Entries filed under 'social media'

What's Your Fave Park's Facebook Status? National Parks Steadily Accumulate FB Fans

Here's a follow-up to a question we posed in April: Which national parks have the most Facebook fans? Early this year the National Park Service issued official guidance for cultivating social media outreach, and several parks subsequently launched Facebook pages. Some parks (Glacier National Park, for instance) were ahead of that curve, creating Facebook pages long before 2012. Since late April both Yellowstone National Park and Cuyahoga Valley National Park (the latter park near my home turf ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on July 27, 2012 4:17 PM & Tagged facebook, national parks and social media | permalink | Comments



Free Entry to National Parks This Weekend; What's Your Fave Park's Facebook Status?

Reminder: No entrance fees will be collected at any national park this weekend as National Park Week (April 21-29) wraps up. When pondering or planning a national park visit, do you use Facebook as a reference tool? The National Park Service is increasing the amount of attention it places on social media platforms, and Facebook is one area of recent emphasis. NPS spokeswoman Kathy Kupper says the National Park Service office in Washington, D.C., issued official social media guidelines a few ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on April 27, 2012 8:40 PM & Tagged facebook, national parks, social media and twitter | permalink | Comments