marketing & social media strategy consultant and trainer focused primarily on helping public sector organizations achieve their objectives more efficiently and effectively
international keynote speaker on the topics of strategic marketing, new media, modern communications, social media engagement and government 2.0
Public Sector Marketing 2.0 - Mike Kujawski's blog on government, association and non-profit marketing in a Web 2.0 world
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This week’s “Learn in 60 Seconds” video demonstrates how to track multiple event hashtags in real-time and then filter them, also in real-time. The tool is Tweetdeck, which can be downloaded for free. The sample live event I chose for the video is the 2011 Canadian Federal Election, which happens to be taking place as I write this.
Well, so far I’m 4 for 4 in terms of my objective of producing one “Learn in 60 Seconds” video every week for the next two months.
My latest one is posted below. Lesson#4: How to track the real-time social pulse of your city.
I know I sound like a broken record whenever I stress the importance of monitoring social media as a form of business intelligence, so instead I thought I’d share this video with you. Surprisingly I only saw it for the first time at the #social2011 conference in Boston, but it’s been around for a while. More importantly, Gatorade has been actively listening and engaging at a strategic level like this for some time. Humour me for a second, and let’s imagine government departments here in Canada had rooms like this set up to monitor their programs and initiatives. Waste of time or the obvious future?
