Sherrilynne Starkie

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How to be smart on Twitter

Sherrilynne Starkie

Twitter has gone mainstream as people, brands and organizations flock to the social network. Maybe there is no real value in Twitter, or at least, no value in the way a brand is using Twitter. Start by taking a good look the Twitter community. How active are the followers? Image via CrunchBase. Well, maybe not.

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Will private conversations change Twitter?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Social network Twitter has introduced a new feature: Private Conversations and it just might be a game changer. Twitter says that users can create groups in just a few taps and when someone is added to a group, he or she will receive a notification. Some see transparency as being one of the key defining attributes of Twitter.

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How many Twitter users actually tweet?

Sherrilynne Starkie

In a startling admission by Twitter apparently, one in five users never actually tweet. Twitter has almost 284 million users however nearly 24 million of them never issue updates via the social networking platform, according to data filed by Twitter with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Twitter for companies.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Balancing activities across owned, earned, shared and paid media strategies is the best way to get a demonstrable return on investment (ROI) for today’s marketing and communications campaigns. You may have heard rumours that Twitter is dead and nobody uses it anymore. But, Twitter is alive and well in Canada.

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Top Five: What do Facebook’s growth numbers mean?

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s Top 5 must-know news for marketing, communications and PR professionals includes new social functions for Vimeo, Facebook’s growth trends, Twitter and retweets, Pinterest users and fun emojis. Should Twitter get rid of retweets? Entire Twitter accounts have been built on this strategy. — SS.

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What every consultant should know about social media analytics

Sherrilynne Starkie

Native platform analytics including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Snap. Daily monitoring is a foundational activity. It provides a competitive advantage and the agility to adjust campaigns and activities on the fly. And of course, software skills are paramount. It helps build advocate and brand relationships.

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Why your social media isn’t working

Sherrilynne Starkie

A social media consultant starts with an assessment of the alignment between social media activities and business goals and objectives. The social media expert will identify the activities that hold a client back. One company had a lot of organic activity on its Facebook page. You’re doing things wrong.