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13 Ways to Make Something Go Viral

13 Ways to Make Something Go Viral | Social Media and Journalists | Scoop.it

Jonah Peretti is the founder and CEO of BuzzFeed. He writes: "BuzzFeed is a social publisher with 30 million monthly visitors and Facebook is our largest source of traffic." Then he tells you how they do it in this brilliant list of 13 tips.

 

(Published Oct. 1, 2012.)

 

 

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Best practices for publishing user-generated content

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"The Associated Press has updated its AP Stylebook with an expanded section on best practices for handling user-generated content. Here are a few of the AP Stylebook's tips."

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When news organizations accept content from users, the news professonals need to follow professional standards. 

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Pinterest Now Generates More Referral Traffic than Twitter

Pinterest Now Generates More Referral Traffic than Twitter | Social Media and Journalists | Scoop.it

"A new study ... has found that Pinterest now drives more referral traffic than Twitter. Again, when it comes to referral traffic, Pinterest > Twitter.

 

"The data is based on analytics from 200,000 publishers which reach approximately 270 million unique visitors a month."

 

(Published March 9, 2012.)

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How a reporter live-tweeted her own speech — and won the #backchannel

How a reporter live-tweeted her own speech — and won the #backchannel | Social Media and Journalists | Scoop.it

“The New York Times reporter anticipated people on Twitter missing the nuance of her ideas, so she came prepared. ... As slides appeared on the big screen behind Amy O’Leary, @amyoleary would somehow — magically — tweet out expertly compressed summaries of her ideas, right on cue. They were live footnotes, a real-time narrative surprise.”

 

(Published May 22, 2012.)

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FOLIO: Roundtable - The shifting landscape of content production

FOLIO: Roundtable - The shifting landscape of content production | Social Media and Journalists | Scoop.it

"What we’ve learned is the audience and the data that emerges from its behavior are having a huge impact on content production and its economics. From social media to mobile to the Web, the way an audience interacts with content drives everything from topics to pricing."

 

(Published March 1, 2012.)

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