Sherrilynne Starkie

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Let’s make LinkedIn endorsments smarter

Sherrilynne Starkie

It’s not that I don’t appreciate the hundreds of endorsements that my LinkedIn contacts have bestowed upon me. But still, I have to say that LinkedIn endorsements are pretty much meaningless. LinkedIn (Photo credit: Christopher S. I’ve had LinkedIn suggest various endorsements I should bestow on my contacts.

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What every consultant should know about social media analytics

Sherrilynne Starkie

Effective social media analysis takes the right combination of hard skills and softer aptitudes. Native platform analytics including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Snap. A social media consultant brings other aptitudes to the analysis piece too. Curiosity and creativity drive analysis in surfacing relevant trends and patterns.

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What the heck are social media consultants and what do they do all day?

Sherrilynne Starkie

A competitor analysis is often done too. LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator is used by millions of companies, both B2C and B2B. They are experts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, SnapChat and more. It means looking at outputs, examining the data, doing the analysis and explaining insights clearly.

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Social media: the ultimate skills cheat sheet

Sherrilynne Starkie

Analysis Turns data into actionable insight. Create audience personas, conduct SWOT & PEST analysis, formulate evaluation frameworks, prescribe corrective adjustments. Analytics The tools that support analysis Google analytics, QuickSprout, KissMetrics, Brandwatch, Moz, Cision, Trackur, Sysomos, Simply Measured, more.

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Top Five: YouTube has more users than Facebook

Sherrilynne Starkie

There are quite a few surprises such has YouTube has more users than Facebook , people with higher education are more likely to be on Instagram and SnapChat counts a quarter of US adults as users (as many as LinkedIn). In its bid to clean up its act, Facebook has suspended a data analysis firm used by Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.

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