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6 Things The Army Taught Me About PR

Waxing UnLyrical

Twitter, which was founded in 2006, didn’t exist when I left. Posterous, Amplify and Quora had yet to be founded. While I was an early adopter of social sites like LinkedIn, most PR pros weren’t generally using social media for PR purposes. Facebook had a mere 20 million registered users. Image: familymwr via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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7 Smart Ways You Can Use TBT To Grow Your Brand on Social

Hootsuite

Use old ephemera — think posters, ticket stubs or other fun items — to highlight a unique milestone from your brand’s history. When did TBT start? The history of this social media trend actually goes back pretty far.

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Rise Of The Indie Brand

Twist Image

They have also published two best-selling books - The Indie Rock Coloring Book and The Indie Rock Poster Book ). "We We built this company from the ground up, without having to get any upfront investment," said Casey Cohen, who along with Matthew Stotland founded Yellow Bird Project in 2006. the indie rock poster book.

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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. That would be the first place that I will look for and I can think of people that I’ve hired that started as guest posters.

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Tools do not a master make [redux]

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Re-printed below is a post of mine from August 2006, Tools do not a master make , that explores a similar theme. = = == ==. I was fortunate enough to attend one of his courses in the late ’90s, his poster of Napoleon’s March to Moscow still hangs on the wall in my office.).

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

© 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. But let’s look at it another way: if your post didn’t appear on FriendFeed at all, would readers have flocked to your site? Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. This blog is written and maintained by Tamar Weinberg. All rights reserved.

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A response came from a business owner who had the perfect answer on her website and directed the original poster to the website for a detailed reply. When I reviewed the poster’s account, I understood why. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. All rights reserved.