Social Media for Schools

Sharing tools, tips, insights to help schools better leverage social media to tell their stories. #SchoolPR #K12PR

By Josh Allen

Josh Allen
Mobile Photography
Tips to get your fancy camera off the shelf and start taking more pictures
Popular Science - Harry Guinness
You bought that camera, so you might as well use it. A lot of people have a new-ish DSLR or mirrorless camera just sitting in a drawer. It’s just that there’s really not a pressing need for one—most of
3 days ago
Josh Allen
Public Relations
6 courses to bolster your comms credentials - PR Daily
prdaily.com - By Emily Gagnon
It’s a new year. That means resolution time. If one of your goals for 2020 is to advance professionally, look no further. Consider completing these …
4 days ago
Josh Allen
Marketing
Creating Engaging Video Content That Spurs an Emotional Connection
socialmediaexaminer.com - Michael Stelzner
Wondering how to create engaging video for your business? Want to use video more creatively in your marketing? To explore how to create engaging …
January 17
Josh Allen
Social Media
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jasonawheeler.com
With the new year comes new initiatives and new marketing goals for your small business or school district. Many school communications departments …
Dec 30, 2019
Josh Allen
Social Media
How to Find the Best Instagram Hashtags and Explode Your Reach
jeffbullas.com - Rafaella Aguiar
Many, many people don’t understand the use of hashtags and have, therefore, stopped using them. Don’t be fooled though. There are still plenty of …
6 days ago
Josh Allen
Students
36 Video Topics That Will Generate More Views & Engagement for Your School
schneiderb.com - Brendan Schneider
Part two of a nine-part series on video marketing for schools. Click here for part one “How to Maximize Your Reach Using Video Marketing.”Videos are …
Jul 24, 2019
Josh Allen
Public Relations
3 Essential PR Trends to Monitor in the New Year and Decade
prsa.org - Allison Schroeder, APR
As we experience the first few days of the new year and decade, I can’t help but feel as if time has flown by. At the risk of sounding old, 2010 …
January 9
Josh Allen
CEOs
Opendorse On-Demand: Q&A with CEO Blake Lawrence
opendorse.com
Opendorse CEO Blake Lawrence details how a new mobile app and On Demand experience will transform social media marketing for athletes, teams, and …
January 15
Josh Allen
Capitalize on big moments!
Sports
Meet the team behind college football's best hype videos
ESPN - Tom VanHaaren
January 11
ClayReisler
Important for certain situations.
Mobile Technology
iPhone: How to remove location data from photos and videos before sharing
9to5Mac - Michael Potuck
January 2
ClayReisler
Social Media
Pepsi’s new catchphrase, TikTok’s transparency report, and the best times to post on social media - PR Daily
prdaily.com - Beki Winchel
A Twitter post asking New Yorkers which seat on the subway is the best has gone viral, prompting many users to jump aboard the trend and tweet their …
January 3
Josh Allen
Instagram’s Losing the Likes but Opening Itself to Story-Based Content
Adweek - David Shadpour
Instagram’s wave of likes removal has finally made its way to the U.S. While not unilaterally rolled out to date, someone you know is probably …
Nov 27, 2019
Josh Allen
How To Make 64 Pieces Of Content In A Day
garyvaynerchuk.com - Garyvee
In my continued efforts to bring the most value to the entrepreneurs, operators, and marketers of the world, today on my 44th birthday, I’m releasing …
Nov 14, 2019
Josh Allen
B2B Social Media Success: 7 Strategy Tips + Complete Guide (2019)
wearesculpt.com - 11.06.2019 by Josh Krakauer
B2B Social Media Success: The Complete Strategy Guide & Best Tips for 2019 Grow faster with a bold B2B social media strategy. Get our best strategies …
Nov 6, 2019
Josh Allen
Technology
Twitter may fundamentally change how retweets and mentions work
The Verge - Nick Statt
Twitter leadership has made it a goal of the last few years to be more transparent about its decision-making and to provide more detailed road maps for when new features and other big changes come to platform.
Nov 5, 2019
Josh Allen
Media Strategy
Create A Winning Social Media Strategy For Your School In 5 Steps | Class Intercom
classintercom.com
Sep 21, 2019
Josh Allen
Horizontal vs. Vertical video came up again today for me. Here's the thing, if there's a chance your audience will watch
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Sep 3, 2019
Josh Allen
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jasonawheeler.com
When I have an idea or have thoughts on school marketing, I pull out my smartphone and make a video. It is my “Marketing Thought Journal” for the …
Jul 7, 2019
Josh Allen
First Day of School Twitter Campaign - #214FirstDay - #SocialSchool4EDU
socialschool4edu.com
Social media ambassadors – Empowering your staff to embrace the social media effort with their own accounts is the first step. Focus on training. …
Aug 11, 2016
Josh Allen
Instagram quantified our popularity, and now it wants to fix it
The Verge - Ashley Carman
Instagram announced a fundamental change in April: users in Canada would begin testing a new feature that hides the number of likes their posts receive. The announcement was met with uncertainty over it
Jul 22, 2019
Josh Allen
New Instagram features flag potentially offensive comments, allow you to quietly ‘restrict’ users
TechCrunch - Anthony Ha
Instagram announced two new features today that it said are designed to combat online bullying. In both cases, the Facebook -owned service seems to be trying to find ways to limit bad behavior without
Jul 8, 2019
Josh Allen
Social Media
Facebook and Instagram are having connectivity issues for some users
Ad Age
Facebook Inc. said its applications, including the main social-media service and Instagram photo-sharing app, were experiencing connectivity issues …
Jul 3, 2019
Josh Allen
Always interesting to see what the latest opinions are.
What Are the Best Times for Brands to Post to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn?
Adweek - David Cohen
Jul 2, 2019
ClayReisler
Apple
iMovie for iOS adds a green screen feature
The Verge - Dami Lee
The latest update for Apple’s iMovie for iOS gives the video-editing app a green screen feature, 80 new soundtracks, ClassKit support, and more. Plenty of other video-editing apps offer green screen functionality,
Jun 11, 2019
Josh Allen
Building a Sustainable Student Social Media Team at Pulaski High School
classintercom.com
Jun 3, 2019
Josh Allen
How to Implement a Student Social Media Takeover for your School
classintercom.com
Feb 20, 2019
ClayReisler
Streamline 3.0
streamlineicons.com
You read that right. Lots of free icons in this release! Over 10,500 in three different weights. 53 categories, 720 sub categories, and over 30,000 …
Jul 26, 2014
Josh Allen
Instagram overhauls IGTV with new TikTok-like algorithmic feed, streamlined interface
9to5Mac - Chance Miller
While Instagram has largely mastered the Stories format of Snapchat, its IGTV platform hasn’t yet seen the same mainstream success. A new report today from TechCrunch highlights how Instagram is revamping
May 20, 2019
Josh Allen
Twitter
Twitter is giving TweetDeck some much-needed love with GIF, poll, and emoji support
The Verge - Nick Statt
TweetDeck is getting some much-needed core Twitter features, the company announced today, including native support for GIFs, polls, and emoji. These features have long been a part of the desktop version
May 16, 2019