Social Media
Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
Facebook demobbed Paid Members Public
I just made a spur-of-the-moment decision – while sat in a local coffee shop – to remove Facebook from my iPhone. I’m not killing my account or anything like that – understanding how it operates is part of what I do – but the main app is gone. Why? Well, it’s becoming
Over a quarter of a million social media gurus Paid Members Public
Social media gurus are breeding like rabbits roaches [http://www.whatsnextblog.com/2014-twitter-bios-show-epic-growth-to-297897-of-self-proclaimed-social-media-gurus/] : > The June 2014 What’s Next Blog social media guru Twitter Bio list (researched on FollowerWonk) has grown to epic proportions. The list now tops 297,897 – up from a mere 16,000 when we first
Surviving the Facebook click-bait algorithm change Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/08/jWtARPhoWqVxrSSD.jpg] One of the most dangerous things you can do on the internet is start depending on one other company almost entirely for your traffic. A few years ago, I ended up working briefly with a business that
Morning Coffee Reading, from the 24 hour social-media, digital-first world… Paid Members Public
Five recent reads you might have missed, and are well-worth your time: It’s a 24/7 social media world out there Friends of the blog Brilliant Noise have done some research into the difference between “always on” Twitter presence and more sporadic approaches: Always-on is a more strategic and
The fall of MH17, told through social media Paid Members Public
Fascinating account from Storyful about their social media verification work around the downing of flight MH17 [http://blog.storyful.com/2014/07/19/how-social-sleuthing-uncovered-evidence-of-anti-aircraft-missile-system-in-eastern-ukraine/] : > In the aftermath of the attack, the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal affairs released the video below, described as showing a ‘Buk’ anti-aircraft missile system being
30 tools to help journos use Twitter better Paid Members Public
Twitter’s UK in-house journalism expert and friend of the blog Joanna Geary [https://twitter.com/JoannaUK] has crowd-sourced a great list of 30 Twitter tools that are useful for journalists: Useful 3rd-Party Tools [https://twitter.com/JoannaUK/timelines/491934107853938688] Some are familiar and essential, but some are brand new
Reddit for Journalists Paid Members Public
Three speakers at news:rewired talking about use of Reddit in journalism, moderated by Mark Frankel, assistant editor, social news, BBC
Taylor Swift, and the value of your Twitter followers Paid Members Public
Big surprise of last week: Taylor Swift had some really interesting thoughts about the intersection of tech and commercial art [http://online.wsj.com/articles/for-taylor-swift-the-future-of-music-is-a-love-story-1404763219] in a piece for the WSJ: > There are a few things I have witnessed becoming obsolete in the past few years, the first
