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Facebook news today

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facebook Foxes. Facebook is cracking down on violent, sexist content in response to an open letter issued last week by Women, Action & the Media (WAM). The group demanded that Facebook add gender-based hate speech to its list of forbidden content. ” Remember Facebook Notes? . ” Remember Facebook Notes?

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Facebook and hashtags: at long last

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facebook has introduced the use of hashtags ! 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. Related posts: Facebook news today.

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Facebook Reader a welcome feature

Sherrilynne Starkie

But little by little Twitter and Facebook have taken over the reader duties for me. Today, we are hearing reports that Facebook is going to launch a reader application, and my first thought was, I hope this won’t change Facebook’s current update feeds. Facebook would not confirm the reports at the time. Related articles.

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Measuring the impact of Facebook video content

Sherrilynne Starkie

Ever notice that the video ads you see in your Facebook news feed start running even if you don’t click on play? People respond differently to the videos that the see in their Facebook news feeds. These are findings of a recent study conducted by research company Neilson on behalf of the Facebook Marketing Science team.

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Does your brand take bloggers seriously?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Brands are flocking to Facebook but are overlooking the significant opportunities and value that bloggers bring to digital marketing initiatives, according to the T echnorati 2013 Digital Influence Report. However brands are spending 57% of their social budgets on Facebook and only six per cent on blogs. Related articles.

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What is Earned Media?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Let’s imagine you have a company blog. You try sharing it on social media and even run a few Facebook ads, but the results are short term and costly. After a while you give up on the blog thinking it’s a waste of time. This article continues to be one of my most-read blog posts. Here’s the problem.

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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. This week we have new innovations from Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Pinterest. Here are some of the innovations and new features introduced by Twitter, Facebook, LinkIn and Pinterest this week. Sherrilynne Starkie. followers .

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