Sherrilynne Starkie

article thumbnail

Facebook and hashtags: at long last

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facebook has introduced the use of hashtags ! Hashtags are the first step. Similar to other services like Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or Pinterest, hashtags on Facebook allow users to add context to a post or indicate that it is part of a larger discussion. This article first appeared on the Thornley Fallis blog.

Hashtag 312
article thumbnail

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 he or she write a blog post before or after the event? Is there a specific hashtag or keyword that should be used?

Blogger 367
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Social media and Montreal’s student protests

Sherrilynne Starkie

I used the students’ own hashtag, #ggi, and asked them to retweet our messages. During the protests the use of hashtags proved crucial. Melissa created a hashtag, # manifencours , to help identify SPVM’s tweets in the conversation. Since its launch the #manifencours hashtag has been used more than a million times.

article thumbnail

nBA Pulse: a new social analytics tool

Sherrilynne Starkie

While I did not get all my questions answered (fees and costs), I was sufficiently impressed with the social analytics package that I decided not only to write a blog post about it, but I agreed to have some of my comments summarized in the launch news release. Analysis of spikes. Volume spike analysis. need for screenshots.

Sysomos 333
article thumbnail

The Pope tweets and so can your CEO

Sherrilynne Starkie

Even before the Pope’s first tweet, the #askpontifex hashtag had been hijacked by bigots and haters. Originally blogged at Thornley Fallis. I’ve heard all these questions many times myself from senior executives across industry. However, he put aside his reservations and took the Twitter plunge. Digital Index: Business Leaders.

article thumbnail

How to be smart on Twitter

Sherrilynne Starkie

Which profiles are included most often with @replies and which hashtags are used a lot? This post was originally published on the Thornley Fallis blog. The answers to these questions will be helpful in understanding if you should engage with these online influencers, and how. Map out reciprocal Twitter relationships and interactions.

Twitter 320
article thumbnail

Nine years of Twitter

Sherrilynne Starkie

I had already invested a lot of effort into my blog and was building a credible reputation online. Hashtags too are really useful in following trends and conversation threads. Hootsuite partners with hashtag aggregator Tagboard to help brands display tweets. Both are easy to use, but Hootsuite is better for team collaboration.

Twitter 150