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Ideas for good use of Facebook?

Start your own work-related profile, Erik, and get out there and mix it up. Readers like that. I have one anecdote to share that was a real eye opener for me. I cover energy, and Pennsylvania's elect…

Tagged: media, social, facebook

Replied Jan 29

Ideas for good use of Facebook?

Great question, Erik. And I've enjoyed reading the others responses. One thing I'd add is to THINK NICHE. Don't just have a general Facebook presence for the paper. Fine to have one for brand-buildin…

Tagged: media, social, facebook

Replied Jan 11

Consolidating Social Media Posts

Great question. Lemme know if you find it. One word of caution. I've had much more success with Facebook in terms of building audience and traffic than Twitter. But if you limit yourself to a Twitter…

Tagged: digg, reddit, stumbleupon, delicious, facebook

Replied Jan 7

Do Facebook fan pages work for crowdsourcing ?

I started a Facebook fan page in the summer for my On The Cheap column, which I write for The Morning Call in Allentown, PA. Not really sure what crowdsourcing is. Sounds like what print grunts call…

Tagged: fan, pages, journalism, citizen, crowdsource

Replied Jan 5

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I used to think writing year-in-review stories stunk. But then I just got a decade-in-review assignment. Off to the archives. Dec. 28, 2009

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Spencer Soper replied to Erik Gable's discussion 'Ideas for good use of Facebook?'

January 28

Spencer Soper replied to Erik Gable's discussion 'Ideas for good use of Facebook?'

January 11

Spencer Soper replied to Joe Luther's discussion 'Consolidating Social Media Posts'

January 7

Spencer Soper replied to Josh Chin's discussion 'Video-capable DSLRs and news shooting' in the group Video

that was a sharp looking clip. nice work. what's a camera like that run?

January 4

Spencer Soper replied to Michael Becker's discussion 'Shared source lists'

If a source, especially a very busy source like the police chief in a big city or a mayor of a large town or a CEO of a big company, gives you a cell number, looks you in the eye and says "I am giving this to you and only to you" you better be caref…

January 4

Spencer Soper added a discussion to the group Video, slideshow and audio critique

Free coupons, a how to video

Whatcha think? See more like it here

January 3

Spencer Soper replied to Zeeshan Rahat Kureshi's discussion 'Seeking to partner for an online journalistic start-up'

I live in PA and have access to the broke and obscure. Any interest in them?

December 29, 2009

Spencer Soper replied to Michael Becker's discussion 'Shared source lists'

Don't put your trust in Google if you expect reporters to share coveted cell numbers. Do something in-house.

December 29, 2009

Spencer Soper replied to Michael Becker's discussion 'Shared source lists'

Michael, If you find me a newsroom where this is not a problem, I'll buy you a rolodex (at the dollar store). We have lists of numbers in Unisys (the program reporters write stories in). Then most reporters have their own lists in a word document or…

December 28, 2009

I used to think writing year-in-review stories stunk. But then I just got a decade-in-review assignment. Off to the archives.

December 28, 2009

Spencer Soper commented on Daniel Sato's blog post 'The realities of working in a small newsroom'

To this comment, Daniel: "I guess my concern is, when you have a staff of three reporters, at what point does doing multimedia detract from the overall product? " I would say, if they are serious about their careers and more than a couple of years f…

December 22, 2009

Spencer Soper commented on Stephanie Romanski's blog post 'Talking Social Media for small newspapers'

Half an hour? It's Christmas week and I work at one of those small papers. We're jammin'. Can't you just post the top three or five take-aways as bullets? Then if we're really interested, we might carve out some time. One thing I've learned about so…

December 21, 2009

Spencer Soper replied to Spencer Soper's discussion 'Hootsuite or bit.ly for Twitter analytics?'

tried to tweet from Cotweet today. SLOW as molasses. is that alwasy the case, or did it just get bogged down.

December 17, 2009

Spencer Soper joined Maurreen Skowran's group

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Join this if you're interested in starting your own shop at some point.

December 17, 2009

Spencer Soper replied to Spencer Soper's discussion 'Hootsuite or bit.ly for Twitter analytics?'

thanks Brian. FInally set up an account on cotweet. looks like it runs more smoothly than socialoomph. and it's already linked with bit.ly, so no going back and forth. will try it for scheduling/managing accounts. thanks again for tip.

December 16, 2009

Spencer Soper replied to Spencer Soper's discussion 'Hootsuite or bit.ly for Twitter analytics?'

Thanks, Kevin. You might want to experiment with repeating, especially on a big story. not breaking news, where you're tweeting several updates throughout the day, but a link to an enterprise piece or something that you want to get good exposure on.…

December 16, 2009

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The Morning Call (www.mcall.com)

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I've worked at newspapers throughout the country and my latest project is a weekly money-saving column called "On The Cheap," which features videos about the clever and often quirky things people do to save money.

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http://www.mcall.com/onthecheap

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http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/On-The-Cheap/72688794821?r...

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http://twitter.com/OnTheCheap_

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Halloween savings, mommy dearest style

You won't believe what this mother does to save on Halloween.

See more On The Cheap videos here Continue

Posted on October 26, 2009 at 6:45am —

Get through six Halloweens for $1

We did this On The Cheap video before Halloween last year, but the tip still works. Check out the claymation at the end.

Check out more On The Cheap videos here Continue

Posted on October 26, 2009 at 6:42am —

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At 5:42pm on December 29, 2009, Abby Gruen said…: small world, huh? thanks for the note.

At 9:23pm on December 28, 2009, Annie Shreffler said…: Thanks for the welcome!

At 10:22pm on November 30, 2009, Anya Villanueva said…: Hello, thank you.

At 11:04am on November 4, 2009, Scott Blanchard said…: Spencer, thanks. Re Cover it Live ... I was amazed at how easy it was to use. I had, literally, about a 10-minute training session on it late yesterday afternoon, and when the chat started I felt like I knew what I was doing. Let me know if you end up using it in some way.