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#MeetMetter: Kate Berry, Senior Account Manager

Metter Media Senior Account Manager + Outreach Coordinator Kate Berry has been with us for just over a year now … which we can’t believe, because she’s taken her position here at Metter by storm since her first day on the job!

Working with some of our largest clients in the finance and remodeling/luxury home spaces, Kate has blown us away with her work ethic, strategic thinking, the beautiful feeds she constructs for her clients, and her eternally positive attitude. We love how genuinely Kate cares about the people she works with, both on the Metter team and her clients. We also love her dog, @ya_bish_emma. 😍

We’re so glad that #KateFromMaine exchanged her remote Maine location for the city skyline and became #KateFromBoston. Read more about her social media journey below.

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From TV to Your Social Media Feed: An Interview with Jenny Johnson

“I will say that while social media is going to be ever present in our lives forever, one really important thing to keep in mind [which] is much more important than what you post, is the relationships that you develop with other people and other businesses and other entities.”

This was one of the most important pieces of advice Jenny Johnson has to offer regarding her career in social media.

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We got to chat with Jenny Johnson — producer, entrepreneur, social media queen, and one of Boston’s favorite TV personalities — about her day to day life and how she got to where she is today. Read about how she grew (and continues to grow) with social media, how it fits into her life and all aspects of her career, and how she manages to balance a busy career with her personal life:

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Vine, the once popular video-sharing platform, has been out of the online discussion for a while (and we miss it!). After Twitter discontinued Vine, many popular Viners had to switch to other social media platforms. We got in touch with Bostonian comedian, now relocated to Los Angeles, and former Viner Ry Doon to get his thoughts on current social media trends.

Ry jumpstarted his career on Vine and attracted huge following with his funny skits and impressions. After Vine was shut down, Ry had to switch to other platforms and relocate himself on social media. Once being one of the most recognized Viners, with nearly 4 million followers, Ry is now focusing on his career as a comedian and growing his presence on social media.

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Not Art X Metter Media: An Interview

“In a different time, had I spray painted ‘Not Art’ on things, people would have said ‘Hey, that’s illegal and that’s not art.’”

That’s what the street artist and founder of the Not Art Movement said to us.

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We caught up with one of Boston’s favorite street artists to know more about his thoughts on street art, his inspirations and how he goes about ideating for all his pieces. Find out how it feels like to deal with notions that label artists as vandals, an artist’s daily challenges, personal preferences and what has kept him going for the past 10 years:

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Interview with Cindy Congdon: The Cat Mom Behind @foster_kittens

“Wouldn’t it be great to have kittens around all the time?”

That’s what Cindy Congdon, owner of the Instagram account @foster_kittens, asked her vet four years ago. Little did she know that a friendly conversation she had while taking her kitten for a check up would take her down the path of fostering countless litters of kittens and would create a following of more than 400,000 users on Instagram. As followers of the account, the Metter Media team wanted to get inside the head of the person behind the adorable Instagram pictures. Find out what it is like to have hundreds of thousands of followers and how it helps the kittens that Congdon cares for.

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10 Questions With Javier Mejia, Founder of @IGersBoston

When following a large social media account, many people overlook the fact that it is run by an actual person. Or they wonder about who that person is and how they got involved in running the account. Well, today we go to the source of the famous @igersboston Instagram account, Javier Mejia, to get some answers. Below he discusses his inspiration, how he manages it all, and some strange interactions on the web.
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When following a large, community-focused social media account, it can be easy to overlook the fact that it is run by an actual person, or if you’re like us, you wonder how such a thriving and well-loved account began. Today we go straight to the source with Javier Mejia, founder of the nearly 40,000-follower-strong @IGersBoston Instagram account, to get some answers. Below, he discusses his inspiration, how he manages it all, and the astounding support of the local photography community.

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RECAP: Twitter Q&A With Jake From State Farm

Everyone knows the infamous man in khakis: Jake from State Farm. He’s on the phone with your husband at 3 o’clock in the morning, wearing a red polo and sounding hideous. When we discovered Jake had his very own Twitter account, @JakeStateFarm, we had to follow along and see what this crazy insurance agent of the night had to say. After noticing that what he had to say was a lot, we knew a Twitter Q&A was in order. See what went down below!

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Social Media Tips From #Boston Pros!

Remember our all encompassing, sightly mind-blowing round-up of who to follow on Twitter in Boston? If not, we highly suggest clicking HERE to see who made the cut, and then clicking HERE to subscribe to that list on Twitter.

Don’t worry, we won’t say the word “click” again.

Well, since the birth of that list, we’ve reached out to our Twitter pros in hopes that they’d break off a piece of their social media wisdom. Below you’ll find the results: a magnificent cornucopia of tips, advice, and general online community wizardry, all available at your disposal.

So go ahead — read up and tweet out. Because when it comes to Twitter, it’s totally awesome to follow, but it’s totally awesomer to lead.

Oh, and that promise about no more clicking? We take it back. CLICK AWAY!

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Urbanology 101: An Interview With the Mayor of ‘Boscago’

Boston may be a small city, but it’s a great one, and no one knows that more than city expert and self-titled “Urbanologist” Max Grinnell. With roots in Seattle and Madison, Wisconsin, Max has dedicated most of his life to studying how cities work and teaching others through his publications, website, and — most importantly — Twitter.

As @theurbanologist, Max explores Boston and Chicago (an area he calls “Boscago”) and highlights the best parts of both in terms of entertainment, growth, sociology, and more.

Max lent us an ear to talk Boston, Twitter, and what it really means to be an urbanologist.

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The Social Media News Revolution: One-On-One with @universalhub

It was pouring rain on a Wednesday afternoon when I sat down at Foley’s in the South End with Adam Gaffin, aka @universalhub. We were both dripping wet and armed with all the supplies we needed: laptops and smartphones, and both of us seemed to be running on very little sleep.

The night before was the first night that Twitter blew up with news from #Ferguson, Missouri, and if I didn’t already feel more like my old journalist self again, sitting with Gaffin and talking at warp speed about the way we ingest news nowadays made it so. He needs no introduction: @universalhub, the biggest source of real-time news in Greater Boston, convener of crowdsourced iPhone reports and hero of citizen journalism, especially via social media.

In short: we bro’d out for a very long time.Continue reading