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Blogging Upstream

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Tootzypop , the lifestyle blog I founded for savvy women over 40 , is no exception. In women’s online media, the formula is one part fashion and beauty, one part yoga and fitness, one part recipe swap, a ginormous dose of mommy blogging; mix and cover with a thick frosting of e-shopping. Blogging Upstream.

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Is Pay-to-Post Blogging The New Advertorial?

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Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Is Pay-to-Post Blogging The New Advertorial? A few weeks ago, they asked a question about paying for blog posts. In 2010, blogs and bloggers are truly influencers. Let me unpack this a bit.

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How To Get Your Blog Project Approved

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Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. I manage the University of Regina’s blog.

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What Compels People to Share Your Content?

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Be succinct, use photos, on and on down the list of cliched suggestions that have peppered many a blog post. In his research on viral advertising videos , he found that a very small percentage of advertising videos (0.1%) actually go “viral.” It’s complicated. His findings are pretty illuminating.

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Monday Roundup: Overcoming Obstacles

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Facebook Advertising on a Small Budget. How To Revive Old Blog Content. Why: In this in-depth and thoughtful post, Mike Alton goes through how and when (or when not to) revive older blog posts. Why: In this in-depth and thoughtful post, Mike Alton goes through how and when (or when not to) revive older blog posts.

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Paywalls Beginning To Lose Credibility

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It has been, and always will be, advertising. BuzzFeed eschewed the paywall model, opting instead for “native advertising,” essentially an article or editorial and advertiser has paid to place on the site. It threw away its online inventory for pennies on the dollar as throw-ins for advertisers.

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Will India See a Rise in Digital PR?

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Due to tight marketing spends, even advertisers are shortening their commercials while maintaining or increasing the number of times they are aired, to ensure maximum spread for their ad spends. With a keen interest in social media, she blogs regularly at In My Humble Opinion. 2,260 crore (~ $364.5M) and is expected to touch Rs.2,938

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