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I‘ve produced two new printable handouts for the annual conference of the Online News Association this weekend: 6 Twitter tools for journalists (PDF, also at http://bit.ly/6twittertips) and 8 ways to use social media in the newsroom (PDF) — see the accompanying post. While the PDFs are spiffy-looking, they’re less than optimal for search engines and […]
8 ways to use social media in the newsroom
For the annual conference of the Online News Association this weekend, I’ve pulled together two new printable handouts: 8 ways to use social media in the newsroom, available at http://bit.ly/social-flyer, and 6 Twitter tools for journalists (PDF — and see the accompanying post). I’m speaking on the aptly named Social Media Mania panel on Saturday. […]
How to get more followers on Twitter
If you’re using Twitter for your organization or business, at some point you’ll want to increase the number of folks following you on Twitter. I know what some of you are thinking. “It isn’t about the number of followers you have!” That’s true — to a point. 3 reasons why getting more followers is good business […]
How nonprofits can use Twitter hashtags
Photo by Mansikka Tips on how to facilitate conversation around a tag What is a #hashtag? A hashtag is the symbol: #. (See the definition in Socialbrite’s glossary.) It is also a Twitter term that describes a keyword, prefixed by that symbol, that helps people track conversations on Twitter. The hashtags site, a centralized directory […]
Tweet for a cure to end SMA
The Gwendolyn Strong Foundation is among the new breed of foundations making creative use of social media. Founder Bill Strong, whose 22-month-old daughter, Gwendolyn, has a terminal, degenerative disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Bill writes in to tell us: “SMA is the leading genetic killer of children, yet almost completely unheard of. There is currently […]
