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Become the Pied Piper of Community Building

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Communities have been around for centuries, however online communities have only been around for a few decades. According to Computerworld the first “online community” came about in 1973 when Talkomatic for the PLATO time-sharing system released a text-based group chat. Let’s get right to it, how to build your brand’s community.

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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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5 Strategies to Build a Network of Bloggers and Journalists

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Look for online communities of bloggers and contribute to their conversations to begin building contacts in your focus area. Interact with them on Twitter, comment on one of their blog posts, or even just retweet one of their tweets to let them know you are paying attention. Do you have a great community building strategy?

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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. Do we really want that?

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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.