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Who will blink first in Canadian community newspaper staredown?

Sherrilynne Starkie

The agreement sees the two national organizations exchange ownership of 41 community and commuter newspapers and then shutter most of them, but it’s the fault of industry disruption according to the news release announcing the deal. They even like to see the local advertisements. But there’s the rub. Where’s the reader value?

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Quick Take: Should Brands Get On Threads, the New Twitter Clone from Instagram?

Ignite Social Media

As you can imagine, the first 24 hours of Instagram launching Threads have been nothing short of eventful. Most of these initial posts appear to be community-driven short-form content introducing the brand creatively to the platform. Given it’s so new, our team has been discussing it internally.

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When I Couldn’t Find Marketing Outlets to Elevate My Brand, I Created My Own

Buffer Social

When I first started building Diversability with the vision of creating a community of people with disabilities (and the allies who support us) elevating disability pride, I kept encountering roadblocks when trying to get the word out. Now, in 2023, we have 80,000 followers across our social networks and 5,800 in our closed communities.

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Facebook Commenting Platform: Pros and Cons For Businesses

Dave Fleet

Comment syndication and aggregation – commenters can push their comments to Facebook; comments left as a reply over there are aggregated back on the original site. Meanwhile, community managers themselves need to take extra care when posting comment replies, in the knowledge they may be synchronized on another site.

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Facebook talks like a pirate. Movember and online community rituals

Laurel Papworth

Ahoy Me Hearties: One of the tasks our online community managers undertake with clients (PR or Marketing agencies, or companies) is to build out a Social Media Conversation Diary – a list of tasks and engagement activities to keep online community members entertained and loyal. Talk Like A Pirate Day and Online Community.

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Executives Role in Social Media Strategy

Ignite Social Media

If so, then find ways to use them in content from those events in social. They should be syndicating each other’s content as well as tagging their handles when applicable. Need a community engagement strategy for your executives? Does your industry have a lot of conferences and opportunities for your executives to be visible?

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Harnessing the Force: How Lessons From Star Wars Can Elevate Your Blogging

ProBlogger

Additionally, consider diversifying your revenue streams by exploring opportunities for licensing or syndication. Engage Your Audience through Events and Community Star Wars has excelled in creating a sense of community and engagement among its fans. At ProBlogger we’ve hosted lots of live events for our audience.