SOCIAL MEDIA
Make A Move: Learn More About Diabetes

In this document:

  • 4 sample Facebook posts
  • 4 sample Twitter posts
  • Tips for using Facebook
  • Tips for using Twitter

Sample Facebook Posts
*All posts are designed to “copy and paste” on your organization’s Facebook page

  1. The @Diabetes Partners in Action Coalition wants you to Make a Move and learn more about diabetes. In Michigan, an estimated 1 million people have diabetes. Nearly 365,000 Michigan adults are estimated to have diabetes but are currently undiagnosed. If you have diabetes, you are at high risk for kidney disease, heart attack, stroke, and more. Make a Move: learn more about diabetes, and how to prevent and manage it.

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  1. The @Diabetes Partners in Action Coalition wants you to Make a Move and learn more about diabetes. Living with diabetes or knowing you are at risk is not easy. You may feel overwhelmed, sad, or angry—especially if you are struggling to manage your diabetes or trying to prevent or delay its onset. Making a plan can help you get started and keep you on the path to better health. Make a Move: learn more about diabetes, and how to prevent and manage it.

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  1. The @Diabetes Partners in Action Coalition wants you to Make a Move and learn more about diabetes. Making changes step by step—such as losing a small amount of weight and becoming more active—can go a long way toward helping you prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. If you have diabetes, these same changes can help keep your blood glucose and blood pressure on target to reduce your risk for diabetes complications. Make a Move: learn more about diabetes, and how to prevent and manage it.

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  1. The @Diabetes Partners in Action Coalition wants you to Make a Move and learn more about diabetes. Diabetes is a serious disease. It can lead to complications such as heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, and more. People with diabetes can take steps to manage it and lower their risk for complications. Make healthy food choices, be physically active, and stay at a healthy weight. Make a Move: learn more about diabetes, and how to prevent and manage it.

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  1. Everyone has a friend or family member who has a connection to diabetes. Learning more about how to control and prevent diabetes can help that person to live a long, quality life. The @Diabetes Partners in Action Coalition wants you to Make a Move by learning more about diabetes, and encouraging loved ones to do so as well.
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Twitter

*All posts are designed to “copy and paste” on your organization’s Twitter page (140 characters)

  1. Losing weight & being more active can help prevent and control #diabetes. #MakeAMove: Learn More About Diabetes. Visit
  2. #Diabetes can lead to heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, and more. #MakeAMove: Learn More About Diabetes.
  3. #Diabetes is serious and daily management is hard. But there’s hope. #MakeAMove: Learn More About Diabetes. Visit
  4. About 10% of Michigan adults have #diabetes! Many more have prediabetes, or are at risk. #MakeAMove: Learn More About Diabetes.
  5. Have a friend or family member with diabetes? #MakeAMove: Learn More About Diabetes, and help your loved ones live long, healthy lives.

Tips for Using Facebook

  • Tagging Others & Using the “@” Symbol
    When referring to another organization or business that also has a Facebook page, use the @ symbol to tag their page. By tagging another page, you are increasing the visibility of the update you’ve posted and alerting the tagged business/organization that you are doing so.

So, if you want to tag Diabetes Partners in Action in a Facebook post, type in @ then start typing their name. “Diabetes Partners in Action” should pop up so you can easily select it. You will be able to tag most pages unless they are private.

  • Posting Links and Utilizing Space
    When posting a link, it will automatically attach after you’ve copied and pasted the URL. After it attaches to your post, you can delete the URL from your typing space, and utilize room for your message.

So, if you type wait a moment for the link to appear with an image or logo in an attachment below, then delete the link from the typing space and begin typing your message.

Tips: Twitter

  • Using Hash Tags (#) and Trending

Hash tags are Twitter’s way of following trends: what is being discussed on Twitter and at what rate. Use a hash tag with a single word or statement (without spaces) to help get a phrase or word trending. When on your Twitter account, you can also click words that include hash tags to see what other users are saying.

For example, when talking about the Make a Move initiative, you could regularly use #MakeAMove. If you click on #MakeAMove when logged in, you can see all the tweets about this phrase.

  • Character Limits and Space

Twitter only allows tweets to be 140 characters long, which includes punctuation, spacing, letters, etc. This is part of the appeal of Twitter to many users, so the general understanding is that the smaller number of words you can use to make your point, the better.

  • Tagging Others & Using the “@” Symbol

Similar to Facebook, you can tag other users (organizations, businesses, individuals, etc.) on Twitter by incorporating the @ symbol. When referring to another organization or business that also has a Twitter account, use the @ symbol to tag them. By mentioning others, you are increasing the visibility of the update you’ve posted and alerting the tagged business/organization that you are doing so.

For example, you could use the Make a Move initiative to alert the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) in a tweet like this: “Hey @NDEP! We’d love for you to check out our newest diabetes management initiative, #MakeAMove!”