Community
Social Media Cheat sheet
Submitted by Cerebra on Tue, 2013-02-19 17:42
It's sometimes tricky to keep up with the sizing conventions on the different social networks. How big is a profile pic vs an avatar? How much of my content will actually be seen? How should I design a Twitter background etc etc.
Never fear! In the interests of reducing stress levels and making all community managers smile, the Cerebra team have produced a social media cheat sheet for Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
It has all the pic, avatar and background sizes as well as associated text limitations. Print it, stick it on your wall and smile :)
You're welcome.
Download the full pdf here
Confessions of a Content and Community Manager – 3 tips to help you steal content.
Submitted by Reece Jacobsen on Wed, 2013-01-30 14:51
There is a difference between being influenced by content and stealing content. T.S. Eliot summed this up when he wrote, “The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different from that from which it was torn.”
As a content manager, I relish the creative process behind developing unique ideas for content. I don’t steal content, but this does not mean I am not influenced by other content that I see. Here are three quick tips to help you steal content and keep your dignity.
1) Forget Originality
Once you realise that nothing is original, you alleviate the pressure of having to come up with something completely new.
Confessions of a Content and Community Manager – More than words
Submitted by Reece Jacobsen on Mon, 2013-01-28 13:27
“Why do Content and Community Managers have their own appreciation day? All they ever do is write status updates and tweets and respond to queries.”
Well, you see, that’s where you are wrong already. Community managers need a repertoire of skills beyond an impressive vocabulary. Let’s take a quick look at the clubs a Community Manager needs to have in the bag, if they are going to successfully finish level par or better.
Linguists:
It’s not about the 'Like' anymore
Submitted by Zahira Kharsany on Wed, 2012-12-12 10:05
Facebook continues to change and evolve. In recent months we’ve heard an outcry from Brand Pages regarding the change in Facebook’s algorithm [Edgerank] and how content reaches out to ‘fans’ and people using the platform.
Some changes have escaped the eyes of many people in South Africa but we’re slowly seeing the results. One such change is the release of the ‘Global Brand Page’ in October.
What is the Global Brand Page?
