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PR generalists vs social media specialist?

Sherrilynne Starkie

From the time I started Strive PR in 2005, it was already evident that social media was transforming public relations practices. By the end of 2006, organizations were getting to grips with blogs and other digital media, and I, as a PR generalist, built a successful business on helping clients adapt to the new environment.

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Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I actually launched my copywriting business using LinkedIn & recently wrote a couple of blog posts about how independent consultants can use it to market ourselves. hey Chris, great post I wrote a post called 15 ways to market yourself on linkedin that you might enjoy. marketing has gone. December 2006. November 2006.

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Bloggers Flash Back to 2006 and Flash Forward to 2009

Diva Marketing Blog

As December 2005 drew to a close, I asked a few bloggers what their wish list was for the new year. Several 2006 wishes came true. What makes this list interesting is that all of the bloggers have been around in the social media space from at least 2005 which provides some additional perspective. We all talk about it.

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Eight steps to thriving on information overload

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Future of Media Report 2006. in the Future of Media Prediction Markets! What marketing executives think about your privacy. December 2006 (6). November 2006 (5). October 2006 (6). September 2006 (11). August 2006 (12). July 2006 (11). June 2006 (8). May 2006 (14).

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2005: Flickr. One night in 2006, over Tiger beer and carrot cake at a hawker center , my designer friend Little Ong told me about Multiply. A story I posted on Digg in 2005 crashed the “interesting” get-paid-for content site I was briefly testing. Another friend, Dinnertube , started posting videos on Youtube in 2006.

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Six Steps to a Remarkably Powerful, Personal Network - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas. You're only a stranger once.

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Ironically, it’s probably the total opposite of direct marketing (no call to action right from the get go), but probably the most helpful thing if you do want to get into direct marketing… Sphunn it! I like the point you draw with reference to direct marketing — I’m a direct marketing fan, but I so agree.

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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

Webbiquity SMM

So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? How can the respective histories and behaviors of these two companies inform the best practices for B2B marketers? My answer is certainly–yes!

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