Sherrilynne Starkie

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Top Five: Social networks invest in quality news

Sherrilynne Starkie

Stone Temple published a study that shows a very significant correlation between links and ranking position in Google search. The readership dashboard, available to publishers and business account owners, reveals reader insights. 5 Google’s new publishing platform for local news. LinkedIn is a crucial platform for businesses.

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Top five: social networks are cleaning up their acts

Sherrilynne Starkie

Top five: social networks are cleaning up their acts. In this week's top 5 must-know social media news, we see major social networks rolling out initiatives to protect privacy and increase transparency. It provides information from publishers' Wikipedia entries, related articles, engagement metrics and more.

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What is Earned Media?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Three out of four people now check the news at least weekly and almost half will share news media content via their own social networks. Here a software company has published a research report using a hook that’s sure to interest reporters. I first published them in 2006 and then updated them 2018.

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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

The fourth most-popular social network for Canadians is Instagram. Forty per cent of Canadians is on Pinterest, an image-based social network and a third of those use it daily. It includes other influencers such as members of the public who have large or loyal social media followings.

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Top Five: New Whatsapp for Business

Sherrilynne Starkie

Stories from loca l news publishers may appear higher in news feed for followers in publishers’ geographic areas. Now, business users on Instagram can schedule updates with ease and security as the social network has added new API functionality. Businesses can now schedule Instagram updates in advance. Feb 01, 2018.

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Top Five: Google is shuttering G+

Sherrilynne Starkie

Google supports quality news publishers in digital transformation. Google has announced that it’s shutting down its G+ social network because hardly anyone is using it. This is good news for brands and marketers because it improves the Facebook user experience overall making it a more useful channel. — SS.

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How to be smart on Twitter

Sherrilynne Starkie

Twitter has gone mainstream as people, brands and organizations flock to the social network. The key to realising the true value of Twitter as a communications channel lies in understanding how and why key stakeholders use the social network. This post was originally published on the Thornley Fallis blog.

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