© Bishop’s Stortford Town Council Social Media Update James Parker 10/7/2014 © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council
© Bishop’s Stortford Town Council Overview New Accounts established and linked. Twitter feed on front page of website @Bishopsstortfordtc (twitter) – 162 followers Bishop’s Stortford Town Council (Facebook) – 121 Friends Regular postings on Committee meetings, significant events etc Existing Accounts continue @Ticbs (twitter – TIC) – 763 followers Bishop’s Stortford Tourist Information (Facebook) – 404 friends @stortfordplan (Twitter – Neighbourhood Plan) – 349 followers Bishop's Stortford Neighbourhood Plan (Facebook) – 56 friends Conclusion to date Twitter great for communicating short notices, good fit to needs Facebook has challenges with presentation, poorer fit to needs Both to be maintained © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council
The inappropriate face of Facebook Uncontrollable content - adverts Wrong wording ‘she’ Useful content – information updates Wrong concept – ‘Friends’ Enforced content not well suited to Council © Bishop’s Stortford Town Council
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