It Looks Like College Students are the Majority of Google+ Users
Posted by .eduGuru 01-27-2012 12:40 pm
It wasnt that long ago that Mike Petroff wrote this blog post about Google+ Pages Launch. Some new data about Google+ demographics pointed out some interesting trends that I couldnt help but share. With a sample size of 45 million crawled public profi...
Everett Community College Episode #296
Posted by EDU Checkup 01-27-2012 11:35 am
Nick DeNardis reviews the Everett Community College website and gives it a 0-100 score based on their visual design, information architecture and code quality.
#FF for Good Social Media How-To Info
Posted by CKSyme.org 01-27-2012 11:00 am
When it comes to “how-to” in the social media arena, there are five sites that consistently pump out the best information. There are lots of good thought leaders out there, and some of the best how-to people fit in that category as well. But i...
Friday Five: Seth Godin, content marketing, social media lessons from the GOP and more
Posted by Higher Ed Marketing 01-27-2012 8:25 am
Recent picks from my ginormous Twitter favorites files: 1. Must-read: Seth Godin on higher ed. This post appeared earlier this month in Rob Zinkan’s blog University Advancement, but I don’t think it’s gotten enough attention. Godin, whos...
UPDATED: Has Facebook Stolen your FB official #highered page
Posted by College Web Editor 01-27-2012 7:38 am
UPDATED on Jan 27, UWGB got its official page back, for details, check the bottom of this post. After reading Todd Sanders’ blog post on how the official UWGB Facebook page was hijacked by Facebook (basically by switching the institutional page with...
A Social Media Strategy in 5 Steps
Posted by Alaina Wiens 01-26-2012 1:51 pm
Any endeavor into social media should begin with careful thought. Planning. Strategic thinking. In most cases, this is much easier said than done. Allow me to use my own experience as an example. As is often the case, my university jumped into the social ...
Missing Men: Addressing the College Gender Gap
Posted by HigherEd Live 01-26-2012 11:46 am
On Tuesday, January 21st Admissions Live hosted Eric Felix, Admissions Counselor at the University of San Diego. Eric has been in higher education the past five years now. He has spent much of his time involved in college outreach programs. More recently,...
The World Has Gone Viral: Get Busy Tweeting
Posted by CASE Social Media 01-26-2012 9:00 am
OK, perhaps that title is a little dramatic. I suppose it would be something if the plot of Contagion 2 centered on the one Twitter holdout who could retweet the cure for an awful disease, but instead destroys the world. Now that its 2012, and five years...
Evaluating the Mantra Think Like a Publisher
Posted by Meet Content 01-26-2012 6:59 am
Over the last few years, a popular phrase has gained popularity in higher education as well as the broader community of web professionals: Think like a publisher and less like a marketer. This thinking is a backlash against outdated "push marketing...
Consider Attending #casesmc
Posted by mStoner blog 01-26-2012 6:00 am
2012 brings the third annual CASE Social Media and Community Conference. I’ve never attended this conference but I remember reading some tweets from San Francisco in 2011. In fact, I think I first heard about #casesmc via social media from @rachel...
