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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. It turns out that Twitter was the perfect channel for the task.

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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

It started in 2004 when a legislative committee held a series of hearings on digital copyright reform. Geist said that this sequence of events provided “the first inkling that something might be here. Finally, the government introduced bill C-11 and it was announced by then Industry Minister Tony Clement via Twitter.

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Surprise and delight: What it is and brands who get it right

Sprout Social

Marketers can take a play from the event planner’s book by implementing surprise and delight for their audiences through social media. Surprise and delight is a marketing technique that attracts and nurtures potential and current clientele by offering positive customer experiences and/or unexpected rewards like gifts or one-of-a-kind events.

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Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

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Mathemagenic " Reasons for using weblog to keep information bits

Buzz Marketing for Technology

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7 Smart Ways You Can Use TBT To Grow Your Brand on Social

Hootsuite

While the hashtag is most common on Twitter and Instagram, you can find it used all over the internet. TBT or Throwback Thursday posts can be selfies, audio or video recordings, or even text describing a memory or a past event. It’s a handy excuse to dredge up a memory from the past. (In

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How I Earn a Living as a Blogger from ProBlogger and Digital Photography School

ProBlogger

This was the first income stream I ever tried (somewhere around 2003–2004), and it still works for me. I started doing this around 2004–2005. But we have done a few sponsorships campaigns on the podcast and at events. In fact, the profit we make at events comes mostly from the sponsors. ProBlogger events.

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