This document discusses Catawba County's use of social media for public engagement. It recommends that the county share valuable and interesting content on social networks and blogs to empower citizens and voters. It also suggests the county use hashtags and link existing information feeds to popular sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. The document advises thinking carefully before posting online and utilizing existing county staff and online tools to establish a social media presence.
22. • Try to create interesting and valuable content
• Be honest and respectful in online postings
• Think before posting/ think before replying
Think Before You Tweet!
23. Resources
• Does not take a consulting firm to bring up a Social
Networking site.
• Think beyond traditional webmaster and PIO
• Look down the hall
• Use online tools
• Link feeds from existing sources
• Most Popular Sites
• Facebook, My Space, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube
• Tools
• Tweet Deck, hash tags, Google Alerts, RSS, Twitter Feed
Notas do Editor
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The different ways that Catawba County uses Social Media.