THE CORRECT WAY TO CITE SOURCES / REPOST CONTENT (IN BLOGS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA)
You’ve heard me say that you need consistently post on social media. One of the easiest ways to do that is to reference someone else’s article, video, podcast, or post. But when we do we need to be sure we’re minding our attribution manners.
Just tagging someone is not enough! They may or may not look at the notifications and your viewers or readers won’t know where precisely you got the information you’re using.
THE CORRECT WAY TO CITE SOURCES / REPOST CONTENT (IN BLOGS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA)
I know how important it is to properly cite sources in our client’s blogs as well as social media posts. I’ll tell you right now that the outline of today’s video came from Commit Agency at www.CommitAgency.com. They have some really great articles that I like. In fact I liked their article, “The Correct Way To Cite Sources / Repost Content (In Blogs and On Social Media” so much, that I’m using it as a teaching example for my own video and post today. Not only does giving credit to the original author make them look good, but it also makes you look more credible.
There are many instances where you will need to cite your sources. For example, you will need to cite when:
· quoting someone else
· mentioning statistics that you didn’t conclude yourself
· using another person’s thoughts or ideas that aren’t your own
· reposting an image that you didn’t take
· inserting a visual or infographic that you didn’t create
Basically, for anything you didn’t write or create yourself, you’ll want to attribute it to whoever did.
HOW TO CITE SOURCES IN YOUR BLOG
The most common way we cite our sources within our blogs is by paraphrasing and hyperlinking back to the page where the information originated.
When including a direct quote, you’ll want to make sure to include quotation marks, the author’s name, and a link to the article from which it was pulled. You might also include the company she works for, her title, and linked the recent interview from which we found the quote.
If you are citing a book within your blog post, you will want to include the author, the title of the book, and their statement in quotation marks like the example below.
When in doubt, include as much information about the author as possible. It doesn’t hurt to over credit, but it does to under credit.
HOW TO CITE AND REPOST ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Giving credit on social media is fairly easy to do across all platforms. The most common way to cite your sources on social media is by reposting original content. When you repost, all of the details should carry over (including the author’s name or username), so there’s little or no additional information you’ll need to provide to give proper credit.
In order to repost on some of the major social platforms, you’ll want to follow these guidelines:
To repost content on Facebook, simply click or tap on the “share” feature at the bottom of the post. A new confirmation window will pop up where you can add your own additional caption (or not) and press “post” once you’re ready to share it to your timeline.
Once you’ve clicked “post” you will see the original post (plus the author’s name) on your own timeline.
To repost–or retweet–on Twitter you can go about it a few different ways.
The most common way to repost someone else’s tweet is to retweet it. Similar to Facebook, just click or tap on the retweet button (it looks like revolving arrows) and it will post to your feed with the original author’s Twitter handle and tweet. It looks like this:
If you plan on manually reposting someone else’s tweet, you can copy and paste the text into a new tweet and include “RT” at the end. It’s also best practice to tag the original author’s Twitter handle either in the beginning or at the end of the tweet.
Once you’ve clicked on the Facebook icon, Pinterest will automatically populate your FB post and include a link to the original source so you don’t have to give any further credit.
To reshare content on LinkedIn, click “share” on the post you want to share. Under the “share to feed” tab, include the person or company you want to give credit to by starting off with the “@” symbol. Once you’ve tagged the person you wanted to mention, select who you want to share the post with and click post!” From the original article THE CORRECT WAY TO CITE SOURCES / REPOST CONTENT (IN BLOGS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA)
VIDEO / PODCAST
Do you use video or podcasting to promote your practice? And in these recordings are your referencing someone’s article, website, case, social media post, idea, book, etc.? You’ll need to give both a verbal shout that includes the person’s name and where precisely you found their content. Additionally, you’ll need to include the original post information in written form in your video or podcast description and show notes.
A HYBRID APPROACH
If you’re creating posts for your social media accounts that are a hybrid, the citation equation is a bit different.
On your own post, you can write a few words (or lot) about why you like the information you’re sharing. This could be with a lovely custom graphic you create on www.Canva.com, or just the text. Either way, when you get to the copied material, the article, the quote, the video, image, podcast etc., this is where citing the original source and tagging the person whose info you’re using is important.
Say I want to share part or all of Jean Lawler’s podcast, ROADS to Resolution Closure Certainty. I need to tag her, maybe quote her, and I definitely copy the original source url into my post.
Let me show you.
