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How Government Agencies Can Best Engage Their Communities on Facebook

Social Media Strategies Summit

Facebook can be a helpful resource in that mission. Your ability to build an online community and share updates with your constituents on Facebook has never been stronger. Facebook has developed many tools, resources, and best practices to help you better reach and connect with your followers. Pin Important Posts.

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Top Five: Social networks invest in quality news

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals includes headlines about Facebook’s attempt to clean up, support for journalism from Twitter and Google, the continuing importance of links in SEO and some new, clever features from LinkedIn. Glad to see these priorities.

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How Public Safety Agencies Can Best Engage Their Communities on Facebook

Social Media Strategies Summit

Facebook can be a helpful resource in that mission. Your ability to build an online community and share updates with your constituents on Facebook has never been stronger. Facebook has developed many tools, resources, and best practices to help you better reach and connect with your followers. Pin Important Posts.

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‘Tis the Season to Double Down on Social Customer Care (and Protect Your Community Managers)

Convince & Convert

Just when we thought we, as social media strategists and community managers, could rest up from the twists and turns of the last 18 months, the holiday season is upon us. . With this challenge, of course, comes new opportunities to provide trust-building service to your potential and current customers. .

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Monday Social Media News Roundup: Week of October 23rd

Buffer Social

Scheduled Chats for Communities A new feature under testing allows scheduling chat events in communities, fostering organized interactions. Community Fact Checks Requirement Community fact checks on Twitter/X now r equire source inclusion , promoting more transparent information validation.

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How Government Agencies Can Keep Their Communities Engaged in Creative Ways [VIDEO]

Social Media Strategies Summit

Government agencies can leverage social media to share (sometimes critically) important information with their communities. She uses Facebook and Twitter Insights and free training resources like Facebook Blueprint Courses to stay on top of the trends. Panelist Lexie Rock , the Digital Media Director at the Office of U.S.

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How (and why) a tech company shifted their social strategy from product- to community-focused

Sprout Social

About a year after BentoBox invested in organic social media by hiring a social media manager, we shifted from a product-driven strategy to a community-driven one. Community is a vague word though. Now, let’s talk about what community means. What does it all mean? And is it really worth it? Scientists? Makeup aficionados?