Sherrilynne Starkie

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Lac-Mégantic: social media lessons learned

Sherrilynne Starkie

The sad events that took place last month in Lac-Mégantic proved that social media can easily escape the official communications channels during a crisis situation. They needed to know what was happening, minute-to-minute, and we had to be the social media that was verifiable.”. Social media key PR driver.

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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

Research released today by LoyaltyOne and two leading North American academic institutions provides the long-awaited proof that social media interaction between a customer and a brand drives immediate and long-term sales increases. Social media in call centres. ROI in social media. Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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Social media and Montreal’s student protests

Sherrilynne Starkie

AT a recent IABC Ottawa professional development event, speaker Melissa Carroll, the person behind the Montreal Police Service ’s (SPVM) Twitter account during the 2012 student protests against tuition fee increases, explained that social media can really move people. Montreal Student Protest Berri Hill (Photo credit: xddorox).

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Social media and health care reform

Sherrilynne Starkie

Social media can play an important role in patient care, patient support, health research, education, training, advocacy, and more. Each month in Ottawa, people who are interested in social media gather for a Third Tuesday event, never mind that it rarely happens on a Tuesday, or in the third week of the month for that matter.

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Third Tuesday Ottawa: social media in health care

Sherrilynne Starkie

The sold out Third Tuesday event this week in Ottawa saw the city’s social media crowd fill the room at Maxwells on Elgin Street to learn about social media and health care. Health care catching up in engaging consumers on social media (bizjournals.com). Whatever Is Working for You!!

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Branding You: using social media to find a job

Sherrilynne Starkie

The event was designed to help students make the transition to PR professional and support them in their search for a full-time job. My short presentation focused on how to use social media for job search. I gave a brief overview on how recruiters use social media to source applicants and advertise vacancies.

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TikTok For Business: Make your Brand Stand Out

Sherrilynne Starkie

This social media app allows users to shoot and post 60 second videos. As in most social media marketing, it’s important to focus on providing audience value to delelop a loyal following. Ask Me Anything Live events are very popular on Tik Tok. There are nearly one billion video views each day on TikTok.

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