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Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls

Laurel Papworth

From TheBitterWallet : It won’t surprise you that Big Chill was never called Wanky Balls, Sweaty Nads, Greasy Schlong or anything else for that matter because you see, the bone idle newsrag decided to believe something that was written on a Wikipedia page about the event ( screengrab here ). From Wikipedia so may or may not be true.

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Win a ticket to IABC 2012 Canada Business Summit preconference workshop

Sherrilynne Starkie

Photo credit: Wikipedia). Just leave a comment below saying which of the above workshops you’d like to attend and why. Related articles. Château Laurier, Ottawa, Canada. Seen from the corner of Sussex and Rideau. Here’s your chance to win a free ticket to an IABC 2012 Canada Business Summit preconference workshop.

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What is Rob Ford’s media strategy?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Photo credit: Wikipedia). Brown’s ‘bigoted’ comment. Related articles. Even better…do so with your loving and supportive spouse by your side. It’s a script we’ve seen played out time and time again with fallen celebrities and politicians who wish to regain their public reputations.

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Writing tricks for content marketers

Sherrilynne Starkie

Photo credit: Wikipedia). Studies show that longer articles tend to achieve more retweets and shares in social media and attract more comments. A version of this article was originally published on Thornleyfallis.com. Related articles. The sweet spot for blog content is from about 300 to 400 words.

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Using word clouds in communications analysis

Sherrilynne Starkie

According to Wikipedia a word cloud is a visual representation for text data, typically used to visualize free form text. You can see my blog posts have a strong focus on ‘users’, updates and comments. Related articles. Related posts: Using social media for research: Social Capital 2012.

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Traffic Rises 350% Year-Over-Year For Social Publisher BuzzFeed

The Realtime Report

” Or, as Wikipedia puts it, “ a snapshot of the viral web in realtime.” Comments I''m not too sure about Buzzfeed. I read in a couple of articles. ” Clearly, this focus on “shareable” breaking news is driving traffic. What’s your take?

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Monitor Your Brand Online-Part 1

Harp Interactive

Articles (ezine, articlebase etc). Channels You Need To Monitor: The key to managing your online reputation is a comprehensive daily monitoring of various platforms like: Social Media Platforms (Facebook, MySpace). Blogs (WordPress, Blogger, Twitter etc). Video Sites (Youtube). Image Sites (Flikr). Press releases.

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