Media Savvy: Do we still need press releases in the social media age?

Five communications specialists debate whether press releases are still relevant in the social media age.

They are:

On the Panel:

* Victoria Ho, Asia Editor, Mashable

* Andrew Pickup, Senior Director, Communications, Microsoft Asia

* Alan Soon, Founder & CEO / The Splice Newsroom, Co-Founder / Online News Association Singapore

* Lau Joon-Nie, Assistant Director, Newsplex Asia & Lecturer for Journalism & Publishing, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information at Nanyang Technological...

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From: Hong Bao Media

Related topics : social media press release / social media marketing news / social media specialist / social media content / social media report

Using Real-Time Social Media Data with Power BI

Entry for Microsoft Power BI Demo Contest:

Make better decisions and gain powerful insight within your organization by combining social media APIs with Power BI. Connect directly with Facebook and Twitter's API to analyze the success of social media campaigns.

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From: Xelleration

Related topics : social media power / successful social media campaign

Social Media Policy and Guidelines Template

Use this Microsoft Word template to help you create reasonable guidelines for online behavior by employees and contractors who use Social Media on behalf of your company. Be sure to include input from your employees when re-writing this document and to obtain feedback before a corporate wide launch. The effective use of Social Media can be extremely beneficial to any organization. Therefore, this document should empower your employees to use these emerging technologies responsibly. Get this...

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From: Demand Metric

Related topics : organizations that use social media effectively / companies that use social media effectively / organizations using social media / social media content / social media help

Identify customer intentions and tag posts in Microsoft Social Engagement

Watch how fast you can surface leads from social media with automated tagging of posts in the Microsoft Social Engagement Spring 2016 release. We'll learn about the new intention tags widget. You'll see how easy you can cut through the noise and spot interesting leads for your marketing department using the new intention tags. Then we'll walk through a scenario where you can manually or automatically tag posts from customers who are talking about purchasing your product, and create leads from...

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From: Microsoft Dynamics

Related topics : post social media / microsoft social media marketing / social media engagement

IABC Spring Conference 2012 -- CSR Social Media Panel

Telling Your Story -- New tools and best practices for spreading the word"

IABC Seattle

Thursday, May 3

11:30 a.m. -- 4:30 p.m.

Urban Enoteca, 4130 1st Ave South, Seattle WA 98134

Social media, online image banks and powerful graphics software are some of the new tools for telling your story.

Program included:

• Starbucks Story of Transformation, Innovation and Growth

with Corey duBrowa, Senior Vice President, Starbucks Global Communications & Public Affairs

• Visual Communication for...

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From: IABCSea

Related topics : new social media tools / social media software tools

Social Media Risk Assessment Template

A Microsoft Excel template to document risks, assess their impact and probability, and develop risk mitigation plans. Get this template @ http://www.demandmetric.com/content/social-media-risk-assessment

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From: Demand Metric

Related topics : social media planning template excel / social media content

Technodope

Technodope Promo Video. Technodope is a tech and social media blog. It publishes original content on technology and social media where you can find tutorials, reviews and facts on Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, Oracle, open source, Microsoft, Android, Facebook, Twitter, Zynga and many more. We also publish trending topics and breaking news on technology and social media. It also has a social network called TechnodopeHub. To know more about Technodope, visit http://technodope.com/

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From: Technodope Page

Related topics : social media and technology / social media blogs / social media news / social media tutorial / open source social media

MIS Social Media-Microsoft TAY

I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor)

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From: Diana Gutierrez

Related topics : microsoft social media

Microsoft Social Listening Spring '14 Marketing Scenarios

Drive brand monitoring so you can identify key social media influencers and engage with them to increase marketing effectiveness. Watch this video to see how Microsoft Social Listening adds value to marketing teams.

If you'd like to know more about how Microsoft Social Listening can benefit your business call Lanway on 01282 418 888

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From: Lanway CBS Ltd

Related topics : microsoft social media marketing / social media brand monitoring / marketing through social media

SXSWi and lanyrd by Edmonton Social Media Consultant, Walter Schwabe

Edmonton social media consultant and digital strategist Walter Schwabe talks about his upcoming trip to South by South West Interactive (SXSWi) Austin, Texas and how lanyrd.com is a great solution for conference planning.

Walter Schwabe also compares Lanyrd.com to SXSocial.com.

The Social Break is sponsored by: http://www.spark.ca

Walter Schwabe (@fusedlogic) is a top social media consultant and digital strategist, owner of fusedlogic inc., from the Edmonton area, and has worked for...

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From: fusedlogic

Related topics : social media consultant / social media strategist / social media plan / social media solutions