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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
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For July 2015
[Written by Don Burgess] Nasty comments were the hot topic on Social Media in July. The latest incident was involving Jillionaire and his impolite remarks about Bermuda on Twitter, Instagram and Bermuda. There were easily more than 1,000 responses to what he posted, almost all of it aimed right back at him. His statements were reposted dozens of times... Read more of this article
Bermuda Cat Earns Over 3,000 Twitter Followers
A Bermuda cat dubbed Walt E Bobs has managed to amass over 3,000 Twitter followers, landing him at number 40 on June’s top 50 list, an accomplishment he appears to have celebrated with some Gosling’s rum. Judging by the feline’s tweets, which explore various aspects of living from a cat’s point of view, Walt E Bobs seems to enjoy... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s July Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] There was a huge shake-up in the Bermuda Klout rankings this month. Several new accounts moved into the top five with Bernews and Clare O’Connor moving into a tie for the fourth spot. Photographer John Manderson joins the list at number 17. Shari-Lynn Pringle moved down to the ninth spot while the Bermuda Tourism Authority,... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For June 2015
[Written by Don Burgess] The first Social Media Day celebration in Bermuda took place on June 30 at Muse Skybar. The event was kicked off with a word from Premier Michael Dunkley [@bdamilkman], which was also attended by senator Jeffery Baron [@SenatorBaron], Toastmasters and other Bermuda social media enthusiasts. Both Premier Dunkley and Senator Baron... Read more of this article
Astronaut Scott Kelly Tweets Photo Of Bermuda
Astronaut Scott Kelly — who is spending one year at the International Space Station — tweeted a photo of Bermuda today [July 3] saying we are “looking pretty good right now”, with the photo attracting over 1500 “favourites” and “retweets” in the first hour alone. According to NASA, “Kelly and cosmonaut... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s June Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] D’General is in charge! Bermuda Heroes Weekend provided a bump in his monthly Klout score. Jason Sukdeo [aka D’General] picked up three points and joined the growing number of locals in the 70+ plateau. Jason helped organize the highly successful event, and earned a well-deserved spike in his score. Next month’s scores... Read more of this article
OBA Remove Photo From Official Twitter Account
[Updated] The One Bermuda Alliance appears to have deleted at least two of its tweets, including the one containing the photo of Eron Hill, Chris Famous, and Makai Dickerson that bore the caption “Catherine Jenner Support Group.” As of today [June 10], clicking the link that originally took you to that tweet leads to a message stating “page... Read more of this article
Social Media Postings Were “Simply Unkind”
[Opinion column written by Shari-Lynn Pringle] If there’s anything that the recent Bermuda social media debacle highlighted is that some people have too much time on their hands and not enough love in their hearts. During a month that I’ve tried to lay low on social media, it is extremely difficult to watch what is in play and not say something. Don... Read more of this article
