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Social Media Usage Among Teens

By on May 24, 2013 in Facebook, Uncategorized

A big research study on social media usage among teens was just released by the Pew Research Center. For those of us working to target this demographic using social media, the findings are especially interesting. The key nuggets I took away? Facebook usage is waning, parents are watching what they do online and teens DO [...]

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[UPDATE] Facebook’s Cover Image Area

By on May 3, 2013 in Design, Facebook

Facebook recently changed their cover photo rules. Facebook now allows brands to list contact information, calls to action, and product details in their cover photos. Read more about it here. *** Starting on January 15, 2013, Facebook will regulate the amount of text included in your Page’s cover image and news feed ads to no more [...]

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Social Media 2013: Internet users who use social networking tools

By on March 19, 2013 in Blogging, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Twitter

The folks over at Pew Research Centre recently compiled their annual research on the demographics behind social media users on different platforms. The infographic below (courtesy of Adweek) takes Pew’s data and displays it in a nice visual, including these key takeaways: Women are five times more than men to use Pinterest City dwellers are [...]

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Duke’s 2013 Social Media Roundup

By on January 27, 2013 in Blogging, Chinese Social Media, Duke Communicators, Events, Facebook, Twitter, Viral Content

For our most recent Duke Communicators event, I organized a fun tour of what’s happening across our community in social media. At our 2013 Social Media Roundup, my colleagues described how they are using social media to promote bloggers, share photos, reach new international audiences and much more. Each person spoke for five minutes, in [...]

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The Ultimate Complete Final Social Media Sizing Cheat Sheet

By on November 27, 2012 in Design, Facebook, Twitter

It’s really hard to keep up with the different graphics and sizing for social media accounts and profiles. Here’s a great cheat sheet from the folks at LunaMetrics. Save this one to your hard drive and never Google “Facebook Cover Image Dimensions” again!

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A Duke Faculty Social Media Workshop

By on November 5, 2012 in Blogging, Events, Facebook, Twitter

Last Friday, about 70 Duke faculty and staff attended a two-hour workshop on how best to use social media tools in the classroom and beyond. The workshop was hosted by Duke’s Office of News & Communications (ONC), which holds a number of training sessions during the year for the Duke community, including ones covering such [...]

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