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This blog is archived
This blog is no longer being updated. If you're looking for the Social Media Playbook, you will find the link to it in this post.
Social media planning: It’s time for some perspective
Posted by:
Georgina Goode, Posted on:
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Categories:
Guidance, Social Media, Thoughts, Tools, Twitter
The pressure on communications professionals has never been so great. The constant emergence of new digital channels has led to a complex world of communications tools to choose from.
Introducing the new Head of Social Media
Hello, my name’s Georgina Goode, and I’ve just been appointed as Head of Social Media at GDS.
7 simple rules for live tweeting an event
...We use two tools for our monitoring. We use Keyhole to track all of the tweets/reach/content in real time (all the data is easy to download to CSV too) and...
5 Tips for Creating Community Guidelines
As your online audience grows, the community you’re helping to manage will become invariably more vocal. Good community building is based on creating trust with your audience, and it’s essential to manage expectations to maintain a culture of respect. …
New Twitter Profiles
What you need to know: We're not going to bore you with image dimensions as there are loads of great posts already out there (we like this one from Buffer - Marketing Tips for your new Twitter Profile) There are …
What our social team looks like
When talking with departments, it became clear that job roles and descriptions within digital engagement varied greatly.
How community management at GDS differs from the private sector
Coming from a background of working with tech startups and a few entertainment brands, I knew that doing community management (CM) work would be different at GDS.
What's a Playbook and why do I need one?
Today, we publish the alpha version of the GDS Social Media Playbook. When talking with people outside of the social media community we realised that “Playbook” is not a widely used term.
Social media house rules
Updated: July 2015. This version is no longer the most up to date. You can find a link to the latest version on the GOV.UK Twitter profile. The social media team at GDS are responsible for several different social media …