the latest new features and changes to the Snapchat news feed:
General tips and guides
Tips, advice and FAQs and answers can be found through the Snapchat support:
Security
How to report a hacked account:
Two-step authentication:
Snapchat for business and advertising
Snapchat for business – a platform for advertisers:
- Go to the Snapchat for business homepage
- Go to Snapchat’s tips on getting started on advertising
- Read the latest news about Snapchat for business on the blog
Using the Snapchat brand and logotype
If you want to produce material containing Snapchat’s logotype, it is important that you first read through the applicable guidelines:
Contact
Please contact your nearest communications officer to discuss whether and, if so, how you could use social media in your activities.
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For questions regarding the content on these pages, contact:
Anna Johnsson
Communications officer
Corporate Communications
anna_v [dot] johnsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se
+46 46 222 70 21