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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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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JANUARY 18, 2011

What this does is let you select a certain number of blogs from your blogroll, and only that number of blogs will be displayed. I love how, when you click on an image, it starts the slideshow right on your blog! Don’t forget I started out this post with my initial list of five ways for you to spice up your blogging.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Still, there’s a lot more that goes into content marketing than simply writing a blog about a new product. Longer articles, when done properly, will generate higher quality leads for much cheaper than paid, and for a longer period of time than shorter content. On top of that, you need to consider SEO.

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JUNE 22, 2016

For example, what’s most likely to get click-through on Facebook: a link or an organic article ? Facebook Instant Articles. Facebook Instant Articles lets publishers distribute articles to the Facebook mobile app that load and display faster than the mobile web. LinkedIn Long-Form Articles.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

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. As an example, the 12 Palms Recovery Center maintains a blog that provides information for families and individuals affected by drug abuse. Build Your Brand and Expertise.

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MARCH 5, 2013

Two articles have recently drawn my attention to a problem I’ve seen in the myriad posts making the rounds in the business/marketing/PR communities. ” I have issues with the premises of both articles, but that’s not what really irks me about them. .” He also blogs. The first is a response to Yahoo!

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AUGUST 12, 2011

I’m <name>, I’m a tech writer and I’m looking for opportunities to contribute interesting and original articles to relevant blogs and websites like (insert site here). Would you be interested in me writing a free article for your site? Let me know if this sounds of interest?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

But here is where I started to narrow my eyes as I read the article: among other things, these “black PR” firms offer to delete negative articles and post “hit” pieces to China’s most popular news portals. Not (just) search engines. Not pitch stories. Actually delete from, and post to, news portals.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

A year and a half ago, I started a blog about my pet guinea pigs called Cavy Savvy. Originally, I wanted a way to test the SEO techniques I was learning about at work, and having a hobby blog just seemed like a fun way to do so. Here is how I made Cavy Savvy a success, and how you can apply some of these techniques to your blog.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

While perusing my Facebook stream the other day, I came across this article on Business Insider. Its title alone (What PR People Really Think Of Journalists) told me the article was link bait. An article like the one linked above doesn’t put journalists in place. He also blogs. I’ve pitched and been pitched.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

But while a few doctors including Wendy Sue Swanson, MD , author of the Seattle Mama Doc blog and Natasha Burgert, MD , author of KC Kids Doc blog , are using digital communication to communicate better with their patients, according to a 2011 survey by AMN Healthcare only 8% of physicians said they use social media at work to connect with patients.

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MARCH 20, 2013

BuzzFeed eschewed the paywall model, opting instead for “native advertising,” essentially an article or editorial and advertiser has paid to place on the site. Sure, you get 10 free articles (and can get around the paywall by resetting your browser’s cookies.). He also blogs.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

We leveraged LinkedIn Pulse and several employees’ blogs to create a communal narrative about the funding. It’s pretty standard to have your CEO share funding news via a thought leadership article either on your company’s blog, LinkedIn Pulse, or Medium. Yes, we did that.). She is currently a columnist for Inc.,

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MAY 20, 2015

They regularly post insightful articles to their own sites, comment on other peoples’ blogs, write opinions on LinkedIn and Medium , post presentations to SlideShare and have active Twitter profiles. Guest post to peer blogs. I recommend building a list of 15–20 blogs you’d like to post on. Email subscribers.

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JUNE 7, 2018

Recently, I came across a blog post by a fellow named John Maeda in which he showcased the wide variety of Google image results one finds when searching for “design thinking.” I had never heard of it before skimming through the blog post. For instance, John Maeda’s design thinking blog post wasn’t written for me.

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MARCH 12, 2013

The Public Relations Society of America has a comprehensive section on its website dedicated to the subject of ethics complete with a “ Code of Ethics ” and examples of unethical behavior to help readers fully understand the meaning behind each article of the Code. He blogs at A Professor’s Thoughts.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

The other day I read that higher education consulting firm, Noel-Levitz, found that more than three-quarters of students and parents it surveyed never or only rarely read blogs on college websites. I manage a blog for a mid-sized Canadian University. Both the campus and the blog are less active than normal. And rightfully so.

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JULY 24, 2013

But while a few doctors including Wendy Sue Swanson, MD , author of the Seattle Mama Doc blog and Natasha Burgert, MD , author of KC Kids Doc blog , are using digital communication to communicate better with their patients, according to a 2011 survey by AMN Healthcare only 8% of physicians said they use social media at work to connect with patients.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

We’ve I’ve been up and down on the blogging front this year, and there are several #measurePR recaps we owe you. So this week, we thought we’d bring you up to speed on all the chats so far, as well as some super PR measurement-related articles. Here you go. What has been your favorite #measurePR moment? Tuesday, Jan.

