Sherrilynne Starkie

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Using social media for research: Social Capital 2012

Sherrilynne Starkie

One highlight was Kelly Rusk’s session on using social media for research. Kelly discussed how to effectively research the social web to understand how people interact with each other, organizations and brands. Here’s some tweets from audience members: @ M_Gagnier : People don’t read online, they skim & scan.

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Five content marketing tricks of a great social media consultant

Sherrilynne Starkie

Research shows that most people will see a message seven time before they take action. Luckily there many automation tools for content discovery. Hootsuite, TweetDeck and Buffer are some of the most popular tools and all offer free and paid for services, but there are plenty of others. Trick 3: Use automation.

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Content demand: how to cope

Sherrilynne Starkie

To cope, you need to create a ‘culture of content’, according to recent research from the Altimeter Group. Subject matter experts can be found in product development, production, research, senior management, and in the front lines of customer services. Inspiration. Technology underpins process.

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Top five: audio and video social media innovation

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s Top Five social media ‘must know’ news stories includes new Facebook search ads, Instagram’s audio messages, Google’s For You tab, YouTube’s Stories and news from Pew Internet Research on media consumption habits. This is according to a new Pew Research Center survey. — SS.

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Top five: The ethics of kids and tech

Sherrilynne Starkie

About a hundred news organizations around the world are using the breaking news tool. A group of top US psychologists, researchers and child advocates seek to condemn the tech industry’s use of psychology to hook kids. They say research links excessive use of social media and video games with depression and academic troubles.

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Top Five: Happy 15th Birthday to GMail

Sherrilynne Starkie

The first is the expansion of ‘Smart Compose’ options, the automated response tools which make it easier to communicate on the go. There have been more than 1 billion TikTok downloads according research firm Sensor Tower. There’s also a new scheduling option to ensure messages get sent at the most appropriate time.

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Why your social media isn’t working

Sherrilynne Starkie

The problem was the target audience, researchers and academics, was not taking part. A social media consultant has the tools and knowledge to track progress and analyze and understand trends. The combined solution included influencer outreach and content curation. That’s why they fail to make incremental adjustments on the fly.