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Twitter Analytics Takeaways
Anyone who knows Rachel knows how much sh love Twitter and #hashtags. If she comes across an article about anything related to Twitter and it is on one of her favorite PR news websites, PR Daily, it is pretty much guaranteed that she will read it. So she loved it when she came across the blog post “6 takeaways from @PRDaily’s year on Twitter” from Carlin Twedt.
READ MOREYou Get More Characters, And You Get More Characters!
Twitter's new character limit expansion has left many of us scratching our heads. Will this social media platform be able to remain fundamentally unaltered despite this change? [Click below for more]
READ MOREBack to the Future?
As Star Trek sometimes did, The Orville delights in making thinly veiled social commentary via its plotlines. Last week’s episode hit especially home for me – and should for anyone working in digital communications, or perhaps even politics.
READ MORECan You Recover From a Social Media Flop?
A lifestyle magazine in New Jersey is currently recovering from a major PR fail they suffered 2 days ago, how can PR pros avoid social media flops?
READ MOREThe Times are Changin’
The New York Times has just announced its updated and expanded set of social media guidelines--question is, will they come back to bite them? [Click below for more]
READ MOREFrom The Real Housewives to Reality
Bethenny Frankel, start of The Real Housewives of New York City, has coordinated hurricane relief efforts primarily through, get this... Twitter. [Click below for more]
READ MORETwitter is the New Facebook
Twitter is experimenting with doubling its character limit. For some, like Rachel Brockway, this change is considered to be a poor branding decision on Twitter's part. [Click below for more]
READ MORETwitter is a Valuable Tool for Today’s Journalists
Since the beginning, editors have been skeptical about the newsgathering function of Twitter, and rightfully so. But it has proven to be a powerful tool for today's journalists. [Click below for more]
READ MOREPresidential Social Media
This is not a political post, but rather a post about social media and politics. There is no denying the powerful role social media plays (and has played) in our political system. [Click below for more]
READ MOREPublic Relations for Wendy’s Social Media Team
Is Wendy's new "empowered" social media a good or bad thing? [Click below for more]
READ MORE“What is…” Wednesday – What is customer service?
In the past, Rachel has written blogs on the power of customer service and social media. She has found success tweeting the companies that she has issues with, and not only getting responses, but getting resolutions. So, when I was having a customer service issue, Rachel suggested I take it to Twitter. And I did. […]
READ MOREA Tip for Tuesday – Forget about the “tool” and figure out the strategy
I originally wrote this article for the Phoenix Business Journal, where it appeared on July 6th. Nothing has transformed our ability to communicate our messages like social media. Sure, being able to fax a document was pretty handy and certainly the ability to share information via email made getting the information out much easier […]
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