Sherrilynne Starkie

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Facebook and hashtags: at long last

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facebook has introduced the use of hashtags ! This week, Facebook announced rolled out a series of features that surface some of the interesting discussions pe ople are having about public events, people and topics. Hashtags are the first step. No Good Shall Come From Facebook Hashtags. PLEASE LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE.

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TikTok For Business: Make your Brand Stand Out

Sherrilynne Starkie

Hashtag Challenges . A hashtag challenge provides a bunch of opportunities for TikTok users to participate, come with their own creativity and create videos under specific hashtags. TikTok also offers branded hashtag challenges as an advertising option. Ask Me Anything Live events are very popular on Tik Tok.

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TikTok For Business: Make your Brand Stand Out

Sherrilynne Starkie

Hashtag Challenges . A hashtag challenge provides a bunch of opportunities for TikTok users to participate, come with their own creativity and create videos under specific hashtags. TikTok also offers branded hashtag challenges as an advertising option. Ask Me Anything Live events are very popular on Tik Tok.

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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. During the protests the use of hashtags proved crucial.

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Top tips for bloggers and brands

Sherrilynne Starkie

Also, brands are reluctant to invite bloggers to events or give them free products if there’s little chance of follow-through due to lack of interest or enthusiasm. Should the blogger tweet throughout the event? Should he or she write a blog post before or after the event? Understand what’s expected.

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HMV’s Twitter nightmare

Sherrilynne Starkie

Then last week, as 190 people were in the midst of hearing that they were losing their jobs, the company’s Twitter account was hijacked by disgruntled employees who live tweeted events as they unfolded. In all, there were more than 14,000 mentions of the #hmvXFactor hashtag online, most of them on Twitter.

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Top Five: Social networks invest in quality news

Sherrilynne Starkie

These include new job alerts, an alumni tool, community hashtags and company insights. Twitter is developing two dashboards, one that provides readership insights and one that provides real-time event information. LinkedIn is a crucial platform for businesses. Are you making the most of these features on your company’s Page?