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The Importance of Social Media Adoption in Podiatry

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Of the 14 states with Twitter accounts, 11 had
links on their association homepage to that account,
with a 12th association placing that information on
the "Contact Us" page. Of additional social media
platforms listed on association homepages, Facebook
(n=12, 86 percent) was used the most. The majority of the
states that did not have Twitter accounts also did not have
any other social media platforms listed on their association
website, whether on the homepage or other pages (e.g.,
"Contact Us," "About Us"). Overall, this audit suggests that state
associations in our profession could increase their visibility on
social media.
In our research, we uncovered multiple examples of users attempting to create connections on social media even
when a state component organization did not have a Twitter
account. Users physically typed out the organization name
in their tweets because they were unable to tag the organization or use a hashtag specific to the organization. (See Figs.
1-2 on page 17.) Those same organizations may be trying to

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connect to their key audiences, but are unsure exactly how
to do so, not making a full effort, or experiencing an overall
disconnect between platforms. Multiple examples arose in
our research:
One state website has an icon link for Twitter, but no
active Twitter account
One state without any social media platforms has a
blog on its website with only two posts, both from
May 2013
One state has an active Facebook account but no found
link on the state organization's official website
Some states with social media accounts did not feature links on their homepage or made the links difficult to find
A few state associations still lack an official website

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These associations-and our profession, as a result-are
missing an opportunity to integrate and engage with their audiences. We encourage members involved at the state level to
work toward better and more extensive use of their overall web
presence, and social media in particular.

TABLE 1
Societies Identified with Twitter Accounts with Account Metrics
State

Username (@)

Months Active

Tweets

Following

Followers

California

CPMATweets

41

137

69

88

Florida

FPMAtweets

58

253

114

137

Idaho

idpodiatrists

13

11

10

16

Illinois

IPMA

110

371

796

983

Iowa

IowaPodiatry

72

72

30

164

Maine

Maine_Podiatry

12

0

1

3

Maryland

MarylandPo7dia

14

2

0

4

Massachusetts

masspodiatrists

62

194

129

60

Minnesota

MNpodiatrists

58

0

11

23

New Hampshire

NHPMA

21

44

35

22

New York

theNYSPMA

15

89

288

97

North Carolina

NCFAStweets

68

4

6

40

Pennsylvania

PPMAssoc

7

184

34

58

Texas

TPMAtweets

23

893

167

149

APMA

APMA

102

6024

809

38,200

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