Social Media Performance of Media/Publishing Companies

Social Media Performance of Media/Publishing Companies

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Five points for Media/Online Publishing organizations to consider for increasing social interactions

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High frequency of posts/tweets

• Media/Publishing companies should maintain a strong resource base of bloggers and writers who can frequently post articles and tweets.

• They should be able to tap each and every incident happening around them

Examples

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Catchy and short titles

• Most of the best Media/Internet Publishing organizations believe in grabbing the attention of readers in one go, using short titles with strong words

Examples

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Use of Graphics is on the rise

• It is always very expressive to use graphics for denoting the article

• It not only makes it interesting to read but also increases the number of views for the article because it creates a difference in the vision of the reader

Examples

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Writing news related to current happenings

• This is the most relevant way to generate buzz for your articles, i.e. to write something related to the day(weekend/weekday), season, popular culture , trending topics etc.

Examples

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Use sandwich approach

• The media publishing houses should try to post news by sandwiching a serious news with some filler news which is meant to attract attention towards the serious news that requires a wider reach

Examples

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We have compared few media/online publishing organizations’ social media performance and will also look into what tricks they are using to stay socially sound

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Profile Performance Index

PPI

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Twitter(tweets/day)

Mention/day

Mention/day

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Facebook Twitter

Engagement

Engagement

1,900,0002,380,000

Fans on Social Media

Facebook(likes) Twitter(Followers)

Statistics Showing Popularity on Different Social Media Platforms

Source: http://www.fanpagekarma.com/, http://topsy.com/

We infer that Lifehacker has very high popularity on Twitter, compared to Facebook. Now, let us take a look at some of the tricks they employ to gain

popularity on Twitter

Topics which are discussed in the blogs and social media posts are very simple and written in an easy-to-understand format

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24000 Views

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Data representation is the major focus, which involves creative graphical representations

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Lifehacker is very frequent with their blog posts, with more than one post every hour

Frequent posts almost every

hour

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Recent tweets and their analysis

36 Retweets

103 marked Favourite

24 Retweets 68 marked Favourite

520 Likes

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Statistics Showing Popularity on Different Social Media Platforms

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Facebook Twitter

PPI

PPI

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Facebook(posts/day)

Twitter(tweets/day)

Mentions/day

Mentions/day

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Facebook Twitter

Engagement

Engagement

9,300,000

16,500,000

Fans

Facebook(Likes) Twitter(Followers)

Source: http://www.fanpagekarma.com/, http://topsy.com/

We infer that The New York Times has higher popularity on Twitter compared to Facebook. Their high frequency of tweets is distinctly visible on the graph. Let us

take a look at some of the tricks that they employ for better Twitter presence

They disseminate tweets in high frequency

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High resolution pictures are used in their Twitter and Facebook posts along with very short and crisp titles

87Retweets 626 Likes

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Recent tweets and their analysis

36 Retweets

83 marked Favourite

36 Retweets 53 marked Favourite 163 Retweets41 marked Favourite

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Statistics Showing Popularity On Different Social Media Platforms

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Facebook Twitter

PPI

PPI

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Twitter(tweets/day)

Mentions/day

Mentions/day

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2.00%

3.00%

Facebook Twitter

Engagement

Engagement

3,000,000

5,200,000

Fans

Facebook Twitter

Source: http://www.fanpagekarma.com/, http://topsy.com/

We infer that Mashable, has a high engagement and mentions on Twitter, but it also has a comparable fan following on Facebook. Now let us take a look at some

of the tricks they employ to gain better Twitter presence

Mashable makes frequent posts on Twitter

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They talk about trending topics which drives a lot of engagement with the users

In such a short span of 7 hours the post received

69 retweets

and 82 times the post was marked

favourite

This current issue

received 130

retweets and 65 times it

was marked

favourite

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They use strong and attractive words in their titles to make them catchy

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Recent tweets and their analysis

7 Retweets 5 marked Favourite

64 Retweets 61 marked Favourite

36 Retweets

41 marked Favourite

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Statistics Showing Popularity On Different Social Media Platforms

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Facebook Twitter

PPI

PPI

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Facebook(Posts/day)

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Mentions/day

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Facebook Twitter

Engagement

Engagement

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5,100,000

Fans on Social Media

Facebook(Likes) Twitter(Followers)

Source: http://www.fanpagekarma.com/, http://topsy.com/

We infer that Forbes has almost similar engagement on both the social media platforms, which is commendable, but the fan following is almost thrice in Twitter

compared to Facebook.Now let us look at some of the tricks that they employ to gain better Twitter

presence

They use attractive titles on their Facebook Posts to increase readability and shareability

It clearly writes about business arena but catchy sentences to grab reader’s attention

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Forbes posts blogs or articles on Facebook according to time, such as on weekends we see posts such as tax saving ,retirement plans and job availabilityOn weekends they post about holiday destinations

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With the Academic Admissions time getting closer, a lot of posts have been about admissions, fees and colleges and how much parents need to spend on education

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Recent tweets and their analysis

38 Retweets 27 marked Favourite

53 Retweets 74 marked Favourite

58 Retweets 40 marked Favourite

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Statistics showing Page Performance Index of International Media publishing companies compared to Bangalore Mirror

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Lifehacker The New York Times Mashable Forbes Bangalore Mirror

Facebook Twitter

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Statistics showing Mentions/day of International Media Publishing companies compared to Bangalore Mirror

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Lifehacker

The New York Times

Mashable

Forbes

Bangalore Mirror

Facebook Twitter

Source: http://www.fanpagekarma.com/, http://topsy.com/

Statistics showing Fans of International Media Publishing companies compared to Bangalore Mirror

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Lifehacker The New York Times Mashable Forbes Bangalore Mirror

Facebook Twitter

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Statistics showing Page Performance Index of International Media publishing companies compared to Times of India

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Lifehacker The New York Times Mashable Forbes Times of India

Facebook Twitter

Source: http://www.fanpagekarma.com/, http://topsy.com/

Statistics showing Mentions/day of International Media Publishing companies compared to Times of India

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Lifehacker

The New York Times

Mashable

Forbes

Times of India

Facebook Twitter

Source: http://www.fanpagekarma.com/, http://topsy.com/

Statistics showing Fans of International Media Publishing companies compared to Times of India

16,500,000

9,300,000

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Lifehacker The New York Times Mashable Forbes Times of India

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