I’ve suspended Adaptistration’s Twitter account. Here are the reasons.

Considering the decision by Twitter’s new CEO to reduce the company’s product, engineering, legal, and trust and safety departments to levels that can no longer effectively prevent rampant abuse, I decided to set Adaptistration’s account to private. These actions, combined with the CEO using his personal account to spread misinformation, are enough to confirm a new business plan that relies on monetizing content policies that no longer align with the site’s …

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When Was The Last Time You Updated Your Twitter Account Branding?

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If you’re like me and use a client like TweetDeck to manage Twitter activity across one or more accounts, it’s not unusual to go weeks or months without actually visiting your Twitter account page. The problem with that is you can inadvertently overlook outdated branding in the header graphic; out of sight, out of mind. I fell right into that beartrap recently in the wake of the branding updates at my …

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#TBT It’s like “Things That Make You Go Buh?!?” But For Twitter

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One more thing to add in the “I wish I thought of that” file is the new @ArtsAdminsSay twitter account. It’s barely two days old and is already racking up followers. Better still, it’s wallowing in love from arts admin followers and with an endorsement like this, I dare you to not follow: I just started following every person that follows @artsadminssay, because if you're this hip to such an utterly …

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You Mean I Can Get Paid To Be On Facebook, Twitter, And Instagram?

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There have been several interesting listings posted at Adaptistration Jobs recently and one that stands out is a full-time position (with benefits!) for a Social Media Coordinator at Town Hall Seattle. It’s good to see arts organizations not only but embrace these positions as an integral part of successful marketing performance. In full disclosure mode, Town Hall Seattle is a client of mine but I can say with no reservations everyone …

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Are You Suffering From #AwkwardTwitterName Syndrome?

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Phil Paschke published an article today at ArtsHacker that addresses one of those increasingly annoying social media hurdles for some groups: awkward Twitter names. The good news is there is something you can do about it and he walks you through the process needed to change an obstinate name into one your followers can actually remember and use sans frustration. I’ve discovered over the years that groups with #AwkwardTwitterNames tend to …

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