Sherrilynne Starkie

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How to be smart on Twitter

Sherrilynne Starkie

This post was originally published on the Thornley Fallis blog. How to Use Twitter (and why it beats FB). Take the time to think it through. Related posts: Video: the internet of you. Twitter for companies. HMV’s Twitter nightmare. PLEASE LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE. Related articles. Ask An Expert: Pitching on Twitter for SEO and PR.

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Content demand: how to cope

Sherrilynne Starkie

That content takes many forms beyond the blog or newsletter is a new mindset for many organizations. Technology underpins process. Shared access to common tools will streamline creation, curation, measurement, analytics and deployment. It’s changing the way marketing departments think and work.

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Duffy balloon: how to pull a PR stunt

Sherrilynne Starkie

This article was originally published on the Thornley Fallis blog. References: “Giant Mike Duffy balloon terrorizes Ottawa” · Ishmael N. Daro · July 18, 2013 · Canada.com » Politics and the Nation. Related posts: Targeting Ottawa’s boomers. Facebook and a ‘harmless’ prank. Are professional communicators normal?

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What is Earned Media?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Let’s imagine you have a company blog. After a while you give up on the blog thinking it’s a waste of time. So, getting reporters to link to your website can dramatically impact the visibility of your blog content in the long term. This article continues to be one of my most-read blog posts. Here’s the problem.

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The easy way to produce eBooks

Sherrilynne Starkie

Produce something people find useful or entertaining, such as a funny video or an article explaining how to do something, and you’ll get clicks, shares and comments. It’s an online tool that takes existing content such as blog posts, social content, podcasts and videos and implements it an attractive template.

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Writing tricks for content marketers

Sherrilynne Starkie

The sweet spot for blog content is from about 300 to 400 words. Writers of marketing content can feel a little overwhelmed when it comes to knowing how to get the best search engine rankings when Google and major social networks are always tweaking their algorithms. Related posts: How to plan your story. Related articles.

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Ottawa’s Twitter top 20 for 2012

Sherrilynne Starkie

Sherrilynne’s Ottawa Twitter top 20 lists used to feature on this blog monthly. How to use List.ly How to Find Your People on Twitter. But they were very time consumer to compile and the grading tools used kept changing algorithms and or other aspects of their service making the lists difficult to standardize.

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