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Learn to Walk Before You Run | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

Before rolling out ANY type of social media application, whether it’s blogs, or a wiki, or microblogging, make sure that you do an assessment of your user culture first. These questions need to be asked before rolling out any type of social media application. That’s why I love a tool like Yammer.

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Grading Social Media

Social Media Strategery

No, I’d rather see social media taught as it’s applicable to the individual classes, not as a one-size fits all approach to learning how to tweet or blog. Would you have a Social Media and Communications 101, a Biology and Social Media 101 course, etc.? It’s just not scalable.

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Justifying Social Media to the Big Wigs

Social Media Strategery

Use an open source microblogging service like Yammer or QikCom. You may say that your IM application offers the ability to create a chatroom – the difference here is that messages are open to everyone, not just the people you choose.

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