API changes limit third-party tools, Reddit gets hacked and LinkedIn is trying to make Groups great again: see what's happened in the world of social media this month.

Have you heard the term "neuromarketing" thrown around often enough in the past years to start wondering what in the world is it? Just another buzzword or have these psychologists (marketers? neuroscientists? charlatans??) come up with something different and worth looking at? Or maybe, all companies are already using the method and you're running behind, desperately late for the party? Let's find out.

Quora is a community-fueled question-and-answer site. It's as straightforward as it gets: after registering a profile, anyone can ask a question and anyone can answer one. Questions range from relationship advice to feminists of the Second World War and have everything in-between. How can it be useful for us marketers? 

Let's find out.

Marketing is no longer about the stuff you make, but the stories you tell. The world of marketing has changed. Companies like Snapchat and Instagram have risen to prominence. Social storytelling has become the new brand marketing.

A rare person enjoys surveys. They take up much time and don’t offer any instant gratification, unless you offer incentives, which is a way that not every company can afford. And yet you need customer feedback: it’s one of the greatest sources of learning and ideas. Not collecting any means limiting your growth and understanding of the customers. So what's the answer? It's social media.

Being a digital marketer means always staying up-to-date with the new and upcoming trends. Changes happen fast. New SEO rules, new social media advertising costs, new tools that transform the life of a marketer. Sometimes, almost unpredictable things happen, like the appearance of a new super-cool social media platform that simply wasn’t there yesterday. But sometimes the trends rise and fall relatively slowly. It’s important to pay attention to them, see how they progress from year to year, stick to them whenever it makes sense and abandon them whenever the hype or the usefulness has decreased or is about to. This post is mostly about the second type.

Not satisfied with Facebook, Twitter, and other social giants? Try looking at niche social media platforms. It's where your target audience is and it's where they don't mind you getting involved. Granted, not every area has a popular niche website - you'll need social media monitoring to discover all the hidden places. Here, though, I have a list of the most popular industry-specific social platforms.