Category Archives: Twitter
Palm Beach Post social media star: High school sports writer Jeff Greer
Palm Beach Post high school sports writer Jeff Greer is not only active on Twitter and Facebook, he takes full advantage of a wide spectrum of social media by being heavily involved in blogging, reader feedback and video. His use … Continue reading
Filed under Blogs, Community engagement, Facebook, Social media, Twitter
Palm Beach Post social media highlights for February
For a daylong live chat on Signing Day 2012, Palm Beach Post college and high school football writers pitched in to take on on numerous topics, interact with readers and answer questions as players made their school choices official. Replay … Continue reading
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Loyal, longtime readers praise The Palm Beach Post on Twitter, Facebook
On a recent Thursday I was catching up on our messages from The Post’s Twitter followers. Many of the direct messages we receive are responses to our auto-follow note that asks new followers whether they are locals. That morning, I … Continue reading
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Twitter tips: bit.ly’s Chrome extension, real-time collaboration with Beluga, finding followers
Quick Twitter posting Could this be better than TweetDeck for posting? I know I’m late to this party, but I recently started using Chrome and discovered the browser’s bit.ly extension. It makes tweeting a bit.ly-shortened link even faster and easier … Continue reading
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Social media news roundup: New Palm Beach Post tweeters, Facebook search changes, more
With the addition of The Palm Beach Post’s new Tallahasse bureau reporter John Kennedy, who tweets as @JKennedyReport, plus new tweeters Dara Kam (@dkpbpost) and our Step by Step fitness blogging team (@pbpstepbystep), there are now 39 Twitter accounts associated … Continue reading
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Twitter tips and links: Find followers, track trends and more
The past couple of weeks, I’ve come across some new-to-me sites to help track tweets and trends, find Twitter followers and more. Snapbird: Search your own or others’ Twitter histories via keyword or phrase. Tweetreach: How far did your tweet … Continue reading
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Live-tweeting the news: Spotlight on Post courts reporter Susan Spencer-Wendel
UPDATE 7/5/11: Susan has won first place in the 2011 Florida Society of News Editors’ Journalism Contest for Use of Social Media in Breaking News! Congratulations Susan! Susan Spencer-Wendel, courts reporter for The Palm Beach Post for more than a … Continue reading
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Social media news roundup: New Post Twitter account, Google gets more social and more
Fit for the Twitterverse: The Post’s Step by Step blogging team is now on Twitter! Follow @pbpstepbystep and get health and fitness updates from Ken Bohannon, Keely Gideon-Taylor, Jeff Ostrowski, Jane Smith and Michelle Quigley. They’re just getting started, and … Continue reading
Filed under Facebook, Social media, Twitter
Human response disarms negative online commenters, tweeters
Nasty comments, emails and tweets have become such a part of life, there probably isn’t a day that goes by that at least one of our reporters doesn’t get virtually slimed. Online civility is hard to come by. In an … Continue reading
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Post sports tweeters share their thoughts, tips
Post sports reporters Brian Biggane, Jeff Greer, Matt Porter and Edgar Thompson – who are among our newsroom’s most influential tweeters – recently shared their Twitter thoughts and tips along with Assistant Sports Editor John Bisognano during an informal Q&A … Continue reading
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