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Social media and journalism: how to effectively reach the public

Sprout Social

Social media and journalism are one and the same these days. 9 best practices of social media and journalism. So much of social media and journalism boils down to looking the part. Journalists represent a community. This same format also applies to the likes of Instagram or Facebook Stories, too. — Jonah M.

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Zuck’s facts about Facebook

Sherrilynne Starkie

Last week, the Wall Street Journal , arguably one of the highest profile news organizations in the world, published an article by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and not before time! After almost a year of bad press, multiple scandals and falling share prices, it’s well past time for a Facebook ‘Mea Culpa’. His Facebook Facts.

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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. I like that my online communities help surface the content that is most relevant to me and it seems to keep me up to date with news and events. Facebook would not confirm the reports at the time. Does Facebook affect your brain.

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7 Brands Achieving Killer Results on Facebook

Social Media Strategies Summit

There is no shortage of reasons for brands to move away from the social media giant, Facebook. From the algorithm changes to the fake news stories that plagued the 2016 election and the ever-increasing cost of advertising , the environment on Facebook seems to get more challenging every day. Source: Pew Research.

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Building a New Kind of Cruise Community

Waxing UnLyrical

Regular WUL readers know that Shonali (a friend and former colleague at Socialmedia.biz ) showcases guest posts about how to build, engage and sustain an online community, among other things. so that others might gain insights for their own community efforts. ” Calls to action are subdued.

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Is Brand Engagement Over on Facebook?

Janet Fouts

The news about Facebook lately has been pretty grim. Journal post focused mostly on small businesses, and they will certainly be hardest hit by the push towards ads because of three factors: Lack of resources to create effective ads and optimize them for clicks so you ads convert to the goals you’ve set for your campaign.

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Top Five: Social networks invest in quality news

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals includes headlines about Facebook’s attempt to clean up, support for journalism from Twitter and Google, the continuing importance of links in SEO and some new, clever features from LinkedIn. Glad to see these priorities.