Hi all,
Happy Hump Day!
The Big News: A glowing recommendation on communication articles from Huffington Post, a rise in Knowledge Box discussions on Twitter, and Vine hitting 35M Loops!
Fun Fact: The top performing post on Facebook English this week may be the most shared article in the shortest period of time thus far… Now at 1,987 shares in less than 33 hours! Can you guess what it is? https://www.facebook.com/wikiHow/posts/10152985698723575:0
Press/Blogs/Media:
✯ Huffington Post offers a glowing a recommendation while discussing the “Learning Economy,” listing wikiHow as 1 of 7 free or inexpensive resources:
“WikiHow offers the quickest and most accessible tutorials on speaking up and out effectively, with 37 short learning modules available on topics related to speaking and listening skills alone. Several of them have had hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of views, including ‘How to Speak Your Mind,’ ‘How to Influence Others,’ and ‘How to Communicate Effectively.’” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blair-forlaw/freedom-of-speech-and-the_2_b_7743198.html
✯ Vice’s Thump wrote an article about How to Pick Up Girls at a Club highlighting issues with the piece. Since then, @JackHerrick
, @Ngeisler
, and @Colecrane
have teamed up to give the article an overhaul for helpfulness http://thump.vice.com/en_uk/article/not-getting-laid-check-out-wikihows-illustrated-guide-to-picking-up-girls-in-the-club
✯ The Fiji Times shares wikiHow’s tips on protecting a car from hot weather http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=313397
✯ Joplinglobe shares wikiHow’s recipe and tips on making jam http://www.joplinglobe.com/news/lifestyles/cheryle-finley-jam-jelly-or-preserves-there-is-a-difference/article_87d66f7e-d8a3-51f5-ab02-06ef079c7f1f.html
Notable Tweets:
✯ Sci_Phile (Science Editor at Nerdist, 15.3K) “How to Apologize to a Cat http://www.wikihow.com/Apologize-to-a-Cat
… In case you were browsing Wikihow too” https://twitter.com/Sci_Phile/status/618460771387703296
✯ Discussions on Knowledge Box are on a rise, take a look: HazelMcKendrick “hoping they are targeted” and danieljbrunson describing “wikiHow now self-aware” https://twitter.com/HazelMcKendrick/status/618925629392744448
https://twitter.com/danieljbrunson/status/618395229658456064
Everyday conversations:
✯ Denzell5SOS " Somebody just gave me a link from wikihow. It says: “How To Forget Your Crush” // thoughtful friend" https://twitter.com/Denzell5SOS/status/619119824921210880
✯ daniellemayhew4 “Hitting the “surprise me” button at the bottom of any “wiki-how” page is probably the most entertaining thing ever” https://twitter.com/daniellemayhew4/status/619388141342842880
✯ lusanda1g “WikiHow helping me make my fort dreams come true.” https://twitter.com/lusanda1G/status/619243224297684992
✯ griersobsessed “Wiki-how aka life saver” https://twitter.com/griersobsessed/status/619561218060197888
✯ sassabello “It is simultaneously the most entertaining & helpful website of all time and it’s completely free & no i was not paid to promote wikihow” https://twitter.com/SASSABELLO/status/619598833706598400
Thanks for tuning in!
Maria
