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Social Media and Web Analysis
NewsHour Facebook posts from 3/18/3-28 =
5.3 million impressions and more than 2,200
“likes” and comments.
-Kevin Dando
Social Media - PBS
The Health Care Live Blog
• Why?
– Suits our audience
– Politically-minded
– Wraps up Long-Term Coverage
How?
Posts throughout the day to Twitter, FB
Lets audience know we intend to be there for
the whole event
Encourage interaction on our pages
Notify PBS, other media sites of intention
Send out regular push emails throughout the
day when page updated
How?
• Find and re-share primary source content
regularly to illustrate behind the scenes
• Ask for and answer reader questions with links
whenever they’re asked – as much immediacy
as possible
• Emphasize new content
• Be aware of trending topics, headline and post
accordingly
PBS and our Facebook page drove unprecedented interaction to the PBS page (almost 800 ‘likes’ and more than 500 comments
on four PBS posts over the course of 48 hours).
And more than 229 interactions – including FB comments and ‘likes’ were seen on our fan page – an unprecedented high.
Overall Google Traffic 3/21-28
Healthcare Specific Pages
Google
Started early,
stayed late
Active, Engaged
Audience on Twitter
Youtube Traffic
Why was YouTube traffic up so dramatically?