Sherrilynne Starkie

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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. The group function lets users start conversations with their followers and all participants are not required to be following one another to take part. Twitter’s official blog offers few answers. Recognize these models?

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nBA Pulse: a new social analytics tool

Sherrilynne Starkie

It was a chance to play the role of the journalist in a three-way conversation that was very much like the hundreds (maybe thousands?) Pulse automatically sends an alert to identify potential crisis or positive social conversations before they go viral. I think I played the part well. Analysis of spikes. Volume spike analysis.

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March 28: this week in social media

Sherrilynne Starkie

Official Blog: Google Keep-Save what's on your mind. Rather than posting a replay at the end of a long string of comments, this allows Facebook users to directly reply to comments within a conversation that's on a user's Timeline page. Twitter Blog: Celebrating #Twitter7. March 28: this week in social media. crowd rank.

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Online ads: the benefits of retargeting

Sherrilynne Starkie

I spent a few minutes clicking through the options and decided to check out some blogs for tips on what’s trending for gift giving this year. Every blog and website I visited seemed to advertising The Bay via banner ads and Google ads. Others report sales conversions up by almost 60 per cent. Did it work for the The Bay?

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Lac-MĂ©gantic: social media lessons learned

Sherrilynne Starkie

Sadly, unauthorized lists of missing persons started to appear on websites and blogs. In addition, it provides the in depth analytics that help in understanding community conversations and engagement levels. This article was originally published on the Thornley Fallis blog. SQ spokesman Sgt.

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Facebook and hashtags: at long last

Sherrilynne Starkie

However, the new function does make it a lot easier to find and understand the focus of conversations taking place. This article first appeared on the Thornley Fallis blog. Facebook says it’s planning to introduce more features going forward including trending hashtags and deeper insights. Related posts: Facebook news today.

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Boosting Twitter ads reach

Sherrilynne Starkie

Twitter is taking promoted tweets to 500 million users, many of whom aren’t even logged into the social network, as part of a pilot program announced by Deepak Rao on the Twitter blog. Initially this test will support campaigns driving website clicks or conversions, or video views.

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