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Where to Start with Facebook Insights

By Stephanie Hatch Leishman October 28, 2013

Last week I gave a presentation called Introduction to Facebook Insights. Insights can sometimes be overwhelming when you're first learning to use it, so I explained how to start in a few steps: Understand metrics terms. Learn what "Reach" and "Engaged" mean. Learn to tell the difference between Page metrics and Post...

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Track Successes and Failures

By Stephanie Hatch Leishman September 6, 2012

A big part of ongoing social media success is to acknowledge and keep track of your successes and failures. When you publish a piece of content that gets a positive - or negative - reaction, many more comments than usual, or more shares than you've gotten before, make sure to take a screenshot, favorite positive...

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7 Ways Social Media Impacts Organizations

By Stephanie Hatch Leishman March 30, 2012

I am reading Social Media ROI by Olivier Blanchard. In one section (pages 116-119), Blanchard addresses social media's general impact. He lists seven areas that affect organizations: 1. Velocity has accelerated No longer 24/7, but 60/60/24/7 2. Awareness is no longer passive "Inbound communications must now become as...

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Dan Zarrella: 13 Takeaways

By Stephanie Hatch Leishman March 6, 2012

Today we had the opportunity to have Dan Zarrella present The Science of Social Media at MIT. Being an institution of higher learning that especially loves science, MIT was pleased to welcome Dan. In his presentation, Dan did some myth busting and gave us some takeaways. Here's a taste of what we enjoyed: Myths: Ideas...

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Work with a Goal in Mind: 3 Questions to Ask Yourself

By Stephanie Hatch Leishman February 24, 2012

I often get the query "My department is on Facebook and Twitter, now what should I be posting?" Due to the frequency of this question, I thought it deserved an answer on the blog. If you find yourself asking the question above or feeling confused about what to do next on social media, you need to step back and define...

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