Few area cities jump on social-media bandwagon (The Columbus Dispatch)
It takes only a few minutes to create a Facebook account, but the process for cities involves drafting social-media policies and hiring consultants and staff members. Recently, he saw a Twitter message from a girl in California asking for a good place to have a girls’ night out in Gahanna, so he sent her links to restaurant reviews. That sort of interaction is essential if a city doesn’t want its Facebook page to be a flop, said Nate Riggs of Huber and Co. If somebody were to get really vulgar, we wouldn’t want that to reflect on the city,” said Bruce Langner, Bexley’s development director and newly appointed Facebook manager. Money magazine sponsored a competition in July to see which of its picks for best places to live could attract the most Facebook fans, spokeswoman Christa Dickey said. Gahanna resident Annie Shmookler, a Facebook fan of both Gahanna and Bexley, said comments from residents on Gahanna’s Facebook page played a big role in persuading her to go to that city’s jazz and ribs festival. click here to read more
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