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Top 20 Most Viewed Bermuda Youtube Channels
[Written by Don Burgess] Collie Buddz certainly isn’t blind to people watching videos on YouTube. The reggae singer not only tops our chart of Bermuda-related accounts of most views on the social media channel, he dominates it. Buddz lights it up with 17.3 million views, nearly double that of second place BIOS. His most popular video, Mamacita,... Read more of this article
January’s 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] Who rules the world? If you believe Beyoncé, the answer is ‘women’. And if you look at the Bermuda Klout list for January, women certainly hold down many of the premium spots. Five of the top six people are women, and the two biggest moves of the month were made by the ladies. Shari-Lynn Pringle moved up to number six... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 100 Twitter List For December
[Written by Don Burgess] Periscope was the innovation of the Year for Twitter. The live-streaming app re-energized the social media platform and outperformed rival Meerkat by a wide margin. Locally, Periscope hasn’t been fully embraced, but some, like PowerGirl Trina and Bernews, have made effective use of it. The year has been one of growth for local... Read more of this article
December’s 2015 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] How can I raise my Klout score? I get asked that a few times throughout the year, or sometimes it’s rephrased as “How can I game the system?” Here are four tips to help raise your score: 1. Link all your social media scores to Klout. This should be an obvious first step to start. If you’re not using a social media account... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For Nov 2015
[Written by Don Burgess] The star is dead. May the heart beat long. Last month Twitter replaced its Favorite icon, the star, with a heart. The move has been three years in the making as the social media company was looking for a way to help increase engagement for users. Part of the problem is some people were using the favorite as that would imply... Read more of this article
November’s 2015 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] Last week Klout became transparent on how it calculates its scores by publishing a paper at a big data conference. The move has earned praise in Forbes magazine. Contributor Theo Preistley had previously written in Forbes that “People have become obsessed with chasing meaningless numbers and Klout scores rather than just enjoy... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For Oct 2015
[Written by Don Burgess] You can now use polls on Twitter. The new feature was rolled out at the end of October as another way to help spark engagement. That’s the good news — the bad is you are only allowed to give two choices for people to respond to. I tried it out with this question: How often do you tweet in a day? The choices were four or... Read more of this article
October’s 2015 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s marketing efforts on social media have helped make it a juggernaut. The BTA’s Klout score rose 14 points from 67 to 81, placing it second on the Bermuda list for October. It also places it amongst the elite of social influencers. And it matters in its marketing efforts. A Social Times article... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For Sept 2015
[Written by Don Burgess] Bermuda sails into the America’s Cup World Series in October, and the Bermuda Top 50 Twitter List gets a yachting update. Three accounts related to the America’s Cup have been added to our list, which uses Twitter accounts that have a Bermuda connection. Oracle Team USA and Artemis Racing, which have a home base here, as... Read more of this article
September’s Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] The temperatures may be rising from all the summer heat, but Bermuda’s Klout scores are falling. For the third straight month there was a decline in the Bermuda Klout Index. The average top 50 score has fallen from 66.7 in June to 64.1 in September. One possible answer is that people have been taking their summer holidays... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For August 2015
[Written by Don Burgess] There was some slight movement in the Top 20 Twitter rankings in August. ACE Group moved ahead of Bernews for 16th place. Others flip-flopping positions included Webster Butler and Clare O’Connor, Shaun Goater and Elbow Beach Cycles and myself and Fiyah Marshall. Both Goater and and Nahki Wells had a good boost in followers... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s August Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] Bermuda Klout scores dipped again for the second consecutive month. It appears many saw their Facebook portion of the score take a hit. You would think in the run-up to Cup Match, many people’s scores should go up as all the back-and-forth about Red and Blue or Blue and Blue, but that wasn’t the case. However, Somerset supporter... Read more of this article
