Category Archives: Facebook
Alpha dogs and underdogs of social media
New-media watchers and bloggers are starting to pay more attention to differences between some mainstream news organizations’ sizes and their social media presence. Many large legacy organizations were that slow to embrace social media are still behind the curve. This … Continue reading
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Tone in social media for news organizations
A disclaimer: Although I write often on this blog about my work at The Palm Beach Post, this is a personal blog and the opinions I express are my own, not my employer’s. In a shift that’s still relatively new … Continue reading
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Top 10 Palm Beach Post staff articles shared on Facebook in 2010
These are the stories that took on a life of their own and went viral on the enormous social networking site this year (through Dec. 25). Click on any image to read the story.
Filed under Facebook, Social media
The media and Black Friday mania
The media always go insane with Black Friday coverage, and The Palm Beach Post is no different. But are we doing it because our readers really crave that much Black Friday news? Or are we out of touch, just clinging … Continue reading
Filed under Facebook, Online journalism
Palm Beach Post thanks its Facebook fans with video celebrating the 10,000 mark
To celebrate reaching 10,000 Facebook fans last week, with a lot of help from some awesome co-workers, I created a video – actually an Animoto presentation – “sneaking” 50 of our fans’ randomly chosen names into various places around the … Continue reading
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A custom welcome/landing page on Facebook: Anecdotal evidence that it works
As the Community Organizer 2.0 blog points out, “Most Facebook Fan Pages bring the visitor to the Wall. This is the equivalent of landing in the middle of a conversation. Wouldn’t it be better to open the door first with … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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