Past week in student posts

Social media conversations, Leslie Farm
New addition for your social media toolkit, Ashley Hall
How do you explain PR? Cara Mitchell
Bye-bye writer’s block, Erin Martin
Twitter tools, Amanda Jernigan

Brands on Twitter

For next Stakeholder Comm class (April 1) please take a close look at these Twitter accounts and note:

what do they tweet about?
what’s their following/follower ratio?
who do they follow?
how often do they tweet?
how transparent are they about who is tweeting for the brand?

Please list in the comments other brands on twitter that you know of or [...]

Tutorials for video assignment

In preparation for the video assignment, I’ve collected some information to get you started:

Paull Young, social media strategist at Converseon, talks to Dr. Kaye Sweetser’s class about viral videos.

Tutorial on the Flip camera – what happens when you plug it into your computer (pdf file)
iMovie tutorials
Windows Movie Maker tutorials

Flip camera support website – this is [...]

The past week in student blog posts

February: The month of famous flops, Lauren Gaulin – in-depth analysis of the strategies Michael Phelps, Chris Brown, and A-Rod used to try to restore their images
The BEST way to use twitter, Brittany Beran
Social media experiencing the same crushing spirit of the game as in youth leagues, Meg Reid – warning to PR pro’s and [...]