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Socialympics: How Social Media and Blogging Has Boosted Sports Media

Convince & Convert

Sports have been played, enjoyed by spectators and covered by the media since well before the advent of smartphones and social media. But it’s no question that the development of social platforms has changed how we play, enjoy and cover sports. Twitter is the new sports ticker. Facebook is the new hub for fans.

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Twitter Lists Are Life Changing, Threaten Yammer & Others

Socialized

Twitter is promoting the feature at the top of the home page with: Lists are timelines you build yourself, consisting of friends, family, co-workers, sports teams, you name it. People interested in an event could join a list and then could watch and participate in a closed environment.

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3 Angles to Create Magnetic Content with the Triangle of Relevance

Convince & Convert

Seasons, weather, holidays, life events (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.), major sporting events, current events, trending news and more. Tip: It’s very useful to have a database list of time significant events relevant to your target audience. of your target audience. Time Significance. Business Objective.

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All the news that’s fit to Tweet

The Way of the Web

Does Twitter differ to reporting on the same event for print or TV? If you’re reporting on an event, why would you take less time to craft a tweet than to craft an article headline or your first sentence? As a reader, I can choose print, TV, radio, websites, social networks, podcasts, photo sites, audio microblogs.

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Tired of All-Hands Meetings? Try an INTERNAL Unconference

Social Media Strategery

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Big thanks go out to Chris Hemrick , who led the planning, development, and execution of this event. We also briefed our leadership team the following day with our own post-event report. Government 2.0

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Justifying Social Media to the Big Wigs

Social Media Strategery

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Use an open source microblogging service like Yammer or QikCom. If your organization already uses Instant Messaging, microblogging offers the potential to turn those one-on-one conversations into group collaboration.

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Learn to Walk Before You Run | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Before rolling out ANY type of social media application, whether it’s blogs, or a wiki, or microblogging, make sure that you do an assessment of your user culture first. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0

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