We've talked about "engagment" with your fans on Facebook on several webinars and in Inner Circle training. For the Littleton (MA) Independent, that paid off in a big way.
No one under the age of 13 is supposed to be on Facebook. Yet, according to a recent study, there are 7.5 million users on Facebook under the age of 13. Why?
We often use social media to reach out to readers to promote our stories, but here's an example of using Facebook to promote your online calendar for a fun event.
GateHouse News Service used some new tools to cover the anniversary of 9/11 this month in New York and Washington, D.C. What you can learn from our experiments:
GateHouse News Service used some emerging social media tools to cover the anniversary of 9/11 this month. Here's what you'll learn about them at a webinar on Thursday:
We spoke with Shannon Dunnigan, CEO of RadarFrog.com, on the ongoing launch of DailyDeals programs at GateHouse newspapers across the country.
This week I'm at the Society for Features Journalism's annual conference. I'm the newsletter coordinator for the group, which used to be the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors, a board member and one of a handful of people tweeting from the sessions.
Galesburg Register-Mail assistant editor Jay Redfern uses Facebook and Twitter sourcing for a fun blog on watermelon seasonings (really!). Check it out.
Michigan's biggest fair is right in Ionia's back yard. When flooding canceled events, the Sentinel-Standard kept people updated every step of the way on Facebook and on its website.
Our readers are often fascinated by where they live, and they love nothing more than to share their own memories about their town. Messenger Post Managing Editor - News Allison Cooper saw Facebook groups popping up called "What I remember about ..." The Messenger Post group, based in Canandaigua, N.Y., is mining the groups for story ideas, and plans to cover reunions in the towns. Have you seen similar groups in your area? Check out how the capitalize on this social media trend.
On Monday, Poynter's Jim Romensko provided a list of the Top 10 newspapers by circulation and details on if the editors of those papers are active on Twitter.
Mondays, as far as desktop computers are concerned, continues to be the No. 1 day of the week for page traffic.
That's why features like the State Journal Register's "Weekend Review," which offers links to some of the best content that their newspaper produced over the weekend, makes so much sense.
Typically, some of the best content that a newspaper produces appears over the weekend, from enterprise to sports.
Last week, I wrote about a few television stations that are doing Facebook Fan of the Day features and how that kind of feature would pair really nicely with "Subscriber of the Day," a feature a lot of newspapers run today. A GateHouse Media newspaper, the Register Mail, in Central Illinois, today actually runs a Facebook Fan of the Day feature.
Here is the PowerPoint and some supporting materials for the Twitter Basics webinar given June 30, 2011, by Jean Hodges, manager of content development for GateHouse Media News & Interactive Division.
Pew came out with an interesting study this week titled "social networking sites and our lives." There's a bunch of good data in the study including info on users, trust and more. One of the significant headlines for newspapers has to do with political content.
The survey found that "Facebook users are much more politically engaged than most people."
The survey was conducted after the 2010 November election. The following stats show that a Facebook user is:
• 2 1/2 more times likely to attend a political rally than other social media and Internet users
• Fifty seven percent more likely to persuade someone to vote than other social media and Internet users
• 43 percent more likely to vote in an election than other social media and Internet users
Seems like auto and RSS feeds for social media are pretty hot buttons lately. Earlier this week I wrote about the New York Times' Twitter experiment.
Today, there was a really interesting post on the Washington Post about a panel that was moderated by Facebook journalist program manager Vadim Lavrusik recently.
The State-Journal Register has a nice touch on Facebook. They ask a lot of questions and describe stories in ways that make me want to click on the link. Check out a couple of examples.
There were some interesting findings in a report that came out last week for newspapers on Facebook.
Mandy Jenkins, the former social media editor from TBD, shared some great tips during a presentation at the Associated Press Managing Editors NewsTrain seminar this week on smart phones.
New research shows that opinion content is really popular on Facebook. David Arkin talks about how to make opinion content work on Facebook for smaller papers.
Here's a look at onsite training that the News & Interactive Division has on tap in the coming weeks:
Week of June 20
Harrisburg Daily Register [IL]
Eldorado Daily Journal [IL]
Carmi Times [IL]
The Olney Daily Mail [IL]
Flora Advocate Press [IL]
Newport Independent [AR]
Stuttgart Daily Leader [AR]
Helena The Daily World [AR]
Heber Springs The Sun Times [AR]
