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Good Writing Remains a Core PR Skill

Proactive Report

I read a post in CommPRO.biz today about 5 trends for 2012 that will affect your PR resume. We know that very few journalists or bloggers get their news from the news wire anymore. When you place a news release on the wire, it will appear in Yahoo! So we have to expand our media relations activity – agreed.

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Socialympics: How Social Media and Blogging Has Boosted Sports Media

Convince & Convert

Dump your local sports section in the paper and hop on your iPad to read sports opinions from your favorite bloggers. The London 2012 Olympics from July 27th to August 12th are going to be the most covered sporting event in our world’s history. Google+ and the Independent Sports Blogger.

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11.5 Amazing Content Creation Tools for Becoming a Super Blogger

Writtent Blog

Would you read something about a 2012 political election, or best practices for using MySpace? Remember Yahoo Answers? Your content is really only as good as its context. Probably not. Humans have an innate craving for trending news and breaking stories. Quora is 2013’s answer to the crowdsourced question-and-answer forum.

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Is Google Quietly Embracing Paid Inclusion?

Bill Hartzer

A recent H/N post that hit on the front page linked to this article from 2012. — Google had a separate blog search for bloggers, Google blog search. You could get a lot of your pages included in Yahoo!, It seems as though that Google just won’t send you a lot of traffic to your website unless you pay for it.

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Why Quality Content is the Core for Any SEO Strategy

Writtent Blog

So do search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo  Google in particular. Businesses, marketers, and bloggers love to link out to solid, interesting information that strengthens the premise of their own materials. which rolled out in 2012, had even more devastating effects. Proper Link Building. Image source.

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Link-building Tips and Tools for Bloggers in a Post-Panda and Penguin World

ProBlogger

So you might be asking what more can be written about link building for bloggers? Bloggers have an advantage that static and retail websites don’t. Before we get started, I just thought I would mention a few Google algorithm changes that you should know about when thinking about link building in 2012. The answer is, a lot.

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

These women are executives, thought leaders, bloggers, authors and role models for younger women with an interest in technology. Next year, Cheryl and I tentatively plan to honor #Nifty50 Women and Men Writers, including bloggers, journalists, authors, and PR professionals. She’s a self-described fashionista and blogger.

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