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APRIL 3, 2015

Lukas Treu (also again): Trade media relations/bylined articles. Dave Van de Walle : Blog posts that declare a tactic dead. My community came up with some good ones. Here they are, all 18 of them. Gini Dietrich : Mass pitching even though a bunny dies every time it happens. Matt LaCasse : Old School metrics. Zen Yinger : Press junkets.

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JUNE 27, 2012

” According to an article in the Economic Times , the Micra, which was positioned as a low-cost car for young Indians, saw sales of a little over 12,000 units in the nine months between July 2010 and March 2011. A little over 7,400 people on the site were talking about it, and the final 4.5 reading and traveling.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

So I decided to ask my Social PR Posse to weigh in with resources, blog posts, and more that have them saying “thanks” this year. I recently came across this article on LinkedIn and thought it was an interesting read about why donors stop giving to nonprofit organizations. It encouraged me to start my blog.

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MARCH 18, 2013

If nothing else, use your LinkedIn profile; else your personal website or blog or, if a business account, to your company’s preferred URL. Attribute blog posts, news articles or other curated information to the original source using their Twitter handle. < < tweet this > 7. < tweet this > 8.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Our computers, smart phones, televisions and other devices are inundated with information: From news articles and blog posts, to tweets, Facebook posts and messages on dozens of other social networks, to emails and newsletters. More data has been created in the past two years than in the entire previous history of the human race.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What set me off recently was an article in the Boston Globe about the Super PACs and their impact/effect on the voting public. Of particular note are articles relating to “free flow of information.”. He blogs at A Professor’s Thoughts , and he’d love for you to talk to him on Twitter.

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APRIL 11, 2013

TweetDeck is constantly up in the background, and with the wide diversity of people I follow, I find more interesting articles than I could ever find on my own with an RSS feed. He also blogs. An RSS feed is really just another stop I have to make in my daily intake of information. He is a husband, Iowa Hawkeyes and Chicago Cubs fan.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

LinkedIn is better for B2B companies that publish thought leadership articles and get recommendations. Think ebooks, white papers and even blog posts. Plain-text emails look more personal, less marketing-y and actually have better open rates (HubSpot does a great job explaining why in this blog post ). And long-form content.

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APRIL 13, 2012

I click on one interesting link someone tweets out, and the next thing I know I’m on the HR blog at Ragan.com ranting in my office. The basic premise of the article is that it is a bad idea for managers to attend a non-work-related happy hour with their subordinates. He also blogs. I came across this post the other day.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I’m a little riled up … Articles like this annoy me. The article, for those who haven’t read it, looks at the reaction of the Twitterverse in relation to a show that aired in Australia called Ben Elton’s Live from Planet Earth , which (to put it mildly) rated dismally. Guest post by Mike Doman.

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APRIL 5, 2012

In a Fall 1976 article for Public Relations Quarterly , Mr. Bernays stated: “Advice on action is the important function of the professional, based on knowledge of the social sciences, individual and group behavior, on social responsibility and on experiences in coping with these problems in a professional way.”.

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JULY 9, 2014

Each stereotype was illustrated using photographs, articles and tweets, which also frequently used humor. With a keen interest in social media, she blogs regularly at In My Humble Opinion. The campaign was aimed at disproving stereotypes, thereby supporting compatibility and personal interactions among individuals. BreakingStereotypes.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

You can set up your own blog. Just like Posterous, you can use Amplify as your primary blogging platform, as well as auto-post to your own blog. Ah, but does the image accompanying your blog post show up? Mark as read Approve comment S- Okay, now youve given me a blog idea. That’s really nice. as "success."

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

Instead I fed off of praise for article placement and high-profile coverage, and high-fives for increases in social media followers. Want to hear something that will truly make you measurement mavens cringe? Before I started out on my own, I never focused hard enough on measuring PR outcomes.

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APRIL 6, 2016

Share their posts, leave a few comments on their blogs – really start engaging with them, before you can ask them to contribute a guest post, or tweet about your product. For instance, say you come across an article that might interest them, go ahead and share it with them. Create personalized pitches. Keep the conversation going.

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MAY 9, 2011

Something strange has happened to my blog Steff Metal over the last month. I wrote an article about the history of the Black Death , gave some advice about what to wear to metal festivals and posted some silly metal YouTube videos. It’s gone a bit crazy. I haven’t done anything different.

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MARCH 23, 2011

A couple of weeks ago we posted a series of videos and articles they contributed to the University’s official blog that explored the issue of leadership in preparation for the annual female-focused Inspiring Leadership conference that the institution hosts. I also don’t want to let the quality of the blog slide to chase new projects.

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MARCH 31, 2011

This micro-blogging duplicity is nothing new, and has been covered in detail by Jens P. I’ve found myself struggling on my professional account to do the things that I do so well on my anonymous account, such as actually engaging with people instead of just retweeting and tweeting articles about social media.

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