Sherrilynne Starkie

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March 28: this week in social media

Sherrilynne Starkie

March 28: this week in social media. March 28: this week in social media. What's new and cool in social media. Official Blog: Google Keep-Save what's on your mind. Facebook starts testing nested comments, sound notifications | Digital Trends. Twitter Blog: Celebrating #Twitter7.

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Is blogging still relevant in 2019?

Sherrilynne Starkie

In 2019 we are experiencing a resurgence in corporate blogging. For the first time in nine years, a greater proportion of Fortune 500 companies use blogs compared to that of Inc. The blog post below was first published on July 12, 2006, about six months into my blogging journey. Yes, in 2006 blogging did work.

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Good manners cost nothing

Sherrilynne Starkie

Each of these fellows left a comment correcting my English within seconds of my posting a Facebook update. Emboldened by the remoteness of online communications, certain individuals are tempted to comment in ways they never would if the recipient was sitting beside them in the same room. Social media goes mainstream.

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Our Hamilton public engagement campaign turns PR disaster

Sherrilynne Starkie

The goal of the campaign was to gauge the public opinion about Hamilton’s public services and spending priorities but the campaign website and associated social media content was full of basic factual errors that showed the firm running it had little real knowledge of Hamilton, Canada ’s ninth-largest city. Photo: tourismhamilton.com.

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Does your brand take bloggers seriously?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Technorati is not the voice of blogging authority that it once was, but each year the advertising network publishes a report that is required reading for internet marketers. The study shows that blogs are the third among online sites most likely to influence a consumer purchasing decision, coming after retail and brand websites.

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nBA Pulse: a new social analytics tool

Sherrilynne Starkie

In a classic case of poacher turned gamekeeper, I was recently invited by an American PR agency to have a personal briefing about the launch of a new social media product. I like the tool and think it will help social media analysts because the it puts important information at their fingertips and makes reporting a whole lot easier.

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Bloggers important in PR

Sherrilynne Starkie

The PR industry was also asked about how they measure the importance of a blog. Interaction with readers came top, with 48% of respondents citing number of comments, followers and presence on social media sites as key factors. Email marketing goes social. Canadian business owners split on social media.

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