Feel the Thunder! How Federal Agencies use Thunderclaps for Awareness Days
4-17-2018The HIV.gov team gets lots of questions about effective social media use. A frequent question from our federal and community partners is “What’s the…
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Be Bold: Ask Your Social Media Questions. We’re Ready with Answers.
4-13-2018With the ever changing nature of social media and other digital communications, organizations that are addressing the HIV epidemic must continually stay update …
Twitter Fast Forward: Increasing Reach Potential
4-10-2018Twitter was born in 2006. By 2007, 400,000 tweets posted per quarter. By February 2008, 100 million tweets posted per quarter. By June 2010, about 65 million tw…
Social Media Use Tips from Conference Coordinators
4-3-2018In our effort to bring readers tips on effective digital communication, we asked organizers of the SYNChronicity and Connected Health conferences about the role…
Making Customer Satisfaction Data Actionable at the Peace Corps
3-27-2018For the past couple of years, the Peace Corps has used online-based intercept surveys on peacecorps.gov to measure user satisfaction. The data captured over tim…
Who Is on Facebook? Snapchat? Who Is Smartphone Dependent?
3-21-2018
Social media data can inform our communication activities. Yesterday, we spoke with Lee Rainie, director of the internet and technology research at the Pew Re…
Save the Date: New Social Media Data to Drive Your Planning (Facebook Live)
3-6-2018According to new data published from the Pew Research Center, Facebook continues to be the most widely-used social media platform with 68% of U.S. adults as use…
How to Know if Your Social Media Strategy is Successful
2-27-2018Your communications – website, blog, social media channels – are often the first thing that people see about your organization. It’s your chan…
Awareness Day Promotion: Should You Be Using Videos?
2-6-2018In January of 2017, 36 percent of U.S. internet users watched online video content on a daily basis; and YouTube’s top 10 trending videos for 2017 ga…
Ready, Set, Go! Five More Tips for Launching a Social Media Page (Part 2)
2-1-2018And we’re back! If you missed the the first 5 tips on launching a social media page, get them on our blog homepage under the Digital Tools section. We&rsq…