Sherrilynne Starkie

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Industry certification a must for social media career success

Sherrilynne Starkie

Context : And 42 percent said they felt work, family, and social life would make taking online courses challenging. Choosing an Online Social Media Course. Google “online social media courses.” Some courses are free. Some people can whip through an online course in a day and then write and pass the test.

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Facebook scandal: The dawn of a new era in social media marketing?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Of course, this wasn’t exactly a data breach, because users have willingly agreed to allow Facebook to access and sell their data. Still, the Cambridge Analytica story is making people question their participation on Facebook. They just didn’t really understand what they have been agreeing to. deleteFacebook ?

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The Pope tweets and so can your CEO

Sherrilynne Starkie

I’ve heard all these questions many times myself from senior executives across industry. Yet the he stayed the course, and within hours of his first tweet The Pope had more than a million followers. “What if it doesn’t work?” However, he put aside his reservations and took the Twitter plunge.

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What the heck are social media consultants and what do they do all day?

Sherrilynne Starkie

And, of course, the consultant must manage time and efforts to keep budgets under control. To engage online communities, a consultant participates daily in online discussions, asks and answers questions, and distributes valuable news and information. Checking and adjusting ad programs is a daily activity to maximize ad budgets.

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Reader Competition: Seven Elements of Business Development

Sherrilynne Starkie

Along the journey from not knowing you to engagement, they ask seven questions. How do your answers to their questions rate? . Being known in advance, of course, is not a necessity. Awareness — Who are you? If clients are not aware of your firm, you can neither scope nor engage with them.

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Good manners cost nothing

Sherrilynne Starkie

Of course I’ve not actually seen either of them in 30 years or so, but each found me on Facebook a couple of years ago, and we reconnected. It is said that good manners cost you nothing but ignorance will cost you everything. Internet Troll? Photo credit: eirikso).

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Why Hootsuite Social Marketing Certification?

Sherrilynne Starkie

To get the online certificate, it takes passing a 60-question online exam testing knowledge of the core principles of social media marketing. The TRUEdotACADEMY Social Media Foundations course covers all aspects of the Hootsuite Social Marketing Certification exam. This is a live, supportive learning experience.