Sherrilynne Starkie

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Top tips for bloggers and brands

Sherrilynne Starkie

This could be said of the blogging trend, because pronouncements of the death of blogging have been floating around for a few years now. However, blogging is growing more popular than ever before. Should the blogger tweet throughout the event? Should he or she write a blog post before or after the event?

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One week until Social Capital Ottawa

Sherrilynne Starkie

The conference blends formal presentations with community/un-conference style sessions on topics ranging from Twitter to LinkedIn, the technical details of self-hosting a blog to the how-tos of personal branding, and online community building to social media in the workplace. The event boasts a whole range of interesting speakers and topics.

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Lac-Mégantic: social media lessons learned

Sherrilynne Starkie

The sad events that took place last month in Lac-Mégantic proved that social media can easily escape the official communications channels during a crisis situation. As events rolled out on that fateful night, Twitter told the story of the disaster in real time. This article was originally published on the Thornley Fallis blog.

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Free white paper: key trends of 2013

Sherrilynne Starkie

These are issues my colleagues at Thornley Fallis and I have examined and discussed throughout the past year on the company blog. Click here to download your copy now to get the hard numbers behind the eight key trends of 2013: Powering events through social media. Social media for health. User focus. Marketing integration.

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Top five: New features tools and services from the ‘Big Three’ (plus Pinterest)

Sherrilynne Starkie

I’m bringing back the weekly top five that was such a popular feature on this blog many years ago. With the introduction of a new features for use on pages, events and groups we are all going to see a lot more stories in our Facebook feeds including Stories posted to Instagram and Messenger. Sherrilynne Starkie. followers .

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Social media and Montreal’s student protests

Sherrilynne Starkie

AT a recent IABC Ottawa professional development event, speaker Melissa Carroll, the person behind the Montreal Police Service ’s (SPVM) Twitter account during the 2012 student protests against tuition fee increases, explained that social media can really move people. This post was originally published on the Thornley Fallis blog.

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Facebook and hashtags: at long last

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week, Facebook announced rolled out a series of features that surface some of the interesting discussions pe ople are having about public events, people and topics. This article first appeared on the Thornley Fallis blog. Hashtags are the first step. Related posts: Facebook news today. Facebook graph search and your privacy.

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