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Social media and Montreal’s student protests

Sherrilynne Starkie

AT a recent IABC Ottawa professional development event, speaker Melissa Carroll, the person behind the Montreal Police Service ’s (SPVM) Twitter account during the 2012 student protests against tuition fee increases, explained that social media can really move people. Montreal Student Protest Berri Hill (Photo credit: xddorox).

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Common Social Media Questions and Answers All Marketers Should Know

Hootsuite

What are the most common social media questions marketers get asked? We put the question to our LinkedIn community and based on the responses one thing is clear: There’s a lot of people out there who don’t know what social media marketers do. Can social media really be a full-time job?

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Social Media Metrics and Conversion

Proactive Report

US businesses have definitely accepted that social media has to be a part of their marketing and PR activity - four in five US businesses with at least 100 employees will take part in social media marketing in 2011, says eMarketer. That’s a big jump from the 42% who used social media in 2008. Conversions.

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Social Media Stock Talk: Five Reasons to Buy Facebook

Waxing UnLyrical

The biggest news in the history of social media took place Friday when Facebook had its IPO, becoming the biggest social name ever to join the public market. Its $108 Billion offering came in as the 3rd largest ever (behind Visa and Enel), so the day was significant not only for social media types but also for market watchers.

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Predictions Revisited: Five Not-Too-Distant Technologies That Might Change Social Media

Ignite Social Media

Six years ago, I published the post “ Five Not-Too-Distant Technologies that Might Change Social Media.” This reignited the conversation of some terminator style robot uprising. Search interest of “Artificial Intelligence” has waned since 2004, though it is currently on an upward trajectory that started around 2013.

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Awareness to Sales: Building a Social Media PRISM Funnel That Converts – Ian Cleary [SSM051]

Buffer Social

Is social media best used for sales or for brand awareness and engagement? The age-old question that marketers have been debating even before Mark Zuckerberg started TheFacebook in his tiny Harvard dorm room back in 2004. Why both awareness and sales are an important part of social media. Is there one? The process?

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Year in Review: The Biggest Social Media Moments of 2020

Later

Buckle up, it’s about to be a wild ride: The Top 10 Social Media Moments of 2020: TikTok Went Viral. Social Media Moment #1: TikTok Went Viral . Dreams (2004 Remaster) – Fleetwood Mac. Get exclusive early access on web and mobile now: 2020 Social Media Moments #2: Brands Became Broadcasters .

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