I open a new post on my social media and write a short intro to her episode. Something like,
I frequently listen to podcasts about ADR. And @Jean Lawler has one of the best. She just published another great podcast called, “3 Strategies Lawyers Can Use To Help Their Clients Overcome Impediments to Settlement In Mediation” Jean has an uncanny way of making complex ideas simple.
“There are as many ways to overcome impediments to settlement as there are creativity and people involved. Every case is unique and every situation is unique. There’s no one “right” answer which means that the parties, the mediator, the lawyers, everybody needs to be nimble and needs to be able to adjust based on how the mediation is going and what comes out. In this episode, Jean Lawler–commercial + insurance mediator and arbitrator–draws from her experience as a mediator to discuss three strategies (plus a bonus strategy!) including:
· Starting settlement discussions by working on the terms, rather than dollar amounts
· Focusing on party interests and needs
· Helping parties envision the future
· *Bonus strategy: What you need to do at the end of mediation day if you don’t quite have a settlement yet”
Click below to listen to the full podcast.
The original podcast url is: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1954887/11387731-3-strategies-lawyers-can-use-to-help-their-clients-overcome-impediments-to-settlement-in-mediation
#mediate #mediation #settlement
If I want to use a video in my posts, like one of videos that Sylvia Mayer creates using children’s books to make entertain and educate her clients, the post will look like this.
I’m in love with “Mean Gene, The Recess Queen” and the lessons in @Sylvia Mayer’s newest video, “How To Breach The Bully Barrier”. This is a video you’ll have blast watching!
The original source URL is: https://youtu.be/bSdCymYTAPg or click and watch and the video below!
#stopbullying #mediation #mediate
And a similar format is used when we quote or reference an article. It goes something like this:
“Another Bias with Long Term Consequences!”
@Phyllis Pollack has written yet another insightful article on her blog at www.PGPMediation.com.
“Whenever I see an article on implicit bias, I must read and write about it. This time, the article is entitled, “Embedded bias: How medical records sow discrimination” by Darius Tahir of Kaiser Health News.
The theme of the article is that doctors unconsciously (or perhaps even consciously) write notes about their patients in medical records and the “objective descriptions” they use, stick with the patient for years to come.
As one example, the author cites David Confer who explained that prior to his brain fog, he “used to be Ph.D. level”. While he was speaking figuratively, the doctor- it turns out did not take him seriously. Confer who was black and diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma was later diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and died in 2020. During the time that Confer was treating with the doctor, his partner Cate Cohen had a sense that the doctor was not taking Confer seriously.
A review of his medical records after Confer died confirmed her belief. The language used in the doctor’s notes was dismissive and reflected a belief that Confer would not be compliant with his care and thus a bad candidate for a liver transplant. (Id. at 1-2.) As a result, he did not get the transplant and died….”
Please keep reading this article at the original URL: https://www.pgpmediation.com/another-bias-with-long-term-consequences/
#bias #implicitbias #mediation
……Back to the original article, THE CORRECT WAY TO CITE SOURCES / REPOST CONTENT (IN BLOGS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA)
“HOW TO REPOST CONTENT ON YOUR BLOG
Let’s say you come across a blog post that you didn’t write but you still want to share it on your site. It’s informational, well-written, provides plenty of compelling statistics, and aligns with your practice’s brand messaging and image. You could try to replicate it in your own words, but doing so may sound too copy-cattish.
If you run into this instance, don’t get discouraged because we have some good news for you. There is a possibility that you could have that blog post live on your website without it being considered “stolen” or “duplicated content.”
It’s called content syndication, and it’s actually a pretty common practice. If done correctly, you and the original author will both benefit from the shared content.
The main takeaway we want you to know about syndicating content is that you will need permission to repost. Find a way to contact the author and ask if it’s alright to use their blog on your site. Once you’ve been granted permission, you’ll want to attribute the author and link to the original content at the top of the page so it’s clear that this content is not your own.
ABOVE ALL: AVOID USING OTHER PEOPLE’S WORDS AS YOUR OWN”
Don’t be the bad actor who doesn’t give credit where credit is due. You can mind your manners and lift up your colleagues at the same time.
If you need help with your practice strategy or marketing, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at Natalie@HowToMarketMyMediationPractice.com or learn more at www.HowToMarketMyMediationPractice.com
Educational (and entertaining) videos for you and your practice development can be found on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/NatalieArmstrongMotin
And again, I used the article https://commitagency.com/
The original source for this article and subsequent video and post on Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn is at: https://commitagency.com/blog/the-correct-way-to-cite-sources/#:~:text=The%20most%20common%20way%20to,provide%20to%20give%20proper%20credit.
