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What’s the Best Social Media Monitoring Tool? It Depends

Webbiquity SMM

Vocus provides a rich set of tools for traditional and social media monitoring, media outreach and news distribution. Through PRWeb, which Vocus acquired in 2006 , it offers extensive news distribution and tracking capabilities. Budget: We don’t need no stinkin’ budget. Nielsen BuzzMetrics.

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The Brand View When Looking For a PR Pro

Waxing UnLyrical

I had been given a test drive of Vocus which some of the applicants used. Tip: You had better research your potential client. And research me. He had a 14-year career in direct B2B sales before deciding to lighten up his dreary work life and move into advertising. Tip: I have many years of direct B2B sales experience.

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Best Social PR Guides, Tips and Tools of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

Rachel Hunt supplies valuable guidance on how to use social networking, award submissions, guest blogging, speaking opportunities and original research to maximize the impact of PR efforts. You’re only in advertising because you couldn’t hack it in medicine.’ Vocus and Cision ) to the obscure ( Butterfly Publisher ).

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How to Best Work With a PR Pro

Waxing UnLyrical

We then put together a list of categories for media that I was asked to research and get details for … what what what?! You get a bonus for using Vocus or a similar platform.). He had a 14-year career in direct B2B sales before deciding to lighten up his dreary work life and move into advertising.

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The Nifty 50 Top Women of Twitter for 2011

Webbiquity SMM

She blogs about marketing strategy, market research, science, oncology, hematology and immunology. She spends her time exploring the future of advertising, social media, and emerging technologies and just being pretty cool. Michelle Tripp. michelletripp. Susan Kang Nam. PinkOliveFamily. Stacey Acevero.

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences. Frank_Strong This is a great post Jay. Frank_Strong This is a great post Jay.

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

Stacey is flat-out awesome: Social Media Manager for Vocus/PRWeb as well as serving her country as a U.S. In 2010, she was honored with a “Changing The Game” Award by the Advertising Women of New York (AWNY) and in 2011 Ann was named a “Woman of Influence” by the Silicon Valley Business Journal. Stacey Acevero. Beth Comstock.

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