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      <title>Instagram expands teen accounts and creator age tools — what changes for professional pages</title>
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      <dc:creator>Jay Douglas</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[A guide to the recurring-payment feature that lets eligible creators sell exclusive posts, Stories, Lives, and Reels to their most engaged followers.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Monica Cummings</dc:creator>
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      <title>What Instagram&apos;s Instants feature is, and how it works</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A plain guide to the ephemeral photo feature Meta rolled out in May 2026, from who can see a photo to what happens after it disappears.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Monica Cummings</dc:creator>
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      <description><![CDATA[Product tagging on Instagram is not open to every account. Here is what the platform actually requires before a seller can tag products in posts and Reels.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:45:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Malik Johnson</dc:creator>
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      <dc:creator>Colin Reyes</dc:creator>
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      <title>How to handle buyer questions in Instagram DMs</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Meta&apos;s Q2 ad revenue rose 27 percent, but guidance disappointed</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Meta Q2 2026: ad revenue of $59.36 billion, up 27 percent, impressions up 14 percent, but Q3 guidance fell short. What it means for ad budgets.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Monica Cummings</dc:creator>
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      <title>Instagram&apos;s Series test groups Reels for binge watching. Creators take note</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Instagram's Series test groups related Reels into a profile hub with Watch Next. How episodic creators prepare before the full rollout.]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>Jay Douglas</dc:creator>
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