Sherrilynne Starkie

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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. This list was compiled using Twitter Grader. So readers, please feel free to let us know if you agree with Grader’s assessment of Ottawa’s Twitter Elite and if not vote on who you think should be included. Related articles.

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How to be smart on Twitter

Sherrilynne Starkie

Twitter has gone mainstream as people, brands and organizations flock to the social network. Maybe there is no real value in Twitter, or at least, no value in the way a brand is using Twitter. Start by taking a good look the Twitter community. This is an indication of how these followers tend to use Twitter.

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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. The reach expansion sums up a year of advertising innovation for Twitter.

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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. Twitter says that users can create groups in just a few taps and when someone is added to a group, he or she will receive a notification. Some see transparency as being one of the key defining attributes of Twitter.

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Our Hamilton public engagement campaign turns PR disaster

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in response to a Twitter comment, which, given that this refers to Hamilton’s transit system, displayed a lack knowledge of a basic fact of the city’s everyday life. Some city councillors were calling for Dialogue Partners to be fired and voiced their opinions on Twitter: Controversy. Photo: tourismhamilton.com.

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

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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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Top Five Social Media News: Instagram native scheduling is here!

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Twitter keeps getting better & stronger. Twitter continues to grow, reporting a profit of $37m for the second quarter as its revenue and its user base grow. Twitter said video ad formats continued to show strength, pointing at the Video Website Card, In-Stream Video Ads, and First View ad formats. Better results overall.

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