#WATON: what does it mean?
Along with #FBPE, the hashtag #WATON often pops up on social media – Twitter especially – on pro-European messages. Here’s what it means. … Read the full post »
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Along with #FBPE, the hashtag #WATON often pops up on social media – Twitter especially – on pro-European messages. Here’s what it means. … Read the full post »
Malcolm Gladwell’s piece a while back for The New Yorker, Small Change – why the revolution will not be tweeted, set people debating over his dismissal of social networking’s ability to bring about change. … Read the full post »
Go for little and often, adding details and summaries as you move from the brief to the more substantive communications. … Read the full post »
There’s a plethora of social media tools out there. But if your campaign is just launching, focus on where the largest audiences are and do them well. … Read the full post »
It looks like a network of 13,000 Twitter bots was used to pump out pro-Brexit messages during the European referendum last year. … Read the full post »
New research based on Twitter data shows that using emotionally charged messages is great for mobilising your own side but ineffective at reaching those with other views. … Read the full post »
A very good point about how to make a political hashtag have impact. … Read the full post »
Although only elected the new Liberal Democrat leader on Thursday, Vince Cable has already several times made the point about how important social media is for the party. It provides us with a route to reach voters even though newspaper owners often dislike us and so many voters have letterboxes locked away behind intercoms and security doors. … Read the full post »
A councillor on Warwick District Council has been suspended today following a tweet, published from his account last night, making offensive comments about Irish people and Gypsies. … Read the full post »
A Conservative candidate in the Cornwall Council elections has apologised for her activities on social media and deleted her Twitter account. … Read the full post »