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Icon Archive. Corporate Social Media Policies: The Good, the Mediocre, and the Ugly. CNN’s senior editor of Middle Eastern affairs, Octavia Nasr, was shown the door Wednesday after sending a tweet that expressed respect for the Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
Despite a lengthy explanation of her 140 character foot-in-mouth, CNN brass stood by their decision. The news organization has pretty clear guidelines about how its employees (and freelancers and interns) should represent themselves on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media destinations. That got us thinking: Of all the corporate social media policies out there, which are intelligent and balanced, and which are draconian?
We've compiled several examples here--but are still looking for more (email us your company's policy to ideas@fastcompany.com and we'll add it to the mix). The news organization's policy was published on the blog of a terminated employee. Intel The full policy can be found here but some of the main points include: BestBuy Walmart Ford 1.Be honest about who you are 5.Play nice. Analyze your Twitter Reach. Track and improve social media efforts with beautiful and powerful Twitter analytics from TweetReach View Pricing Plans Whether you’re marketing a brand, launching a product, promoting a TV show or movie, or running PR campaigns, your fans, influencers and customers are actively talking about you on Twitter.
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Need comprehensive Twitter analysis in real time? TweetReach Pro To maximize your impact on Twitter, monitor Tweets about your brand in real time as the conversation unfolds through TweetReach Pro. Learn More » LinkedIn usage grows 40% in South Africa. Published on 16 September 2014 By Simnikiwe Mzekandaba In a tough economy it may appear that South African job seekers are turning to online professional services network, LinkedIn, to connect with prospective employers.
On Tuesday, research firms World Wide Worx and Fuseware released data from the SA Social Media Landscape 2015 study, which found that there are now 3.8 million LinkedIn users in the country. According to the research this is a 40% increase compared to last year. LinkedIn allows workers and employers to create profiles and "connections" with each other in an online social network.
Growth of LinkedIn in South Africa comes amid a sluggish South African economy. Strikes in the mining industry earlier this year as well as unemployment rate hovering at 25% are key reasons why experts forecast that the South African economy will struggle to grow by even 2% this year. 9.2 million of those users access the popular social network on their mobile phones, the statement notes.
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Have you heard of Miguel Hernandez?
He’s this Sexy Spaniard with a sweet singing voice that makes awesome demo videos for company websites like Hipmunk. You know, those demo videos that briefly go over the problem, solutions, and benefits of using a service or product? Yeah, he’s THAT guy. And THAT guy has made quite a living off his business Grumo Media with a remote team that works all over the world. Want to know what makes him even more money while he sleeps that he only had to work on once? His “How To Make Awesome Demo Videos” course. We’re talking about over $90,000 that he made last year, with just ONE course alone. It did so well in fact, he decided to make another course, on how to build courses so you can start taking a skill that you have, right now, and build a course that’ll earn you money on the side.
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