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Tag Archives: social media strategy
Integration: it’s what you need
Alongside all the other FB news, there were 2 pieces of speculation this week which are worth taking a moment to consider. The first was the suggestion that Facebook are planning on buying the fourth most popular web browser, Opera. … Continue reading
Posted in Big Issues, Facebook, Google+, Mobile
Tagged integration, reach, social media for third sector, social media strategy
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3 good how-to guides
Here are a few good how-to guides that have come my way lately: 1. How to use social media to learn online: penned by Madeleine Sugden (aka @madlinsudn), this is a great guide to using the resources of the social … Continue reading
Posted in How it Works, Infographic
Tagged how to, social media for third sector, social media strategy
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A policy of getting things right online: a guest post by Rob Dyson
I’m often asked to share my charity’s social media policy, to which I disappointingly reply with the best piece of one-line advice I gauged from the BBC News social media guidance: “don’t do anything stupid”. Facetiousness aside, a social media … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Blogger
Tagged engagement, reputation, Rob Dyson, social media for third sector, social media strategy
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Resources Round-up: Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube
Need to catch up on the latest news, resources and tips for Facebook, Pinterest and YouTube? Look no further… Facebook Lots of chatter about Facebook, as ever, so here you go: All Facebook invites you to Max Out Facebook Timeline’s … Continue reading
Facebook page not too popular? You’re not alone
It’s easy to think that perhaps everyone else’s Facebook pages are just cooler and more popular than yours. Despite all the updating, photo posting, liking of other pages and general time spent sometimes your own page just seems to languish … Continue reading
Strategic tips for Facebook
With the move to Timelines for pages, perhaps this is a good moment for us all to give our FB strategies a bit of a spring clean. Are we still clear on what we want our page to achieve? Have … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook
Tagged Competition, Facebook, Facebook tips, reputation, social media for third sector, social media strategy
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Higher Education and social media (infographic)
A useful infographic here, from Mashable, which explains how higher education institutions are using social media… some good tips here for other organisations (it’s all US-based).
Writing your social media policy
Somebody asked me today for some pointers to developing their organisation’s social media strategy, and its attendant policy, so I thought it might be helpful to share the resources I found for them: The first one is an online tool … Continue reading
Posted in Big Issues, How it Works
Tagged how to, social media for third sector, social media strategy, tools
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How to tweet – what do you think?
Morning, everyone. We haven’t had an infographic on this blog for minutes, so here’s one that has come from the Digital Buzz Blog. This graphic gives some tips about tweeting for maximum results, including timing your tweets and using ‘action … Continue reading
Posted in Infographic, Twitter
Tagged reach, social media for third sector, social media strategy, Twitter tips
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Are you thinking ahead?
Putting together a coherent and effective social media strategy – or even a simple social media plan – can be tricky, especially when we spend most of our time handling day-to-day things rather than planning far ahead. But without a … Continue reading →