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What is Reddit, and Should Your Brand Be Using It?

Hootsuite

Every thread has an OP (original poster) who started it. Reddit launched in 2005 and sold to Conde Nast less than a year later for $10 million USD. Subreddits have their own URL, for example the Star Wars subreddit can be found at www.reddit.com/r/StarWars. Users can also vote content by others “up” or “down” the algorithm.

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Why I Attend Seth Godin’s Live Events

Debbie Weil

I’ve attended a handful of Seth’s live events over the past decade (cf Why I like Seth Godin’s quirky workshops from 2005) and always come away recharged. Through a blog, for example. I am not ready to make a specific promise (a new blog post every day or an e-newsletter every week, for example).

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248: 6 Places to Find Writers to Hire for Your Blog

ProBlogger

Six places you can find writers for your blog: Guest Posters: If you have published guest posts in the past, take a look at them. If one of the guest posters stands out, contact them. In fact, I think it was probably around 2005 that I hired my first blog writer and she also became an editor for one of my early blogs.

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I have seen these programs work but I sometimes wonder if it’s worth all the effort considering the possible fall-out, as seen in your example. Reply Paul March 16, 2009 at 1:33 pm I think the very resulting negative feedback Royal Caribbean Line is getting on the travel forums is an example of the risk these programs have.

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The 23 Blogger Breeds—Which Are You?

ProBlogger

They are not guest posters, they are the commentators. That link is from a 2005 ProBlogger article and is a fascinating read … a little dated, but still good). Darren gave a great example of the magic of marketing in this article. The Commentator. You see this blogger everywhere. The Comedian.

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Social Pros 18 – Ike Pigott, Alabama Power

Convince & Convert

We were talking about blogging earlier and B2B companies and things of that nature, less classic examples of blogging. Looking at Posterous’s terms, I said, ”Hey, these are pretty good, actually.” We married the alabamapowernews.com URL to our Posterous site. We backed into having a blog. Big shoutout to her.

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Free Advice: What WOMF Can Learn From WOMMA and Me

Bare Feet Studios

We just don’t know who owns the site, who runs the site, or who this poster is. For example, the reason for WOMMA’s transparency issues are exactly that they are promoting forums run by advertisers themselves. Is it one person or several? They have posted 69 times in the past 6 months, or about 2-3 times a week.

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