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Who will blink first in Canadian community newspaper staredown?

Sherrilynne Starkie

But the backroom deal between competing newspaper publishing companies Postmedia and TorStar must surely up the ante. This is a bad deal, not only for the almost 300 news media professionals who are out of a job, but because reporting local news is important to our communities. Photo by Mike Ackerman on Unsplash. But there’s the rub.

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How Government Agencies Can Best Engage Their Communities on Facebook

Social Media Strategies Summit

Government, political, and advocacy agencies all play an important role in the world: they work to keep people safe and informed. Your ability to build an online community and share updates with your constituents on Facebook has never been stronger. Facebook can be a helpful resource in that mission. Image Source: Facebook GPA.

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Facebook Publishes Latest Update on Content Removals, Fake Accounts, Government Requests and More

Social Media Today

Facebook has published its latest Community Enforcement Update, providing insight into how many fake accounts are on the platform, how many content appeals its seeing, government requests for information are more.

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How Public Safety Agencies Can Best Engage Their Communities on Facebook

Social Media Strategies Summit

Government, political, and advocacy agencies all play an important role in the world: they work to keep people safe and informed. Your ability to build an online community and share updates with your constituents on Facebook has never been stronger. Facebook can be a helpful resource in that mission. Image Source: Facebook GPA.

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FACE: 4 Traits To Look For When Hiring Your Social Media Community Manager

SocMed Sean

Having worked in online community management for the last 15 years, I have had the privilege of putting together some amazing teams. The roles on a digital community team varied, ranging from digital strategists, to graphic designers…and everything in-between. Community management is not easy. is for Attention to Detail.

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How to Build Community Without the Metaverse

Pixlee

As the metaverse continues to grow and brands begin designing marketing strategies that align with it, it’s important to remember that social media is not the only approach to community-building. Hence, it is of the essence that you build your brand community closest to conversion. Building Community Beyond Social Channels.

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The Importance of Building Community on Your Blog

ProBlogger

The post The Importance of Building Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Today’s principle in our series on successful blogging is all about building community on your blog. 3 hours later my view of how community could be developed online was completely changed. Was it true community?