Heres some terrific advice on attributing other peoples stuff when you use it: Social Media Tip of the Week -- by Alan Stevens (twitter/MediaCoach) TRICK OR TWEET? I know, its a contrived headline, but I couldnt resist it. The message is that some people try to fool their readers on social media. They pretend they have written articles that were actually produced by others, they offer advice that they didnt come up with, and they claim experience that they have never clocked up. There was a phrase long ago (in digital history terms) that said On the Internet, no-one knows youre a dog. In other words you could pretend to be what youre not. Thats still true to some extent, but its becoming much harder to masquerade as someone with extensive knowledge when youre actually a newbie. When you post a link to a blog or article written by someone else, heres some good social media practice: O Always acknowledge the original source O If the writer has asked for a copyright message and link, be sure to include it O If you quote from an article, put the section in quotation marks and give the source O Dont simply post a piece, but add your own take on the issue O Ask a question of your readers to encourage interaction O If you allow people to share your content, say so, and include any text you would like them to add O Use a site like copyscape to check the original source of an article That way, you wont trick anyone when you tweet. Thank you. Im here all week. -- This information was written by Alan Stevens, and originally appeared in The MediaCoach, his free weekly ezine, available at mediacoach.co.uk.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:07:05 +0000
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