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How News Brands Should Set Up Google+ Pages

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Google made Brand Pages available last fall. Much like Facebook Pages, this allowed for companies, organizations, causes and the like to have a customized G+ presence that’s separate from a personal profile.

A properly set-up Page will help your news organization not only connect with users on Google+, but also help your stories and profiles get found more easily [...]

April 5th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Social Media | 2 comments

How Journalists Should Set Up Google+ Profiles

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A properly set-up profile is what makes Google+ effective for an individual journalist looking to establish a brand online or cement their brand in a Google search. You need to have the right info on display to ensure people can find you in a Google search by looking for your name or some keywords like what [...]

April 5th, 2012 | Tags: , , , | Category: Social Media | Leave a comment

10 ways journalists can look like Twitter newbies

You don’t have to be some online expert to look like you belong on Twitter – just avoid doing the following 10 things and nobody will know you’re a dog (or just an old-school journalist) on Twitter. [...]

January 8th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Surviving, Twitter | 10 comments

Facebook primer for journalists added

I’ve added a new Resources link to the site. I’ve linked to some of the basic social media primers I’ve been creating to help Enquirer staff get acclimated toFacebook and Twitter – with more to come. [...]

June 4th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Social Media | Leave a comment