Monthly Archives: September 2010
The good and bad things people say about The Post on social media, and how we deal with it
Last Friday afternoon, before our story ran about Palm Beach County officials’ car allowances, we posted a tease to our Facebook wall encouraging people to buy the Sunday paper to read the article. Our Facebook post got a lot of … Continue reading
Filed under Facebook, Social media, Twitter
Facebook now lets page administrators ban fans and spammers
From the AllFacebook blog: This is what I passed along today to the Post staffers involved with Facebook. AllFacebook blog item: Facebook Now Lets Page Administrators Ban Fans And Spammers Feel free to ban people who are repeatedly posting blatant … Continue reading
Filed under Facebook
Social media give high school sports coverage a boost
Jeff Greer @jeffgreer Matt Porter @mattyports A little belated, but the standouts for The Palm Beach Post‘s August social media performance were high school sports writers Jeff Greer and Matt Porter. Jeff, hired by The Post this summer from U.S. … Continue reading
Filed under Social media
Driving more traffic from Facebook
When we post stories that we know are going to be popular with our Facebook fans, it’s fun to see the comments pile up on our Facebook walls here at The Palm Beach Post. And our involvement with social media … Continue reading
Filed under Facebook, Social media
Social media news roundup: Facebook, Twitter becoming more and more mainstream
For its coverage of the fifth anniversary last week of Hurricane Katrina, ABCNews.com streamed live and partnered with Facebook to allow users to comment in real time. Check out the 30-second clip below to see how it looked online. The … Continue reading
Filed under Facebook, Social media, Twitter
