Guidelines and tips

Does Potomac State College have social media guidelines?

Of course! You can find them on the social media guidelines page. If you have any questions about our guidelines, please feel free to email us at psc-ur@mail.wvu.edu. 

WVU Potomac State College is prepared for an emergency on social media.

Did you know that West Virginia University was one of the first universities to develop and use a social media crisis communications plan? While we hope we never have to use it, we're prepared to update our audiences via social media in crisis situations. If you're a social media manager at the University, you can help to by following guidelines found on the social media crisis communication guidelines page. 

Which hashtags do I use and when?

We've got you covered. If you're running an official WVU PSC social media account, we want to make sure you know our official hashtags and when we'd like you to use them. Check out our list of official hashtags. 

So you really want to start a new social media account?

Great! We love to see our WVU PSC community understand how important social media is... but we want to make sure you're prepared to start your new account. While social media is free, it takes a lot of time to manage a new account in the right way. If you're thinking of starting a new account and have questions, email us at psc-ur@mail.wvu.edu. We'd like for you to start your account in the right way - with goals, a bunch of strong content and ideas for how to keep the account fresh and engaging over time. Check out our page on creating consistent content to help you get started. Once your account is live, let us know, and we'll consider adding it to our social directory.