Social Media Monday (Vol. 1, No.1)
Welcome to Social Media Monday, your quick weekly connection to all that is new in Social Media in Maryland State Government as well as industry news. Please use this as a tool to better manage your social media platforms, ask questions and offer advice.
We recently added a StateMaryland Twitter and Facebook account to compliment our existing YouTube presence. Links to these accounts can be found on the Maryland.Gov homepage. StateMaryland social media accounts will be used primarily for retweeting and sharing information from other state social media platforms and monitoring those accounts. Please feel free to email, inbox or direct message any special events or information that you would like to see posted.
Have you checked out Direct 2 U? All state social media accounts should be listed on this aggregated index. Be sure that any accounts that you administer appear on this site and take the time to like or follow other state accounts. If you are starting a new account, please let me know so that I can include your information in this newsletter for others to follow.
Maryland State Parks has recently gained management of their statewide venues through Foursquare. This tool will allow for the monitoring of admission metrics and customer comments while insuring that the location information and web links are accurate. Foursquare procedures are available to you if you are interested in location based social media and how it may benefit your organization.
Industry News
- Need ideas on how to design your new Facebook page for great visual branding?
- Check out Twitters best practices.
- Twitter has rolled out an advanced search feature.
- Foursquare updates it’s App from Tips to Explore
- Interesting and useful twist on some Facebook myths. Wouldn’t we all like to be as popular as Ducktape!
Lastly, a little humor for all of us Twitter Addicts!
Have a great week!
Lori Livingston
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